International

Monday, November 7th 2022 - 20:00 UTC
More than half of the occupants survive plane crash in Tanzania

A Tanzanian passenger twin turboprop aircraft ditched into Lake Victoria Sunday during a landing attempt at an airport in the lakeside town of Bukoba amid stormy weather. It was later reported that 19 Precision Air ATR 42-500 aircraft occupants were killed, but many others survived.
Monday, November 7th 2022 - 10:23 UTC
Will Mastodon become a serious threat for Musk's Twitter?

Mastodon is rapidly becoming one of the alternative platforms of Twitter, a social network with over 655,000 users with some 230,000 joining in the last few days, following on the takeover of the huge platform by billionaire Elon Musk.
Monday, November 7th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
World Meteorological Organization: Grim forecast at the launching of COP27

Earth's warming weather and rising seas are getting worse, with the situation deteriorating faster than ever, the World Meteorological Organization revealed in a new report.
Monday, November 7th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Royal Navy's Type 26s delayed by a year at an extra cost of £233m

UK Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace told MPs in a statement that Initial Operating Capability (IOC) for the Type 26s – dubbed the workhorses of the warship fleet – will now be reached in October 2028 instead of the planned October 2027, and with a cost growth of £233million.
Monday, November 7th 2022 - 09:30 UTC
Uruguayan beef makes successful presentation in Shanghai

An Uruguayan team has successfully persuaded would-be buyers at the 5th China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai of the benefits of a healthy diet containing beef from the South American country.
Monday, November 7th 2022 - 09:28 UTC
Bank holiday proclaimed for the coronation of King Charles III

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has decided to proclaim an additional bank holiday to mark the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III next year.
Monday, November 7th 2022 - 09:12 UTC
New UK ambassador to Brazil

Ms Stephanie Al-Qaq has been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil in succession to Mr Peter Wilson CMG. Ms Al-Qaq will take up her appointment during November 2022.
Monday, November 7th 2022 - 07:57 UTC
Maduro lands in Sharm El-Sheikh

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro, who rarely travels abroad except to friendly countries, Sunday landed at the Egyptian port city of Sharm el-Sheikh to participate in the COP27 Climate Summit.
Monday, November 7th 2022 - 07:50 UTC
Compensation to poorer countries added to COP27 agenda

Dignitaries at the Egyptian port of Sharm El-Sheikh Sunday concurred on the opening day of the UN Conference of the Parties (COP27) Climate Summit on the need to discuss compensation by the world's wealthier nations for damages stemming from practices that were detrimental to the environment and have thus prompted the current climate change crisis.
Saturday, November 5th 2022 - 11:03 UTC
Chagos: Mauritius and UK agree military base on Diego García will remain, says Foreign Secretary

The UK and Mauritius have agreed to hold talks on the future of the disputed British Indian Ocean Overseas Territory/Chagos Islands, and Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said the countries agreed that the UK-US military base on Diego Garcia will continue to operate whatever the results of the talks.