International

Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Brazil ensuring greater urea supplies from Iran in a fertilizer short world

While Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was in Moscow visiting his close friend and admired populist 'strong man' Vladimir Putin, in the midst of the escalating situation in Ukraine, and brushing off critics saying Brazil is “nobody's a puppet”, his agriculture minister was in a more strategic mission, --in another outcast country--, but crucial for the booming farming sector.
Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 09:40 UTC
Boris Johnson at business roundtable to discuss limiting Russian access to UK financial services

The Prime Minister on Wednesday met with some of the UK’s leading city firms, regulators and trade associations, to discuss the first package of economic sanctions being implemented against Russia, due to their recognition of Donetsk and Luhansk.
Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 09:32 UTC
Germany confident is can cope without Russian gas: “relief will be provided if necessary”

Germany is confident it can meet its energy needs even without Russian gas, given the current dispute over the self-declared, Moscow-supported independent provinces in Ukraine. The statement is from Germany's Economy minister Robert Habeck when he was asked on public radio on the situation
Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 09:20 UTC
UK Foreign Secretary: “Nothing is off the table in our response to Putin’s aggression towards Ukraine”

Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss wrote for The Times a column stating the UK stands with Ukraine in defense of its right to decide its future.
Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 09:10 UTC
World Trade Organization back to business in June for the twice suspended Ministerial Conference

World Trade Organization members agreed on Wednesday that the postponed 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) will now take place during the week of 13 June in Geneva. The decision at a meeting of the organization’s General Council was taken following the easing of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in the host country Switzerland.
Wednesday, February 23rd 2022 - 23:59 UTC
Memorial events to mark Falklands 40th anniversary take shape

Four decades to the day that the fighting in the South Atlantic conflict came to an end, the National Memorial Arboretum near Lichfield will be the setting for a Falkland Islands ‘Liberation Day’ commemorative event, organized by the Royal British Legion on June 14.
Wednesday, February 23rd 2022 - 20:12 UTC
Uruguay says Putin's move in Ukraine against UN rules

The Government of Uruguay has condemned the latest event in eastern Ukraine because they “put regional stability at risk” in addition to violating “the principles of the Charter of the United Nations.”
Wednesday, February 23rd 2022 - 10:04 UTC
Trump says Putin's strategy was that of a “genius”

Former US President Donald Trump Tuesday said Vladimir Putin's strategy in the Ukrainian case has been a “savvy” way around things, the doings of a “genius.” Trump expressed in a radio interview he thought what Putin had done was “smart.”
Wednesday, February 23rd 2022 - 09:58 UTC
Fitch warns about sanctions to Russia's oil and gas sector: barrel could exceed US$100

If Western sanctions lead to Russia’s oil exports being completely cut off, the world can expect the international energy market to collapse, a senior figure at the US rating agency Fitch said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, February 23rd 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Spanish sailors in Falklands honor their fellow crew members from Villa de Pitanxo lost off Newfoundland

Crew members from the Spanish fleet which operates with Falkland Islands licenses met on Monday in the capital Stanley for a poignant ceremony to honor their fellow mariners who went down with the fishing vessel Villa de Pitanxo, off Newfoundland.