International

• Tuesday, October 11th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Assange isolated inside prison after testing positive for COVID-19

  

  Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, housed at Belmarsh prison in the UK awaiting extradition to the United States, has been reported to have tested positive for COVID-19 while his wife harbors fears over his well-being.

• Monday, October 10th 2022 - 18:59 UTC

  Scientists reach world's tallest tree, where did they find it?

  

  A group of scientists has found the world's tallest tree, a towering specimen the size of a 25-story building in the Amazon rainforest, it was reported this weekend.

• Monday, October 10th 2022 - 18:55 UTC

  Nobel Economics Prize split among 3 US scholars

  

  The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond, and Philip H. Dybvig of the United States “for their research on banks and financial crises,” it was announced in Stockholm Monday.

• Monday, October 10th 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  China increasingly aggressive on the Falklands: “UK stubbornly clings to its colonial sin”

  

  The following is the lead editorial of China Daily's 6 October edition, a newspaper belonging to the Chinese Communist Party editorial and refers to the recent Organization of American States declaration in support of Argentina's claims of Falkland Islands sovereignty.

• Monday, October 10th 2022 - 10:31 UTC

  Madrid mayor pledges not to allow Peronism 'fiscal populism' into Spain

  

  The mayor of Spain's capital Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, and a rising star among the conservative Popular Party has condemned the Spanish Socialist government accusing it of following Argentine Peronism populist policies, underlining that “here in Spain people want to be free”

• Monday, October 10th 2022 - 10:24 UTC

  Supreme Court to decide on a Scottish second independence referendum

  

  Crucial week for Scotland's intention of holding a second independence referendum, when the UK Supreme Court begins on Tuesday hearing arguments in the dispute with London

• Monday, October 10th 2022 - 10:06 UTC

  Pope canonizes third Argentine saint

  

  Italian immigrant Artemides Zatti, who spent most of his life as an Argentine nurse has been canonized Sunday by Pope Francis for his work in Patagonia after the Vatican confirmed a miracle attributed to his intercession. He took up Argentine citizenship in 1914.

• Monday, October 10th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  UK National Grid warns of possible rotating three hour blackouts this winter

  

  UK's National Grid has warned that rotating blackouts could happen this winter in the extreme case of gas shortages and reduced electricity imports from Europe. Households could experience a series of three-hour power cuts under this worst case scenario.

• Saturday, October 8th 2022 - 10:47 UTC

  UK representative challenges OAS Assembly to recognize Falklands right to self determination

  

  The United Kingdom called on the Organization of American States (OAS) on Friday to “recognize the right to self-determination” of the Falklands/Malvinas islanders who had decided to remain citizens of a British Overseas Territories and members of the British Family, despite Argentina’s sovereignty claims.

• Saturday, October 8th 2022 - 10:05 UTC

  Argentina passes IMF test, gets US$ 3.8 billion

  

  The International Monetary Fund's Board of Directors Friday approved the 2022 second semester review, thus clearing the way for a US$ 3.8 billion disbursement in favor of Argentina.