International

• Thursday, April 21st 2022 - 21:00 UTC

  “Inspirational” Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 96th birthday

  

  Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 96th birthday in a private ceremony surrounded by her closest relatives at Sandringham Estate in eastern England.

• Thursday, April 21st 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  IMF: inflation is Argentina's main threat

  

  International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva Wednesday said the greatest risk facing Argentina was inflation. She made those remarks during a speech at the Joint Assembly of the IMF and the World Bank in Washington, DC.

• Thursday, April 21st 2022 - 09:47 UTC

  Brazilian port exporters feeling the pinch of less Chinese purchases

  

  Brazilian pork exporters are facing a tight situation following the fall in shipments to China, which seems to have recovered the hog herd faster than expected, following the outbreak of African Swine Fever, ASF, a couple of years ago.

• Thursday, April 21st 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Russians and Belarusians banned from Wimbledon tennis event

  

  Organizers of the traditional Wimbledon tennis tournament have announced players of Russian and Belarusian citizenship will be banned from entering in view of current events in Ukraine.

• Wednesday, April 20th 2022 - 09:46 UTC

  Abundance, Exploitation, Recovery: A Portrait of South Georgia

  

  SGSSI has been featured in the New York Times as a shining example of world-leading conservation with measurable positive impact. Charting the visible return of biodiversity within the territory during the lifetime of those who have worked there, the article showcases the role humans have to play in improving the natural environment whilst still living and working in it, underlining how governments can be a force for positive change.

• Wednesday, April 20th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Partygate: Boris Johnson pays £50 fine and “whole heartedly apologizes to the House of Commons”

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was grilled by in Parliament on Tuesday for the first time since police fined him over illegal “bring the booze” parties at 10 Downing Street during the coronavirus lockdowns, plus misleading Parliament.

• Wednesday, April 20th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Exxon Mobil drilling offshore in Brazil's Sergipe/Alagoas basin with a potential of a billion barrels

  

  United States Exxon Mobil Corp. is drilling in a new area offshore in the northeast of Brazil that could have as much as a billion barrels of oil and gas equivalent, according to its partner Murphy Oil.

• Wednesday, April 20th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Brazil continues to receive Russian fertilizers although in erratic shipments

  

  Some 600,000 tons of fertilizer, 50% of which potash and of Russian origin were on their way to Brazil during the first week of April. Despite almost two months of war, the flow of Russian fertilizer to Brazil continues, according to consultancy StoneX.

• Tuesday, April 19th 2022 - 20:09 UTC

  Argentina once again objects to British military exercises in South Atlantic

  

  Argentina's Foreign Ministry Tuesday expressed its utmost rejection of British military drills in the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands, which the South American country deemed as “an unjustified show of force.”

• Tuesday, April 19th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Problems and challenges Brexit brought for the Falklands' economy still pending

  

  Brexit has “brought problems” for the Falkland Islands’ fishing industry, a Labour former defense minister has warned. Derek Twigg, chairman of the Falkland Islands All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), said there had “been a lot of concern” over the impact of the UK’s exit from the EU on Falkland Islands fishing exports, such as squid.