International

• Tuesday, July 8th 2025 - 06:46 UTC

  Rockhopper expects €31m from an arbitration dispute with Italian government

  

  AIM Oil and gas exploration company Rockhopper Exploration said it was confident it would receive a €31m (£26.8m) insurance payment in a long-running dispute linked to restrictions on its operations off the coast of Italy.

• Tuesday, July 8th 2025 - 00:49 UTC

  Crorebet Review

  

  In recent years, more Indian users have looked beyond local platforms, drawn by features like UPI/Paytm support, competitive cricket odds, and effortless mobile bets. Among these, CroreBet has steadily gained attention—thanks in part to bold promotions and an easy-to-use app experience. But is CroreBet still more hype than substance? Let’s explore.

• Monday, July 7th 2025 - 19:58 UTC

  Suriname Assembly chooses first-ever female president

  

  Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, a 71-year-old physician and congresswoman, has been elected as Suriname's first female president by the country's National Assembly on Sunday. She ran unopposed and will be inaugurated on July 16.

• Monday, July 7th 2025 - 19:47 UTC

  Caricom Summit underway in Montego Bay

  

  The 49th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) is underway in Montego Bay, Jamaica, from July 6-8. The summit focuses on critical issues for the region, including security, trade, climate change, and economic integration.

• Monday, July 7th 2025 - 09:30 UTC

  IMF and WB “a reversed Marshall Plan” says Lula

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Sunday criticized the role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) because they represent “a reverse Marshall Plan, in which emerging and developing economies finance the more developed world.”

• Monday, July 7th 2025 - 08:50 UTC

  Boric and Arce advocate for multilateralism and Global South empowerment

  

  Presidents Gabriel Boric Font of Chile and Bolivia's Luis Arce Catacora advocated for multilateralism, international law, and the strengthening of the Global South during their interventions at the BRICS 2025 summit in Rio de Janeiro.

• Sunday, July 6th 2025 - 11:58 UTC

  Today Tuvalu’s Climate change visas; tomorrow extensive to the World’s?

  

  By Gwynne Dyer - Some big changes arrive with a bang, but usually they sort of sneak in and you barely notice them at first. Last week’s big change saw the creation of the world’s first climate-change visas. It’s a way of giving potential climate refugees some hope and some dignity, and it would certainly be an improvement on the current migration mess.

• Sunday, July 6th 2025 - 04:50 UTC

  Falklands intends to implement the Beneficial Ownership Register by July 2026

  

  Stephen Doughty, Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, which includes Overseas Territories has stated that illicit finance, corruption, and kleptocracy pose a direct threat to the UK’s national security, economic resilience, and the integrity of the global financial system.

• Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 19:21 UTC

  Milei welcomes Modi at Casa Rosada

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei welcomed India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss trade, investment, energy, critical minerals, defense, aerospace, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and other issues.

• Friday, July 4th 2025 - 23:26 UTC

  Fundraising teen pilot detained in Chilean Antarctica

  

  Ethan Guo, a 19-year-old pilot and social media influencer, has been detained on King George Island, Antarctica, after a failed attempt to complete a solo flight across all seven continents to raise US$1 million for childhood cancer research.