International

• Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 09:18 UTC

  Ukraine faces decades long humanitarian challenge, demining the areas once occupied by Russian troops

  

  As the Russian invasion of Ukraine drags into another year, the country's Red Cross chief Raksym Dotsenko, admitted it faces a “huge” humanitarian challenge. However, it is not only the millions of displaced, or aiding those who lost houses or apartments and are virtually homeless. The main problem are the landmines and antipersonnel mines left by the Russian troops.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 09:05 UTC

  Operation Austral Endurance delivers fuel drums by parachute from Falklands' MPC to BAS in Antarctica

  

  A Royal Air Force A400M Atlas aircraft has delivered vital fuel supplies to the British Antarctic Survey after taking off from the Falkland Islands Mount Pleasant Complex. The RAF said the range of the Atlas was extended by air-to-air refueling from a Royal Air Force Voyager, as part of Operation Austral Endurance..

• Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 09:03 UTC

  Polar Preet breaks Antarctic records and is recovering at Union Glacier

  

  Following a delayed rendezvous because of weather and polar terrain, Polar Preet has rendezvoused with her pilot and has taken off to head to Union Glacier in Antarctica. British Army officer Captain Preet Chandi – known as Polar Preet – is expected to spend some time recovering at Union Glacier, the Antarctica base camp, before leaving the continent.

• Tuesday, January 24th 2023 - 18:19 UTC

  WHO issues warning on lethal cough syrup

  

  The World Health Organization Tuesday issued a warning against a deadly cough syrup that has already killed some 300 children in 7 countries.

• Tuesday, January 24th 2023 - 08:40 UTC

  Chinese port in Tierra del Fuego controversy: Argentine media and UK blamed for spreading “fake news”

  

  The head of the Malvinas Secretariat from the Tierra del Fuego province, southern Argentina, blames the media, the opposition, the UK, and all those pleased with the current status of the South Atlantic for the spread of “fake news” allegedly reporting that China will be setting a military base and naval outpost in Tierra del Fuego.

• Tuesday, January 24th 2023 - 08:38 UTC

  Brazil ratifies in Germany its commitment to sustainable agriculture and respect for the environment

  

  The Brazilian Minister of Agriculture, Carlos Fávaro, arrived iis in Berlin to participate in the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA). In his first official trip abroad as the head of the ministry, he intends to launch a concerted effort to change the image of Brazilian agribusiness and restore ties with important importers, mainly from Europe.

• Tuesday, January 24th 2023 - 08:30 UTC

  EU and Brazil address the 2007 strategic partnership and bilateral relations

  

  Brazilian Vice-President Geraldo Alckmin currently acting as President while Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is in Argentina for the CELAC meeting, met in Brasilia with the Executive Vice-president of the European Commission Frans Timmermans to address deepening of bilateral relations, in the framework of the 2007 strategic partnership existent between the European Union and Latin America's largest economy .

• Tuesday, January 24th 2023 - 08:22 UTC

  Buckingham Palace announces further details of Charles III Coronation Weekend, May 6 to Monday May 8

  

  Buckingham Palace has announced further details on the ceremonial, celebratory and community events that will take place over the Coronation Weekend between Saturday 6th and Monday 8th May 2023. The Coronation of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort will take place at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 6th May, 2023.

• Tuesday, January 24th 2023 - 08:08 UTC

  Colombian national believed to have ordered murders of journalists Dom and Bruno

  

  Brazilian authorities Monday said during a press conference in Manaus that they had nearly solved the murders of British reporter Dom Phillips and indigenous affairs expert Bruno Araújo Pereira, which were perpetrated on June 5, last year, in the middle of the Amazon jungle.

• Monday, January 23rd 2023 - 15:58 UTC

  A news site set AI to write text and had to cancel the whole thing: it turns out bad

  

  The U.S. technology website CNET has stopped publishing articles written by Artificial Intelligence (AI), at least for the time being, as reported by The Verge.