International

• Saturday, August 20th 2022 - 07:50 UTC

  HMS Scott, in four weeks, has record scanned an Atlantic Ocean area similar to that of Portugal

  

  The Royal Navy survey ship HMS Scott is on course to smash her record scanning the oceans after just the first four weeks of an epic 15-month deployment.

• Friday, August 19th 2022 - 22:20 UTC

  China under yellow alert over drought

  

  Chinese authorities have declared a yellow alert as the country continues to be hit by a persistent drought following weeks of high temperatures that have dried up parts of the Yangtze river, it was announced. On Beijing's scale of alerts, yellow is two notches below the most severe warning.

• Friday, August 19th 2022 - 20:42 UTC

  Glasgow museum returns art objects to India seized in the late 1800s

  

  The Glasgow Life agency, managers of the city's museum, issued a statement announcing a delegation from India's government had been welcomed Friday for the returning to that country of a set of works of arts seized in the late 1800s by British colonial authorities.

• Friday, August 19th 2022 - 10:12 UTC

  Requirements for visiting Antarctica, according to the Foreign Office

  

  This guide sets out who has to apply for a permit, how to apply and explains the other rules covering travel to Antarctica. The Antarctic Treaty signed in Washington on 1 December 1959 preserves the Antarctic continent for peaceful and scientific use.

• Friday, August 19th 2022 - 09:41 UTC

  Antarctic Heritage has selected three young explorers for the Geographic South Pole ski expedition in November

  

  The Antarctic Heritage Trust’s Inspiring Explorers Expedition to attempt to ski to the Geographic South Pole, has selected three candidates for the coming November challenge, which coincides with the 150th anniversary since the birth of legendary polar explorer Roald Amundsen, the first to reach the South Pole in 1911.

• Friday, August 19th 2022 - 09:39 UTC

  Foreign ministers of Chile, China highlight bilateral ties and FTA

  

  While Europe plans to take steps to rebuild its ties with Latin America after Moscow and Beijing sneaked in as the region's new most important partners, the Foreign Ministers of China and Chile held a telephone conversation earlier this week, it was reported.

• Thursday, August 18th 2022 - 20:45 UTC

  EU working to stop Russian, Chinese expansion in Latin America

  

  The European Union has noticed of Russia's and China's advancements in Latin America and is devising a series of measures to counter those effects and avoid losing its traditional partners, it was reported.

• Thursday, August 18th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  Ukrainian leader wants Latin America to join sanctions against Russia

  

  During a virtual forum held at the Catholic University of Chile, Ukraine's President Volodymir Zelensky claimed Russia did not want his country to develop stronger ties with Latin America, which he urged to join global sanctions against his enemy.

• Thursday, August 18th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  Falkland Islands announces limited power cut and water disruption

  

  Upcoming power cut. The Power & Electrical Section would like to inform the public that there will be a power cut on Thursday 18 August from 3:15 pm to 4:15 pm, the following areas will be affected:

• Thursday, August 18th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Household pet dog reported having caught monkeypox

  

  Experts Wednesday issued a series of recommendations after the medical journal The Lancet reported the first case of human-to-dog transmission of monkeypox last week. The case occurred in France.