International

• Monday, March 21st 2022 - 08:13 UTC

  Duke and Duchess of Cambridge land in Belize

  

  Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton have landed Saturday evening in Belize, marking the first stop of a Caribbean tour by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, who are next to visit Jamaica and The Bahamas. William is not new to the area; he spent several months in the country when he served in the Welsh Guards.

• Sunday, March 20th 2022 - 14:50 UTC

  Boris Johnson compares Ukraine's war with Britons voting for Brexit

  

  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson came under strong criticism for comparing the struggle of the Ukrainian people against the Russian invasion with Britons voting for Brexit in 2016.

• Sunday, March 20th 2022 - 14:44 UTC

  Ukraine's lesson: you need to have your own nukes

  

  By Gwynne Dyer – Would Vladimir Putin’s Russia have invaded Ukraine three weeks ago if it had 1,900 nuclear warheads on 176 ICBMs and 2,600 tactical nuclear weapons?

• Friday, March 18th 2022 - 21:27 UTC

  30 years later, Israeli community in Buenos Aires pays tribute to those killed in embassy bombing

  

  Hezbollah was once again singled out as the organization behind the 1992 bombing of Israel's Embassy in Buenos Aires, a crime for which, after 30 years, nobody has ever been held accountable.

• Friday, March 18th 2022 - 09:52 UTC

  Vessels with Ukrainian grains blocked by the Russian navy in the Black Sea

  

  The Russian Navy is blocking grain-laden vessels from leaving the Black Sea after having loaded in Ukrainian ports, according to BayWa, Germany's largest grain trader which is involved with cereals trade in central Europe. Meanwhile, the IMO is calling for “blue corridors” to allow merchant vessels to sail without incidents.

• Friday, March 18th 2022 - 09:04 UTC

  BBC apologizes and agrees to pay “substantial sum” to Lady Di's former secretary

  

  BBC has publicly apologized and agreed to pay a substantial sum to the late Princess Diana private secretary, Commander Patrick Jephson, because of “harm caused to him” over Martin Bashir's Panorama 1995 interview of the former wife of Prince Charles.

• Thursday, March 17th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Opposition deputy wants Ukraine's President to speak before Argentine Congress

  

  Argentine opposition Congressman Mario Negri wants Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski to deliver a message to Parliament as he did before western powers legislatures.

• Thursday, March 17th 2022 - 09:51 UTC

  British-Iranian nationals back in UK after long years in jail

  

  Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori, who hold dual British and Iranian citizenship, have arrived back in the United Kingdon in the early hours of Thursday local time after being imprisoned in their native country for several years.

• Wednesday, March 16th 2022 - 21:20 UTC

  Newspeople killed in Ukraine during attack; correspondent wounded

  

  A Fox News cameraman with a vast experience covering armed conflicts and a Ukrainian reporter have died in an attack near Kyiv, while a correspondent for the network was also wounded in the incident, it was announced Tuesday.

• Wednesday, March 16th 2022 - 20:58 UTC

  South American corn seeks to offset Ukrainian supply to Europe

  

  France and Spain have requested the European Union to loosen up its requirements for the import of cereals given the current impact the war in Ukraine is having on the price of food globally, it was reported.