International

• Wednesday, October 19th 2022 - 08:49 UTC

  Corruption rampant in Chinese party cadres, Global Times Editorial

  

  General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Xi Jinping stressed in a report to the 20th CPC National Congress that the CPC must meet the overall requirements for Party building in the new era and improve the system for exercising full and rigorous self-governance.

• Tuesday, October 18th 2022 - 19:18 UTC

  German WWII sunken submarine found off Necochea

  

  Researchers from the “Eslabón Perdido” (Missing Link) team have come across a German Reichsmarine submarine off the coast of Necochea in the Argentine province of Buenos Aires near Arenas Verdes and Costa Bonita, it was reported Tuesday.

• Tuesday, October 18th 2022 - 10:44 UTC

  Argentine prosecutor wants Iran's VP arrested in Qatar

  

  Argentine Prosecutor Sebastián Basso asked the Foreign Ministry to take the necessary steps for Iranian Vice President Mohsen Rezai to be arrested in Qatar and extradited to Buenos Aires in connection with the 1994 bombing of the Jewish welfare AMIA association.

• Tuesday, October 18th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Stability, confidence the priorities, and hard times ahead said Chancellor Hunt in a momentous U-turn speech

  

  Financial markets reacted positively Monday after the United Kingdom's new Chancellor of the Exchequer scrapped Prime Minister Liz Truss' tax-cutting economic stimulus package. Jeremy Hunt, who was appointed to the role only on Friday, said the unfunded tax measures had been eliminated and underlined that stability, confidence and helping the most vulnerable, were now the government's goals and number one focus.

• Monday, October 17th 2022 - 09:27 UTC

  Criminal charges filed against Argentine Health Minister

  

  Conservative groups in Argentina have filed a criminal case against Health Minister Carla Vizzotti and other government officials for promoting sterilization among teenagers at the age of 16, it was reported.

• Monday, October 17th 2022 - 09:27 UTC

  The last hurdle to absolute power of president Xi Jinping

  

  By Gwynne Dyer – In the Chinese Communist Party’s 20th National Congress, which started in Beijing this weekend, President Xi Jinping is expected to be confirmed as president-for-life. If that actually happens, China’s ascent to genuine superpower status will be at least delayed. At worst (from the Chinese perspective), it may not happen at all

• Saturday, October 15th 2022 - 14:50 UTC

  Falklands MLA will report on trade agreements with EU, UK following on Brexit

  

  The UK represented the Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories in relations with the EU while a member of the block. But since Brexit, how is it performing at engaging the EU to represent their individual interests?

• Saturday, October 15th 2022 - 14:00 UTC

  Global Handwashing Day draws awareness of hygiene deficits

  

  A United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (Unicef) report released this week showed that some 700 children daily from diseases caused by inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene. The document also pointed out that 3 in 10 people worldwide lack basic hand washing facilities with soap and water

• Saturday, October 15th 2022 - 06:24 UTC

  Backlog of vessels with Ukrainian grains waiting for inspection in the Black Sea

  

  With nearly 100 grain-laden ships reaching towards the horizon off Istanbul, the U.N. official overseeing exports from Ukraine is asking Russia and other parties to end “full-blown” inspections of outgoing vessels to ease the backlog.

• Saturday, October 15th 2022 - 06:17 UTC

  PM Truss U-turn on tax cuts, names new Chancellor, to avoid her own sacking

  

  After only turbulent 38 days and a quick return from Washington, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer on Friday was fired and a former foreign minister Jeremy Hunt was appointed to replace him.