International

Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 09:52 UTC
Australia patching up relations with China. Aussie foreign minister in Beijing

After years of strained relations, Australia and China have given the first steps to normalization with the visit of Aussie Foreign Minister Penny Wong to Beijing. Ms Wong is the first Australian minister to visit China since 2019 and is leading Canberra's first formal talks in Beijing since 2018.
Wednesday, December 21st 2022 - 10:55 UTC
Ex UK ambassador Mark Kent celebrates Argentina's World Cup but regrets Carmona's attitude

The head of Argentina's Malvinas, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands, Guillermo Carmona had a Twitter exchange with former UK ambassador in Buenos Aires Mark Kent, who congratulated and celebrated the Argentine team's win of the Football World Cup in Qatar.
Wednesday, December 21st 2022 - 09:48 UTC
Chile and EU agree on a new trade association which eliminates most tariffs and promotes investment

The European Union and Chile reached an understanding to modernize their successful twenty years old trade association agreement, which is part of the EU strategy to diversify its suppliers of critical commodities for the green transition and at the same time cut its dependence from China.
Wednesday, December 21st 2022 - 08:54 UTC
Former concentration camp secretary given 2-year suspended sentence

A former secretary at a nazi concentration camp in Poland where at least 10,505 people were murdered during World War II was handed down a two-year suspended sentence Tuesday by the Itzehoe state court in Schleswig-Holstein state Tuesday for her involvement in the crimes.
Tuesday, December 20th 2022 - 20:01 UTC
Putin seeks closeness to South America

Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva held a telephone conversation Tuesday with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Agencia Brasil reported.
Tuesday, December 20th 2022 - 08:53 UTC
Millions of rivers and lakes to be surveyed by a Nasa satellite

NASA, the US space agency has launched a satellite that's expected to transform our view of water on Earth and further illustrate on climate change. The Swot, Surface Water and Ocean topography, the mission will map the precise height of rivers, reservoirs, and lakes, and track ocean surface features at unprecedented scales.
Tuesday, December 20th 2022 - 08:44 UTC
New banknotes depicting King Charles III unveiled

The Bank of England has released specimens of the new bills portraying King Charles III instead of his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, which are due to enter circulation in mid-2024.
Monday, December 19th 2022 - 10:30 UTC
Strong reaction from Argentine squid industry against some Patagonia ports willing to service Chinese fleet

A strong reaction from the Argentine squid industry following news published in Buenos Aires media indicated some Patagonian port were considering, and could be prepared to service the Chinese jigger fleet operating in mile 201 of the Argentine EEZ.
Monday, December 19th 2022 - 10:09 UTC
COP 15: UK to continue global leadership on marine protection, Pitcairn MPA experience

The UK will continue as Chair of the Global Ocean Alliance as it calls for more ambition to meet the 30by30 ocean pledge. Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey urged more countries to join the more than 120 nations who already support the pledge to protect 30% of the world’s ocean by 2030.
Monday, December 19th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
UK Armed Forces are not 'spare capacity' for striking workers, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin

The Head of the Armed Forces, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, has warned that it would be “slightly perilous” to expect the British military to regularly stand in for striking public sector workers. He’s told The Sunday Telegraph that personnel are “not a spare capacity”.