International

• 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.

• Friday, June 24th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Argentina and C24 members want a return of real colonialism to Falklands and Southwest Atlantic, MLA Short

  

  My name is Gavin Short and I am a democratically elected representative of the Government and people of the Falkland Islands and my family have lived there for 173 years.

• Friday, June 24th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  European countries launch vax funding for LatAm developments

  

  European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen Thursday said that around US$ 940 million will be invested in the production of vaccines and medicines in Latin American and Caribbean countries.

• Friday, June 24th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Falklands challenges C24 to visit the Islands: the inconvenient truth a bully Argentina wants to hide, MLA Roberts

  

  Chair, Committee Members – my name is Leona Roberts and I am proud to be one of the eight elected representatives of the Falkland Islands Government. I am here today to speak for our people and to defend our tiny, democratic, and freedom-loving country against the colonial ambitions of our aggressive neighbor.

• Friday, June 24th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Grenada's Gov't changes hands, goes to political newcomer

  

  A 44-year-old lawyer with no previous political career has led Grenada's National Democratic Congress (NDC) to a 9-6 victory in Thursday's general elections.

• Thursday, June 23rd 2022 - 23:29 UTC

  Antarctic Treaty members agree to protect Shackleton's Endurance wreck 3.000 meters deep in the Weddell Sea

  

  A 500m perimeter is being implemented to aid the protection of Endurance, the ship famously lost in the Antarctic by explorer Ernest Shackleton. The vessel's position on the Weddell Sea floor was finally identified in March, 107 years after its sinking.

• Thursday, June 23rd 2022 - 17:43 UTC

  RRS Sir David Attenborough centre stage at “Poles Apart” gallery in National Maritime Museum

  

  Britain’s new polar research ship, RRS Sir David Attenborough, is centre-stage in a new gallery, ‘Poles Apart’, which opened at the Royal Museums Greenwich National Maritime Museum. The exhibition serves as a lasting reminder of the RRS Sir David Attenborough visit to Greenwich in October 2021, ahead of the UN Climate Conference held in Glasgow, and of the contribution the ship will make over its 30-year career to climate science.

• Thursday, June 23rd 2022 - 17:35 UTC

  A grateful Heathman family remembers when their farm, close to Stanley became a base for British forces

  

  To mark the 40th anniversary of the Falkland Islands conflict, a group of young paratroopers has journeyed to the South Atlantic. In the Islands, they have retraced the footsteps of their predecessors and learned about their regimental history –through the medium of tea and treasure.

• Thursday, June 23rd 2022 - 17:34 UTC

  WHO admits that antibiotic resistance is winning the innovation battle

  

  Development of new antibacterial treatments is inadequate to address the mounting threat of antibiotic resistance, according to the annual pipeline report by the World Health Organization. The 2021 report describes the antibacterial clinical and preclinical pipeline as stagnant and far from meeting global needs. Since 2017 only 12 antibiotics have been approved, 10 of which belong to existing classes with established mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

• Thursday, June 23rd 2022 - 17:10 UTC

  London ignores European legislation: UK Supreme Court, final arbiter in human rights issues

  

  Britain will not abandon the European Convention on Human Rights but a new Bill of Rights will establish UK Supreme Court in London as the ultimate arbiter on human rights issues. The announcement was done by Dominic Raab, UK Deputy Prime Minister and Justice minister, and follows the European Court ruling which blocked Boris Johnson's efforts to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.