International

• Monday, October 3rd 2022 - 10:16 UTC

  Tory MPs furious with Liz Truss mini-budget: she's playing into the hands of Labour

  

  The shockwaves from the mini-budget presented by Prime Minister Liz Truss and her Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng are still reverberating in the markets and politically more damaging, among members of the ruling Conservative party.

• Monday, October 3rd 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Russian tourists land on Margarita Island

  

  After months of blockades to Russian commercial flights, the first batch of tourists arrived this weekend at Venezuela's Margarita Island on a Nordwind charter service, it was reported.

• Monday, October 3rd 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Largest ports in UK Felixstowe and Liverpool on strike

  

  The dockworkers at Felixstowe, the largest port in the United Kingdom have started an eight-day strike in protest over their wages and inflation, overlapping with an ongoing strike at the Port of Liverpool.

• Saturday, October 1st 2022 - 10:04 UTC

  Annexation of Ukrainian territories to Russia formalized in Moscow

  

  Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday announced the annexation of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine following the outcome of the referendums, according to which a large majority of locals wanted to sever ties with Kyiv.

• Saturday, October 1st 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Labour Conference votes a manifesto commitment to proportional representation

  

  The Labour Party Conference has voted for a manifesto commitment to proportional representation for general elections. This is described as a massive moment for democracy in the UK. Now all major parties, bar the Conservatives, are united on the need for electoral reform and committed to delivering a fair electoral system where every vote counts.

• Saturday, October 1st 2022 - 09:47 UTC

  Fourth Committee on Decolonization approves program for UN General Assembly 77th session

  

  The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization Committee) approved its work program for the seventy-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly, covering topics ranging from the decolonization of the 17 remaining Non-Self-Governing Territories and United Nations peacekeeping operations, to the plight of Palestinian refugees and other Arab territories, among other agenda items.

• Saturday, October 1st 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng play, “Britannia Unhinged”

  

  By Gwynne Dyer – “The Queen’s final act of service to the nation was to selflessly buy the economy one last fortnight,” said one tweet when all four wheels finally came off the British economy.

• Friday, September 30th 2022 - 10:37 UTC

  Ample commitment from Labour with Falkland Islands self determination

  

  The round of United Kingdom political parties conferences has commenced and this week at Liverpool was Labour week, with the Falkland Islands government presence larger than normal, to mark this year the 40th anniversary of the war and Liberation.

• Thursday, September 29th 2022 - 10:13 UTC

  Pfizer files for clearance to use booster dose on children aged 5 to 11

  

  US pharmaceutical company Pfizer has filed a request before the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week for an emergency clearance to vaccinate children aged 5 to 11 with a 10-microgram booster dose against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.

• Thursday, September 29th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Bank of England to the rescue of first stumble of PM Truss economic program

  

  Britain's central bank on Wednesday warned that dwindling confidence in the economy poses a significant risk as it took the unusual step of intervening directly in financial markets. The move was aimed at restoring financial stability in markets shaken by the Liz Truss government fiscal policies.