International

• Monday, November 21st 2022 - 13:30 UTC

  Ecuador wins World Cup opening game despite bribe rumors

  

  Narrated by American actor Morgan Freeman, the opening ceremony marked the beginning of the 2022 football World Cup in Qatar, an event that had been in doubt from the beginning, from the scandals splashing FIFA's awarding its organization to the non-democratic country to all-out global war from the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

• Monday, November 21st 2022 - 10:44 UTC

  Goldfajn chosen new IDB boss

  

  Brazil's Ilan Goldfajn was elected Sunday as the new head of the Interamerican Development Bank (BID), it was reported in Washington DC.

• Monday, November 21st 2022 - 10:26 UTC

  World Trade Union congress demands a new social contract ahead of impending economic downturn

  

  The world is on the brink of a historic economic downturn with disastrous outcomes for working people in all regions unless governments urgently implement a new social contract, delegates have been told at the 5th ITUC World Congress, Melbourne, Australia.

• Monday, November 21st 2022 - 10:19 UTC

  Black Sea corridor for Ukraine grain exports renewed; Russia expects similar conditions for its fertilizers

  

  The UN and Turkey-sponsored deal aimed at easing global food shortages by facilitating Ukraine’s agricultural exports from its southern Black Sea ports was extended for 120 days last Friday, though Moscow complained that its own demands had not been fully addressed.

• Monday, November 21st 2022 - 10:02 UTC

  Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance Week, misuse and overuse of antibiotics threaten humans and animals

  

  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO, the UN Environment Program, UNEP, the World Health Organization, WHO, and the World Organization for Animal Health, OIE, known as the Quadripartite are joining forces on the initiative to underscore the threat Antimicrobial Resistance, AMR, presents to humans, animals, plants, ecosystems, and livelihoods.

• Saturday, November 19th 2022 - 10:26 UTC

  Rumors of bribe hit Ecuador's team playing in Qatar

  

  As the World Cup is about to kick off Sunday in Qatar, reports went viral regarding the hosts alleged bribing of Ecuadorian players for US$ 7.4 million so that the hosts would win the tournament's opening game.

• Saturday, November 19th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  COP 27 to go on at least until Sunday

  

  World dignitaries gathered at the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP 27) Climate Change Summit in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el Sheikh have agreed to extend their sessions for the weekend after no conclusive agreement was reached before Friday's closing day activities.

• Saturday, November 19th 2022 - 06:59 UTC

  Forget Qatar rules on no alcohol in stadiums, beware of camels and camel's MERS

  

  Alcohol will not be sold to fans at the World Cup's eight stadiums in Qatar after FIFA and the country's authorities changed its policy two days before the start of the World Cup 2022. However not only keep away from the alcohol temptation, even more, but important also beware of camels and the camel virus.

• Friday, November 18th 2022 - 09:56 UTC

  Venezuela after Guyana's oil claiming border dispute in The Hague

  

  “We will demonstrate Guyana's claim is inadmissible,” Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez said on Thursday to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, which is the United Nations' highest for resolving disputes between states.

• Friday, November 18th 2022 - 09:33 UTC

  Princess Anne and Parliamentary Group at Falklands' Liberation Monument for Act of Remembrance

  

  Princess Anne, King Charles III sister, and a group of MPs, are currently in the Falkland Islands and the following arrangements have been made for Friday 18 November 2022 to enable Her Royal Highness and the All Party Parliamentarian Group to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands.