International

Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 09:24 UTC
Former ambassador to leave Argentina's diplomatic mission in Tel Aviv

Former Argentina's Ambassador to Israel Sergio Urribarri, who resigned his position after being convicted to eight years in jail for acts of corruption during his tenure as Governor of the province of Entre Ríos, is to leave the diplomatic building where he has been sheltering, it was announced in Buenos Aires.
Tuesday, May 31st 2022 - 09:55 UTC
BRICS financing, a life-changer for Amazonia residents

Financing from the BRICS bank has been pivotal in boosting pavement, drainage, basic sanitation and sidewalk construction works in Brazil's Amazonia, it was reported.
Tuesday, May 31st 2022 - 09:49 UTC
WHO says tobacco industry poisoning the planet, and sponsors “polluter pays principle” and banning cigarette filters

The World Health Organization (WHO) revealed on Tuesday new information on the extent to which tobacco damages both the environment and human health, calling for steps to make the industry more accountable for the destruction it is causing.
Tuesday, May 31st 2022 - 09:40 UTC
China slowly lifting some COVID-19 restrictions

As Chinese authorities are beginning to announce a gradual easing of the harsh measures imposed as per the country's zero-COVID policy, one episode in Beijing has resulted in additional restrictions, it was reported.
Tuesday, May 31st 2022 - 09:37 UTC
Monkeypox far from becoming a pandemic, WHO experts explain

A leading World Health Organization (WHO) scientist has been reported as saying there were no concerns about the monkeypox outbreak ever evolving into a pandemic like COVID-19.
Tuesday, May 31st 2022 - 09:00 UTC
French newsman killed in Russia-Ukraine conflict

Newsman Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff has been killed Monday by a Russian grenade thrown against a humanitarian convoy in Donbass, French President Emmanuel Macron has confirmed.
Monday, May 30th 2022 - 09:22 UTC
PM Johnson wants to go back to pounds and ounces

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is weighing a possible return to imperial units of measurement in a post-Brexit move to fully part with the remaining vestiges of the European alliance, it was reported in London. He had already pledged to take this path during his 2019 campaign.
Monday, May 30th 2022 - 09:10 UTC
Pie thrown at Mona Lisa by fake old woman

A deranged young male visitor disguised as an old lady in a wheelchair threw a piece of cake at Leonardo Da Vicini's Mona Lisa painting at Paris' Louvre Museum
Monday, May 30th 2022 - 09:09 UTC
House of Commons Speaker and Minister Milling at Goose Green Liberation ceremony

On Sunday, marking the 40th Anniversary of the Liberation of Goose Green, East Falkland, and despite a brisk wind blowing snow across the monument, a service of commemoration was held to remember those who gave their lives in the battle.
Monday, May 30th 2022 - 09:05 UTC
British Antarctic Survey field season has finished; RRS Sir Attenborough returns to UK after seven months

RRS Sir David Attenborough departed Rothera Research Station for the final time earlier in May and is now making its way back to the UK, marking the end of the BAS Antarctic summer field season.