International

• Friday, September 9th 2022 - 10:03 UTC

  First messages from King Charles III; Camilla becomes Queen Consort

  

  A new king has been confirmed by Buckingham Palace. Formerly known to the nation as Prince Charles, the 73-year-old who up until this point occupied the position of heir apparent to the British throne, is now the country's reigning monarch.

• Friday, September 9th 2022 - 09:57 UTC

  Pope Francis mourns the death of Queen Elizabeth and sends condolences to King Charles III

  

  Pope Francis sends his condolences to King Charles III and the people of the United Kingdom for the death of Queen Elizabeth II, and praises her “life of unstinting service to the good of the Nation and the Commonwealth”.

• Friday, September 9th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Carlos Slim wants fewer working days and retirement not before 75 years

  

  Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim insisted earlier this month on the need to cut down the working week to 3 days and said 75 was the right age for retirement.

• Friday, September 9th 2022 - 08:23 UTC

  President Biden: “Queen Elizabeth II was more than a monarch. She defined an era”

  

  Statement of US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden on the Death of Queen Elizabeth. In a world of constant change, she was a steadying presence and a source of comfort and pride for generations of Britons, including many who have never known their country without her.

• Friday, September 9th 2022 - 08:16 UTC

  Putin telegram to King Charles III, “I wish you courage and perseverance in the face of this heavy, irreparable loss”

  

  Russian president Vladimir Putin has sent his condolences after the death of the Queen at the age of 96. Despite the tensions over the war in Ukraine, Mr Putin reached out to King Charles III in a telegram.

• Friday, September 9th 2022 - 08:08 UTC

  The 2022 summer was the hottest in Europe's recorded history

  

  The summer of 2022 was the hottest in Europe's recorded history, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) announced on Thursday. It is the second summer in a row of record-breaking temperatures in Europe.

• Friday, September 9th 2022 - 07:53 UTC

  Euro zone adopts an aggressive rates policy: “inflation remains too high and is likely to stay”

  

  The European Central Bank decided on Thursday to increase the three key interest rates by 75 basis points, making a dramatic change from the prevailing transition accommodative rates' levels to ensure a timely return to the ECB's inflation target of 2%.

• Friday, September 9th 2022 - 07:43 UTC

  Uruguay's Foreign Ministry joins global sympathy over Queen's death

  

  Uruguay's Foreign Ministry Thursday issued a statement expressing the South American country's sympathy over the passing of the British monarch at Balmoral Castle.

• Friday, September 9th 2022 - 02:47 UTC

  Falkland Islands Statement on the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

  

  It is with deep sadness that the Falkland Islands Government has today learned of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

• Thursday, September 8th 2022 - 20:30 UTC

  Bolsonaro decrees three days of mourning in Brazil over Queen's passing

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has decreed three days of mourning over the passing away of Queen Elizabeth II. In order to make the head of state's decision effective, a special edition of the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette) was released Thursday afternoon.