International

• Friday, December 16th 2022 - 13:20 UTC

  Qatar lobbying: EU Parliament scandal shows urgent need for tighter regulations

  

  By Olivier Costa (*) -On 11 December, Eva Kaili, vice-president of the European Parliament, and three others were charged and imprisoned in connection with an investigation into suspected corruption linked to Qatar.

• Friday, December 16th 2022 - 12:51 UTC

  Italian contractor to build oil offshore structure, 2,000 meters deep in Guyana's profitable Stabroek block

  

  Saipem, the Italian energy industry services company, has secured offshore oil and gas field construction contracts in Guyana and Egypt worth some US$ 1.2 billion in total

• Friday, December 16th 2022 - 12:33 UTC

  Military will replace strikers in UK, starting with 750 ambulance drivers; daily bonus proposal for the forces

  

  A campaign has been launched for military personnel called in to cover a rash of UK strikes to get a daily bonus for their efforts. It comes after it was confirmed 750 military personnel are sent to be deployed to cover ambulance strikes as UK prepares to be hit by a wave of industrial action in the coming weeks.

• Thursday, December 15th 2022 - 21:26 UTC

  Queen Elizabeth figurine becomes most prized personality at Naples Nativity Scene

  

  The figurine of the late Queen Elizabeth has become this year the most prized to adorn the traditional Nativity Scene in the Italian city of Naples, which every year includes the most outstanding personalities in global news of the last twelve months.

• Thursday, December 15th 2022 - 19:45 UTC

  Boris Becker released from UK prison

  

  Former tennis legend Boris Becker has been released from a British prison on parole after eight months. He is to be deported from the UK and plans to settle in Frankfurt, it was reported.

• Thursday, December 15th 2022 - 11:41 UTC

  British Doctor Farrar has been appointed as Chief Scientist of World Health Organization

  

  The World Health Organization announced that Dr. Jeremy Farrar will become its new Chief Scientist. Currently, the Director of the Wellcome Trust, Dr. Farrar will join WHO in the second quarter of 2023.

• Thursday, December 15th 2022 - 11:18 UTC

  Poll on Scottish independence referendum: 72% of those aged 16 to 24 said YES

  

  By Sir John Curtice, Professor of Politics at Strathclyde University - A shift of opinion registered in one poll should always be regarded with caution. But when a number of polls all record much the same shift, it is highly likely that something has changed.

• Wednesday, December 14th 2022 - 10:59 UTC

  Uruguayan opposition wants heads to roll over controversial passport issuance to a drug lord

  

  Uruguayan opposition leader Fernando Pereira, president of the Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA), Tuesday called for the resignation of Ministers Francisco Bustillo (Foreign Affairs) and Luis Alberto Heber (Interior) after high-ranking officials under both of them were allegedly involved in the controversial issuance of a passport to a notorious drug lord.

• Wednesday, December 14th 2022 - 10:13 UTC

  Next of kin of the only Argentine combatant buried in South Georgia visit his grave

  

  Forty years after the end of the South Atlantic conflict, the children of Argentine Navy NCO Felix Oscar Artuso were able to visit the grave of their father, the only Falklands combatant buried in South Georgia island.

• Wednesday, December 14th 2022 - 10:04 UTC

  Caracas to resume ties with Caribbean Dutch overseas territories gradually

  

  After resuming diplomatic ties with Colombia, the Venezuelan administration of President Nicolás Maduro is now advancing on its return to the international community through negotiations with The Netherlands to restore links with the European kingdom's islands of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire.