International

• Friday, November 4th 2022 - 10:45 UTC

  Paraguay denies negotiations with UK regarding migrants

  

  Paraguayan authorities Thursday denied press reports that British Home Secretary Suella Braverman had been brokering a deal whereby migrants arriving in the United Kingdom through the English Channel would be relocated to the South American country.

• Friday, November 4th 2022 - 10:40 UTC

  Falklands Legislative Assembly reaffirms rights to self-determination amid Chagos sovereignty negotiations

  

  Members of the Falkland Islands elected Legislative Assembly made on Thursday an official release commenting on the announcement made by the UK government over the decision to begin negotiations on the exercise of sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) / Chagos Archipelago.

• Friday, November 4th 2022 - 10:11 UTC

  Cruise industry rapidly picking up in Latin America, sales at pre pandemic level

  

  Cruise tourism in Latin America is rapidly recovering and in some cases demand is again at pre pandemic level, according to Alberto Muñoz, Royal Caribbean vice-president for the region.

• Thursday, November 3rd 2022 - 20:40 UTC

  One-third of the world's glaciers will be soon gone, UNESCO warns

  

  A UNESCO study released Thursday has shown that one-third of the glaciers worldwide are bound to disappear due to global warming.

• Thursday, November 3rd 2022 - 10:53 UTC

  Prince Andrew won't be travelling to the Falklands with Princess Anne this month

  

  Prince Andrew may be feeling “riled and upset” following a recent decision, which prevents him from accompanying his sister Princess Anne during her visit to the Falkland Islands, according to a report in the Daily Mail, quoting royal author and journalist Phil Dampier.

• Thursday, November 3rd 2022 - 10:33 UTC

  Falklands MLA Pete Biggs at Security Legislation Conference in Westminster

  

  The chair of the UK Foreign Affairs Committee, Alicia Kearns MP addressed over 30 parliamentarians from 18 legislatures as part of the Conference on the Scrutiny of National Security Legislation organized by the UK Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA UK).

• Thursday, November 3rd 2022 - 10:23 UTC

  WMO warns temperatures in Europe rising twice as fast

  

  Temperatures in Europe have gone up at a pace of about 0.5 °C per decade between 1991 and 2021, according to the United Nations' World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the European climate change service Copernicus.

• Thursday, November 3rd 2022 - 09:41 UTC

  Falklands appoints 14 November as a Public Holiday, to celebrate birthday of King Charles III

  

  The Falkland Islands Executive Council have approved the appointment of 14 November as a Public Holiday in celebration of the birthday of His Majesty King Charles III. This will replace the public holiday previously held on 21 April in celebration of the birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2022 - 20:23 UTC

  Brazil's Economy Ministry reports foreign trade surplus in October

  

  After Sunday's elections and the nationwide protests by supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to admit former leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be once again head of state on Jan. 1, the Economy Ministry released this week a report showing the country had recorded a trade surplus of US$ 3.921 billion in October alone.

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2022 - 20:13 UTC

  PM Sunak now says he will attend COP27

  

  British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak finally changed his mind once again and announced Wednesday that he will be attending the COP27 Climate Summit later this week in Egypt.