International

Saturday, July 2nd 2022 - 09:33 UTC
HMS Echo decommissioned. Closer coordination with UK's Hydrographic Office planned

The Royal Navy survey ship HMS Echo’s 20-year career formally ended July first at a decommissioning ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Base. The ship was the first of two Echo-class survey ships – alongside HMS Enterprise, which is still in service – designed for hydrographic and oceanographic operations across the world.
Saturday, July 2nd 2022 - 09:18 UTC
Xi at Hong Kong 25th anniversary of handover; Truss criticizes Beijing's breach of the former colony's freedoms

China's president, Xi Jinping, amid a massive security presence was the main figure at a tightly choreographed celebration to mark the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to Beijing. From London Foreign Secretary Liz Truss criticized China for breaching the legally-binding commitments it signed to support the former British colony's autonomy and freedoms, and implementing a fierce repression.
Saturday, July 2nd 2022 - 03:37 UTC
Ukrainian leader thanks Argentine President for his country's help

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday held a 35-minute telephone conversation with his Ukrainian colleague Volodymyr Zelenski to who he conveyed his condemnation of the Russian invasion and expressed Argentina's willingness to support “all negotiations that may be undertaken for the cessation of hostilities.”
Friday, July 1st 2022 - 10:35 UTC
Argentina insists Malvinas negotiations with UK are essential if bilateral relations are to advance

On a few occasions and at such level, has Argentina had the opportunity to say that if the relation between Argentina and UK is to increase, first we must address the Falklands/Malvinas question, otherwise “that relation will not advance”.
Friday, July 1st 2022 - 10:05 UTC
Russia summons UK ambassador to protest Johnson's “insulting, offensive rhetoric”

Russia on Thursday summoned Britain's ambassador to Moscow to seek clarification on Prime Minister Boris Johnson's “offensive” remarks about president Vladimir Putin.
Friday, July 1st 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Falklands War: nuke sub HMS Spartan honors heroes and crew members

Some thirty former crew members of Swift-sure Class nuclear submarine HMS Spartan gathered at the war memorial in Sunderland’s Mowbray Park, county of Durham, and paid their respects to fellow Falklands War heroes who did not make it home.
Friday, July 1st 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Foreign Secretary Truss says “women are also capable of terrible and appalling acts”

According to British media reporting, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss had some discordant comments on Boris Johnson's claim that Russian President Putin's invasion of Ukraine was the “perfect example of toxic masculinity” and it wouldn't have been carried out by a female leader.
Friday, July 1st 2022 - 09:50 UTC
France limits terminology for veggie foods: steak and sausage only with real meat

France became the first EU country to ban words like “steak” and “sausage” applied to plant-based food. The decree becomes effective next October and states, “it will not be possible to use sector-specific terminology traditionally associated with meat and fish to designate products that do not belong to the animal world and which, in essence, are not comparable”.
Friday, July 1st 2022 - 09:39 UTC
Penguins at most risk off South Africa after predator whales seize the area

A study released this week in the peer-reviewed African Journal of Marine Science, would show that killer orcas are behind the finding of eight white sharks dead off the coast of Gansbaai, in western South Africa in 2017.
Friday, July 1st 2022 - 00:27 UTC
Musk's Twitter account grows despite his absence from social media

Billionaire Elon Musk, who has vowed to buy over the Twitter social media platform, has suddenly vanished from the space, thus raising speculations about his ulterior motives, as both his tweets and the negotiations for the transaction are on hold.