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  • Friday, November 10th 2023 - 10:34 UTC

    Brazil’s ruling party criticizes Bolsonaro's meeting with Israeli ambassador

    Hoffman said Ambassador Daniel Zohar Zonshine (photo) was meddling in Brazil’s domestic affairs

    Israel’s Ambassador to Brazil Daniel Zohar Zonshine has been accused of meddling in local politics following his meeting with former President Jair Bolsonaro to watch a video of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, it was reported.

  • Thursday, November 9th 2023 - 22:42 UTC

    Suspected Hezbollah terrorists arrested in Brazil

    Hezbollah and the Iranian regime continue to operate around the world to attack Israeli, Jewish, and Western targets,” the Mossad said

    Brazil’s Federal Police (PF) Wednesday arrested two suspects in Sao Paulo in connection with plans to stage “terrorist acts” against the Jewish community in the South American country. Behind the plot was reported to be the terrorist group Hezbollah, according to Israeli secret service Mossad sources quoted by local media.

  • Thursday, November 9th 2023 - 11:31 UTC

    Spanish minister wants the world to isolate Israel

    Belarra called for “economic sanctions against Netanyahu and his political leadership, and to bring before the international criminal court all the political leaders who are pressing.” Photo: EFE

    After Bolivia severed diplomatic ties with Israel in the aftermath of the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, Spain’s Social Rights Minister Ione Belarra said Wednesday that her country and the rest of the world should follow suit due to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ”planned genocide” against the people of Palestine.

  • Thursday, November 9th 2023 - 11:24 UTC

    More funding needed for polar research as ice keeps melting

    Funding for polar research is “clearly insufficient,” Olivier Poivre d'Arvor said

    As the melting of glaciers and poles keeps expanding, scientists Wednesday asked during the “One Planet Polar Summit” for additional funding to address the issue.

  • Wednesday, November 8th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    Guterres once again calls for humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza

    “Everything he says is based on information that we have and that we trust to be able to use,” a spokesperson for Guterres explained

    United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres Tuesday called again for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza to allow humanitarian actions. The Portugal-born official said he was “extremely distressed by the violent death of civilians in Gaza and the humanitarian catastrophe that continues there.”

  • Tuesday, November 7th 2023 - 10:23 UTC

    Falklands Representative marks service of Falkland Islanders at Houses of Parliament

    Mr Hyslop placed the commemorate stake in memory of the 22 Falkland Islanders who were killed while serving with the allied war effort during the First World War,

    The Falkland Islands Government Representative to the UK and Europe, Mr Richard Hyslop, has paid tribute to the service of Falkland Islanders during the First and Second World War and those who helped liberate the Falkland Islands in 1982 by placing a commemorative stake in their honour at the UK Parliament’s Garden of Remembrance.

  • Tuesday, November 7th 2023 - 09:43 UTC

    US Tyson Foods recalls 14 tons of chicken nuggets with metal pieces

    Nuggets were produced at one facility and shipped to distributors in nine US states. Tyson Foods said the voluntary recall is “out of an abundance of caution”

    Tyson Foods from Arkansas, USA, has been forced to recall 14 tons of chicken nuggets since metal pieces were found in the product. The firm said the voluntary recall is “out of an abundance of caution”.

  • Monday, November 6th 2023 - 10:17 UTC

    Storm in São Paulo leaves at least 7 people dead

    Parts of the State still have electricity and water supply problems

    Local authorities confirmed Sunday that the death toll from the storm that hit São Paulo last Friday had risen to 7, Agencia Brasil reported. The latest victim accounted for was a crew member of a boat that sank off Ilhabela while two survivors from the same vessel had been rescued, according to the State’s Civil Defense.

  • Monday, November 6th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

    Netanyahu suspends minister who wanted to nuke Gaza

    Eliyahu’s words are detached from reality,” Netanyahu said

    Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday banned Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu indefinitely from all cabinet meetings following his statements hinting that dropping a nuclear bomb on the Gaza Strip was “an option” in the ongoing war after the Oct. 7 attacks by the terrorist group Hamas.

  • Monday, November 6th 2023 - 09:14 UTC

    AP Moller-Maersk cutting jobs as global shipping business declines strongly

    The Danish company said in a trading update last week that there had been “significant pressure on rates” in the past few months.

    AP Moller-Maersk announced it will be cutting 3,500 jobs because of a downturn in business. This adds to another 6,500 jobs cut earlier this year. The Danish company one of the largest global shipping enterprises said profits plunged 92% and a policy of rigorous containment had to be applies. It said “worsening” prices for shipping by sea required further job cuts.