International

• Thursday, August 17th 2023 - 11:08 UTC

  Falklands Veteran and SAMA cofounder honored with the British Empire Medal

  

  A Falklands War veteran has been awarded a British Empire Medal for his voluntary work to help his fellow veterans. Denzil Connick, 66, from Blackwood, was honored in King Charles III’s first-ever Birthday Honors list.

• Thursday, August 17th 2023 - 11:01 UTC

  Royal Navy Swiftsure-class nuclear submarine to be dismantled in Rosyth, a world first

  

  A Swiftsure-class Royal Navy nuclear-powered attack submarines that entered service in the 1970s and served for more than 20 years has dry docked at Rosyth, Scotland, as it prepares for final dismantle in a world first.

• Thursday, August 17th 2023 - 10:45 UTC

  Minister Rutley discusses football and trade while visiting Uruguay

  

  After spending Tuesday in Paraguay for the inauguration of president Santiago Peña, British foreign minister for the Americas, David Rutley visited neighboring Uruguay where he met with local authorities, visited the Centenario stadium and participated in a reception for UK/Uruguay business chamber and friendship members.

• Thursday, August 17th 2023 - 10:43 UTC

  Minister for the Americas Rutley represented UK at the inauguration of Paraguayan president Santiago Peña

  

  UK's Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Americas and Caribbean, David Rutley returned to Paraguay on Tuesday to attend the ceremony of the presidential inauguration of President Santiago Peña – a significant milestone in the democratic history of Paraguay.

• Thursday, August 17th 2023 - 10:13 UTC

  Penguin Propulsion: The Physics Behind the World’s Fastest Swimming Birds

  

  A piece from the American Institute of Physics points out that Gentoo penguins are the fastest swimming birds in the world, and that ability comes from their unique and sophisticated wings.

• Thursday, August 17th 2023 - 06:09 UTC

  Parades and fly-pasts to celebrate UK Armed Forces Day

  

  Parades and fly-pasts were just some of the events that took place across the UK on Saturday as part of Armed Forces Day celebrations to thank the military community for their service.

• Wednesday, August 16th 2023 - 11:33 UTC

  Russia/Ukraine conflict, ruble collapses and Moscow forced to hike interest rate

  

  Russia's 's central bank hiked its key interest rate to 12% on Tuesday. The 3.5 percentage point rise represents a bid to fight high inflation and the sharp depreciation of the country's currency against the US dollar.

• Wednesday, August 16th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  Beijing finds solution to youth unemployment: it stopped publishing key figures

  

  China's agency official statistics agency said on Tuesday that it had stopped publishing key unemployment figures that had previously shown the number of jobless youth in the country had reached a record high.

• Tuesday, August 15th 2023 - 10:23 UTC

  Argentine devaluation consistent with IMF guidelines

  

  The International Monetary Fund es expected to release over US$ 10 billion to Argentina which might come as some sort of relief following Monday's decision to devaluate the local peso in the aftermath of the government's poor performance Sunday at the Open, Mandatory, and Simultaneous Primary (PASO) elections.

• Tuesday, August 15th 2023 - 10:08 UTC

  A Falklands Day full of celebrations, King's message and flag flying in Parliament

  

  14 August is Falklands Day and commemorates the first sighting of the Falkland Islands on that day in 1592 by the English navigator and explorer, John Davis, on board his 120 ton vessel 'Desire'. Davis (1550-1605) was one of the principal navigators under Queen Elizabeth I.