International

• Monday, February 13th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  Uruguayan Air Force to handle UFO sightings

  

  Uruguay's Air Force (FAU) is to investigate the sighting of strange red lights in the sky in Terma del Almirón, in the department (province) of Paysandú, the Receiving and Investigating Committee of Denunciations of Unidentified Flying Objects (Comisión Receptora e Investigadora de Denuncias de Objetos Voladores No Identificados - Cridovni) said in a statement on social media.

• Monday, February 13th 2023 - 10:03 UTC

  Mercosur-Singapore free trade agreement coming up?

  

  Under Argentina's pro-tempore presidency, Mercosur will try to clinch a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Singapore, according to Palacio San Martín (Foreign Ministry) sources quoted by BAE Negocios. The Alberto Fernández administration is particularly eager to show results, the report also said.

• Monday, February 13th 2023 - 09:58 UTC

  Türkiye-Syria quake: UN expert fears death toll may exceed 60,000

  

  With around 33,000 people so far reported dead in both countries affected by last week's series of earthquakes and aftershocks, a United Nations expert predicted that the final number of victims will be twice as many “or even more.”

• Monday, February 13th 2023 - 09:36 UTC

  Luxury Coffee Experience: Australian coffee shop offers Panamanian coffee at $140 per cup

  

  A café in Melbourne, Australia offers its customers a unique experience by serving a cup of coffee for 140 dollars, 50 times the market price. The city of Melbourne has a tradition of coffee culture, which was fostered by Italian and Greek migration from the 1940s.

• Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 15:44 UTC

  Launch of 'Looking North: The UK and the Arctic', by Foreign minister Lord Goldsmith

  

  Foreign Office Minister of State responsible for the polar regions, Lord Goldsmith, gave a keynote speech to launch the UK's new Arctic policy framework:

• Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 11:20 UTC

  US shoots down a “high altitude” flying object, this time over Alaska frozen waters

  

  A United States fighter jet shot down an unidentified high altitude object overflying the state of Alaska, the second time in a week that such an operation takes place, it was announced on Friday by the White House .

• Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 11:10 UTC

  Despite war in Ukraine and the Chinese lockdown, Brazilian ports overall had a positive performance

  

  Despite the negative effects of a hectic year with unexpected events such as the war between Russia and Ukraine and the lockdowns imposed by China throughout 2022, Brazilian ports handled 1.209 billion tons last year. The figure was released by the National Waterway Transport Agency (Antaq), this month in Brasília.

• Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 09:16 UTC

  Charles III Coronation emblem includes the national flowers of the Union members

  

  With three months still for the planned ceremonies on May 6/7, Buckingham Palace has unveiled the official Coronation emblem for King Charles III and the Queen consort.

• Friday, February 10th 2023 - 10:18 UTC

  Reopening of Argentina's embassy in Bangladesh made official

  

  The reopening of Argentina's embassy in the People's Republic of Bangladesh was published Thursday in the Official Gazette. The diplomatic mission to be reopened in Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital, had been shut down in 1978 but interest from the South American country in the Asian nation resurfaced during the 2022 football World Cup, which was celebrated as if Bangladesh had defeated France in the final.

• Friday, February 10th 2023 - 09:52 UTC

  Factsheet on trade and investment statistics between Falklands and UK in 2022

  

  The following factsheet provides the latest statistics on trade and investment between the UK and Falkland Islands.