International

• Thursday, May 19th 2022 - 08:29 UTC

  Royal Navy and US Coast Guard will work together in areas of strategic interest

  

  The Royal Navy has announced it will work more closely with the and US Coast Guard to fight crime and protect the planet. The two services already combine to stop drugs traffickers in the Caribbean and Middle East, assist each other with operations in the polar regions, run exchange programs for sailors and frequently work and train side-by-side around the globe.

• Wednesday, May 18th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  Taiana: UK “cynical” when it supports Ukrainian territorial integrity and denies Argentina’s over Malvinas

  

  Argentine Defense Minister Jorge Taiana again accused the British government of being “cynical” since it has a double yardstick, on the one hand, they support Ukrainian sovereignty and on the other, they deny Argentine legitimate rights over Falklands/Malvinas islands sovereignty

• Wednesday, May 18th 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  NATO membership has changed over the years: from 12 founding members to an alliance of 30

  

  In 1949, the primary aim of the creation of NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, was to have a pact of mutual assistance in response to the threat from the Soviet Union. The principle of collective defense is at the heart of NATO´s founding treaty binding together its 30 member countries.

• Wednesday, May 18th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Wheat has become a most promising crop, following on the Ukraine war and India's ban on exports

  

  The intense heat wave in India which has turned out to be the hottest spring in the last one hundred years is having its impact on people, fauna and agriculture. Thermometers recording 50 degrees centigrade, and the lack of water, has forced the government in New Delhi to halt all wheat exports, in anticipation of any shortages that could lead to extreme situations.

• Wednesday, May 18th 2022 - 09:26 UTC

  Changes to Northern Ireland Protocol by London could lead to a trade war, warns Brussels

  

  The European Union has announced that it will respond with all measures at its disposal if the British government pushes ahead with unilateral changes to the Brexit deal on Northern Ireland. UK has said it wants to change the legally binding treaty that it signed less than two years ago.

• Wednesday, May 18th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  McDonald's and Renault leave Russia; for fast food giant it's definitively

  

  Fast food giant McDonald's and French auto maker Renault are leaving Russia and its lucrative market because of an unpredictable operating environment. McDonald's has been in Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union, and has hundreds of outlets and employs thousands, but it has joined many other Western companies exiting the Russian market because of the international sanctions following the invasion of Ukraine.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Stockholm will try to lift Turkey's objection to Sweden's NATO membership

  

  NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg has said that Sweden and Finland's applications to join the alliance will be fast-tracked. Explaining the decision behind her country's intention to become a member, Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said abandoning decades of political neutrality was a direct result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Macron picks France's Prime Minister

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron Monday announced he had picked Elisabeth Borne as the country's new Prime Minister following Jean Castex's resignation.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Monkeypox in UK, apparently from Nigeria: extensive contact tracing in Britain

  

  On 7 May 2022, WHO was informed of a confirmed case of monkeypox in an individual who travelled from the United Kingdom to Nigeria. The case developed a rash on 29 April 2022 and returned to the United Kingdom on 4 May. Monkeypox was suspected and the case was immediately isolated.

• Monday, May 16th 2022 - 10:17 UTC

  Vanessa Estol is the first Uruguayan person to reach the summit of Mount Everest

  

  The mountaineer and climber Vanessa Estol became on Saturday the first person of Uruguayan nationality to reach the summit of Mount Everest (8,848.86 meters above sea level).