International

Monday, June 13th 2022 - 20:55 UTC
UK journalist and guide in Amazonia said to have been found dead – Police denies it

Despite versions from family members that two bodies had been found belonging to missing British reporter Dom Phillips and indgenist expert Bruno Araújo Pereira, Brazilian Federal Police in the state of Amazonas deny any such discoveries.
Monday, June 13th 2022 - 20:48 UTC
Bachelet quits UN Human Rights post and returns to Chile

Former two-time Chilean President Michelle Bachelet Monday delivered a speech she said was her last as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Monday, June 13th 2022 - 10:45 UTC
Mounts surrounding Stanley taken by British forces, end of Falklands war

The Argentine occupation of the Falkland Islands is coming to an end and Liberation is in the air. Royal Marines, Paras, Scot Guards, and Gurkhas with naval bombardment support were attacking and capturing the Mounts surrounding Stanley, which would inevitably lead to the collapse and surrender of Argentine forces on 14 June.
Monday, June 13th 2022 - 10:45 UTC
Venezuelan cargo 747 with Iranian crew causes uproar at Buenos Aires airport

A Venezuelan-registered Boeing 747 red-flagged by the United States has been seized at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza airport, after which Argentine authorities kept the passports of the seventeen crewmembers.
Monday, June 13th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Operation Blackleg to recover sensitive information from HMS Coventry sunk by Argentine bombers

The Daily Express going through the National Archives of the British Ministry of Defense unearthed details of a secret operation in the aftermath of the Falkland Islands War to recover what were considered sensitive information and weapons, fearing they might fall into the hands of curious Soviets roaming the area.
Saturday, June 11th 2022 - 11:09 UTC
BAS/South Georgia launch new data portal on one of the world's largest Marine Protected Areas

A new Data Portal was launched on Friday by the British Antarctic Survey and the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI), which will help to enhance the management of one of the world’s largest Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).
Saturday, June 11th 2022 - 10:41 UTC
Pope cancels African tour due to knee treatment

Pope Francis has been forced to cancel a trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Sudan due to knee problems, the Vatican announced Friday. The Argentine pontiff has already postponed a trip to Lebanon in June, citing “health reasons.”
Friday, June 10th 2022 - 21:28 UTC
Nicaragua opens the door for Russian troops to land in Central America

Nicaragua's regime has reportedly greenlighted the entry of Russian forces into the Central American country, according to a Russian state TV broadcast. “It is time for Russia to deploy something powerful closer to US cities,” host Olga Skabeeva was quoted as saying.
Friday, June 10th 2022 - 20:30 UTC
NZ plans to tax breeders for livestock belches

The Government of New Zealand has disclosed a plan to collect a tax on cow and sheep burps from livestock production which would become the first in the world to make producers pay for their animals' emissions.
Friday, June 10th 2022 - 09:53 UTC
Mexico would like to see OAS dissolved, FM says

In the absence of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), one of the regional leaders who chose not to attend the IX Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles for having excluded Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela from the event, Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard took the stand on behalf of his country.