International

• Monday, June 27th 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  Uruguay Congress Falklands declaration expected first week of July; differences on the term 'usurpation'

  

  The Uruguayan parliament is expected to make a legislative declaration relative to the Falkland Islands conflict and the 40th anniversary of the war during the first week of July. The initiative was presented by the opposition catch-all coalition (Broad Front) in April, but the final decision has been delayed since the senior member of the ruling coalition which supports president Luis Lacalle Pou, does not agree with the wording.

• Monday, June 27th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  Argentina demands UK flagged vessels with toothfish licenses in South Georgia be listed as IUU

  

  British flagged fishing vessels are illegally operating in South Georgia waters, with illegitimate licenses awarded by the United Kingdom, and outside of the multilateral agreement which rules operations in those fisheries, according to a formal complaint from the Argentine foreign ministry made public.

• Monday, June 27th 2022 - 09:47 UTC

  US Navy WWII sunken warship found off The Philippines

  

  The remains of the USS Samuel B. Roberts, a warship sunk during World War II, have been found at record depths in the Pacific Ocean, it was reported during the weekend.

• Monday, June 27th 2022 - 08:45 UTC

  Monkeypox not a global emergency for now, says WHO

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) has come to the conclusion following an emergency meeting that 3,200 cases and only one death due to monkeypox globally are not enough to consider the malady a global emergency, it was announced.

• Monday, June 27th 2022 - 08:37 UTC

  Slain British reporter buried in Rio de Janeiro

  

  British reporter Dom Phillips, who was murdered earlier this month while venturing into Amazonia to gather material for a book, has been laid to rest in Niterói, in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro.

• Saturday, June 25th 2022 - 11:08 UTC

  Uruguay is back in the oil exploration business; three companies awarded four off shore blocks

  

  Uruguay's oil refining and fuel distribution company Ancap announced on Friday that three blocks and exploration licenses in the country's maritime shelf had been awarded. Two of them were acquired by Shell and the third by Apache Corporation, including an exploratory well, in the framework of the Open Uruguay Round.

• Saturday, June 25th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  Emtrasur: Judge asks US for information on aircraft and crew link to terrorism

  

  Argentine Federal Judge Federico Villena has sent rogatory letters to United States authorities to determine whether the Emtrasur Boeing 747-300 held at the Ezeiza airport was subject to any formal embargo or restriction, it was reported Friday in Buenos Aires.

• Saturday, June 25th 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  Nearly 20 million lives saved by Covid-19 vaccines, study shows

  

  Scientists from Imperial College London have released a study explaining that COVID-19 vaccines have saved nearly 20 million lives during their first year of existence, although more could have been achieved had international targets been met.

• Friday, June 24th 2022 - 10:18 UTC

  C24 resolution calls on Argentina and UK to resume Falklands' negotiations

  

  The Special Committee on Decolonization adopted on Thursday a resolution requesting the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom to consolidate the current process of dialogue through the resumption of negotiations to find a peaceful solution to the sovereignty dispute relating to the question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

• Friday, June 24th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  BRICS Summit sees new role for the bloc in a changing world

  

  In a move to strengthen cooperation and promote economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, BRICS countries agreed this week during the bloc's virtual Summit to launch the BRICS Business Forum, which they regard as an effective tool to achieve the association's goals.