International

Tuesday, August 9th 2022 - 08:37 UTC
“Laughable advice from utilities to save water instead of showers,” UK customers

Water supplies in the UK have been seriously reduced because of recent heat waves and a lack of rain forcing some utilities to introduce hosepipe bans in some areas to save water resources.
Tuesday, August 9th 2022 - 07:59 UTC
UK energy prices: record number of people stole electricity last year; another hefty rise in October

The energy situation is hitting UK consumers and figures released by the Home Office show that a record number of people stole electricity in England and Wales last year.
Monday, August 8th 2022 - 10:15 UTC
Pelosi’s ‘solidarity’ trip poorly timed and the US “strategic ambiguity”

By Gwynne Dyer – Nancy Pelosi’s brief visit to Taiwan this week caused great — if somewhat confected — anger in Beijing, but the Chinese Communist regime was not her main target. The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives has long supported Taiwan, and she will be aware that both the government and the people are in need of reassurance at the moment.
Monday, August 8th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
German consul in Rio arrested over husband's murder

Germany's Consul in Rio de Janeiro Uwe Herbert Hahn has been arrested over the death of his Belgian husband of 23 years, who fell from his Ipanema apartment after suffering a sudden illness, it was reported.
Monday, August 8th 2022 - 09:51 UTC
The impact of cyber attacks in Ukrainian war, but “China a greater menace than Russia”

While Russia's invasion of Ukraine rages on, conventional hardware grabbing the headlines has come in addition to cyber attacks hitting forces where it hurts. Ciaran Martin, the former CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre, says Russia started its illegal campaign by successfully targeting Ukrainian satellite communications.
Monday, August 8th 2022 - 09:48 UTC
Argentina and China share “territorial integrity” concept. Pelosi's trip to Taiwan “a provocation,” Argentine ambassador in Beijing

Argentine controversial ambassador to China, Sabiuo Vaca Narvaja openly supported Beijing's position condemning US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visit to Taiwan, which he described as “a provocation” and “a problem for the international community”.
Monday, August 8th 2022 - 09:42 UTC
Argentina and Uruguay potential customers of South Korea's military equipment

Located in a part of the world with numerous and evolving security challenges not least North Korea, an aggressive neighbor with nuclear weapons and the largest per capita standing army in the world, South Korea has earned a solid reputation as a high quality military equipment manufacturer for land, air, sea and space, and could in a near future have the Argentine Air Force as one of its clients..
Saturday, August 6th 2022 - 12:10 UTC
China announces sanctions against the US and Pelosi

China Friday imposed an entry ban on its territory against US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the entourage accompanying her earlier this week to Taiwan in defiance of Beijing's advice not to fuel tensions regarding what the Asian country considers to be a rogue province.
Saturday, August 6th 2022 - 11:48 UTC
UN Chief warns from Hiroshima against nuclear threats worldwide

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Saturday warned that the current war in Ukraine and other conflicts worldwide might repeat the disastrous experience that people there in Hiroshima went through 77 years ago.
Saturday, August 6th 2022 - 11:38 UTC
Germany resurrecting nuclear, oil and coal powered plants to replace Russian gas

With the Ukrainian war still raging and making arrangements ahead of next winter, Germany despite its original pledges and with a coalition that includes the Green party, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has admitted for the first time that the country could put off the retirement of its nuclear power grid.