International

• Sunday, December 11th 2022 - 15:00 UTC

  Book review: The Ship Beneath the Ice

  

  The loss of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance is the stuff of legend. She was crushed in the ice of the Weddell Sea in 1915. The subsequent escape of Shackleton and his men is an epic of heroism and survival.

• Sunday, December 11th 2022 - 11:13 UTC

  Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spoke to President-elect Lula da Silva.

  

  British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak this week reiterated his congratulations following President-elect Lula da Silva’s victory in Brazil’s election in October, and both leaders agreed on the importance of promoting democratic values.

• Sunday, December 11th 2022 - 08:22 UTC

  European Parliament VP arrested on suspicions of belonging to a criminal organization

  

  Police in Belgium have arrested Greek Socialist MEP Eva Kaili, one of 14 European Parliament vice-presidents, in connection with an investigation into a criminal organization, corruption, and money laundering that involves an unidentified Gulf state, but apparently, Qatar reported the Interpol office.

• Sunday, December 11th 2022 - 08:11 UTC

  Argentina to reopen embassy in Bangladesh

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero announced his country would be reopening its embassy in Bangladesh after 40 years, a decision most likely boosted by the Asian country's support of Lionel Messi's team playing the football World Cup in Qatar.

• Sunday, December 11th 2022 - 08:09 UTC

  China's lockdown policy and global slower demand reflect strongly in foreign trade

  

  Chinese exports fell at the steepest pace in more than two years in November, the latest indication of how COVID-19 restrictions and slumping global demand are stifling the economy.

• Saturday, December 10th 2022 - 22:40 UTC

  Qatar World Cup: Reining champions France back among last 4

  

  England captain Harry Kane netted his first penalty kick for a temporary equalizer but squandered his second chance, thus allowing reigning champions France to clinch a 2-1 win and advance to the semifinals of the Qatar 2022 football World Cup.

• Saturday, December 10th 2022 - 19:54 UTC

  Morocco stun Portugal to become first African team ever among World Cup's last 4

  

  Favorites Portugal of megastar Cristiano Ronaldo Saturday bowed out of the 2022 Qatar football World Cup after a 1-0 defeat against tournament revelation Morocco, the first-ever African team to make it to the semifinals.

• Saturday, December 10th 2022 - 09:27 UTC

  First work stoppage for the New York Times in forty years

  

  More than 1,000 employees at The New York Times, one of the leading US dailies, began a 24-hour walkout on Thursday. In what is the first work stoppage in over 40 years at the newspaper, The NewsGuild labor union cited the organization's “failure to bargain in good faith,” after setting a deadline for a contract for midnight December 8.

• Saturday, December 10th 2022 - 00:14 UTC

  Argentina reaches Qatar semifinals after cliffhanger win on penalties over The Netherlands

  

  Lionel Messi's Argentina set up a semifinal date with Croatia at the 2022 Qatar football World Cup with a 4-3 win over The Netherlands on penalties after a 2-2 draw.

• Friday, December 9th 2022 - 22:54 UTC

  FIG Reception in London: “Falkland Islanders still face threats to our very existence from our nearest neighbour”

  

  A special Falkland Islands Government (FIG) London Office 40th anniversary reception was held in the Durbar Court at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on Wednesday, and brought to a close a year of events marking the 40th anniversary of the liberation of the Falkland Islands.