International

• Friday, August 26th 2022 - 10:19 UTC

  Russia replacing Brazil as one of China's main oil suppliers

  

  Russia has become China's main oil supplier for the third month running during July, according to information from Hong Kong market analysts. Apparently independent refiners stepped up purchases of discounted supplies while cutting shipments from rival suppliers such as Angola and Brazil.

• Friday, August 26th 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  Fears of civil unrest in UK as people are unable to afford heating and power bills this winter

  

  United Kingdom energy executives have warned the country faces the prospect of mass civil unrest as a result of people being unable to afford their heating and electricity bills this coming winter.

• Friday, August 26th 2022 - 10:10 UTC

  European cruise ship to dock at Margarita Island after 15 years

  

  Venezuelan authorities Thursday announced the first cruise ship in 15 years will be arriving at Margarita on Jan. 3, while the so-called “turoperación” with Russia will be resumed as of October, with 5 direct weekly flights between Moscow and Porlamar.

• Friday, August 26th 2022 - 10:09 UTC

  Ukraine conflict, inflation, tighter monetary policy slowing down global trade, WTO quarter report

  

  The World Trade Organization warns that uncertainty has increased as a result of the conflict in Ukraine, growing global inflation, and the predicted tightening of monetary policy by central banks in advanced nations.

• Friday, August 26th 2022 - 10:05 UTC

  Falklands strongly supports Ukraine Independence Day, Slava Ukraini

  

  The Falkland Islands has shown its strong solidarity with Ukraine on August 24, Independence Day of the central European country suffering the invasion of its powerful neighbor, Russia.

• Friday, August 26th 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  1982: UK forces downed Argentine Pucara with a Stinger missile during Falklands San Carlos' landing

  

  In 1982, Britain's Special Air Service troops were the first to fire a Stinger missile in combat, during the Falkland Islands conflict. They had been drafted in to distract Argentine forces from the San Carlos landings, carried out by British soldiers in response to Argentina's invasion of the Islands in April 1982.

• Friday, August 26th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Giant squid washes onto the rocky shore of a Cape Town beach

  

  The carcass of a giant squid, measuring 4,3 meters long washed onto the rocky shore of Scarborough Beach in Cape Town, South Africa. This is the second giant squid to crop up on a beach in the region this year

• Friday, August 26th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Indian FM welcomed at Casa Rosada

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Thursday welcomed Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. During the meeting, bilateral issues were discussed, in addition to the South American country's desire to join the BRICS alliance. Also present during the encounter was Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero.

• Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 19:22 UTC

  Russian attack leaves 25 Ukrainians dead; Moscow claims only troops were hit

  

  A Russian Iskander missile hit a military column at the Chaplino railway station in the Dnipropetrovsk region, killing over 200 Ukrainian troops bound for the Donbas region, according to Moscow sources, and destroying heavy military machinery, it was reported Thursday.

• Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 10:03 UTC

  Rockhopper could net £210m compensation from Italian government because of offshore drilling ban

  

  A corporate tribunal has ordered the Italian government to pay more than £210m to the UK/Falklands oil company Rockhopper as compensation for an offshore oil drilling ban. Rockhopper’s case was launched after the Italian government banned oil exploration and production within a 12 mile-limit off Italy’s coast in 2015, scotching the company’s planned Ombrina Mare oilfield.