International

• Thursday, May 19th 2022 - 13:10 UTC

  US national soccer teams' men and women players will “pool and share” prize and commercial revenue

  

  In what is considered a truly historic moment, the US Soccer Federation has decided to equalize World Cup prize money awarded to its men's and women's teams. “This is a truly historic moment. These agreements have changed the game forever here in the United States and have the potential to change the game around the world,” said US Soccer president Cindy Parlow Cone.

• Thursday, May 19th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  China building a new port and industrial hub in Peru, US$ 3bn investment, 55kms north of Lima

  

  Global chain transport challenges, the war in Ukraine, and following two years of lockouts caused by the Covid 19 pandemic have caused many disruptions to normal trade and China has thus embarked in a major project building a new port along the Peruvian coast to help boost trade along the Pacific rim.

• Thursday, May 19th 2022 - 08:58 UTC

  April inflation in UK, highest in 40 years with worsening prospects before it moderates

  

  The United Kingdom's cost of living worsening situation was confirmed by April's inflation rate which soared to a 40-year high of 9% boosted by food and energy prices.

• Thursday, May 19th 2022 - 08:41 UTC

  Platinum Jubilee Trooping the Color will be held on Thursday June 2nd

  

  Trooping the Color is a ceremonial celebration of the Queen's birthday, also known as the Queen's Birthday Parade. This year, Trooping the Color will hold special status at the start of a long weekend of official events to mark the monarch's platinum jubilee.

• 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.