International

Thursday, August 4th 2022 - 09:53 UTC
Pelosi leaves Taiwan after less than 24 hours on the island

House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi Wednesday left Taipei after promising that “the United States will not abandon Taiwan,” thus concluding an official trip that had upped tensions between Washington and Beijing and due to which military preparations on both sides had escalated.
Thursday, August 4th 2022 - 08:03 UTC
UK government´s Chevening scholarship for Argentina is now open

Applications for Chevening scholarships to study in the UK are open between 2 August and 1 November 2022.
Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:59 UTC
Beijing summons US ambassador over Pelosi's Taiwan bravado

The Government of Beijing Tuesday summoned US Ambassador Nicholas Burns after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan despite China's advice against it.
Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:55 UTC
Detractor of Falklands people's rights, Argentina's candidate to the International Law Court of The Hague

Dr. Marcelo Kohen is an Argentine lawyer who for more than three decades has been living in Switzerland where he is a professor of International Law at the University Institute of International High Studies in Geneva, He is also currently secretary of the prestigious International Law Institute created in 1843.
Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:47 UTC
US Navy building up on its Pacific armada around Taiwan

The United States Government of President Joseph Biden is taking additional military precautions in case China decides to retaliate after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi went ahead with her plans to visit Taiwan.
Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:37 UTC
South Georgia consultation period for Special Protected Area Management Plan

The Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands has announced the opening of the consultation period for the Specially Protected Area Management Plan and Regulations.
Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:00 UTC
Freight costs between Santos and Shanghai skyrocket 400% in two years

Sea freight cost between Santos, Brazil and Shanghai, China have risen 400% in two years. The hike was one of the main consequences of the covid-19 pandemic on Brazilian logistics, according to a study by a task force of the National Waterway Transportation Agency (Antaq) released last week
Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 18:19 UTC
US drone strike kills Osama bin Laden's successor as Al-Qaeda chief

An Al-Qaeda leader who was believed to have been involved in the so-called 9/11 attacks has been killed in a drone attack by US forces. Upon announcing the outcome of the mission, President Joseph Biden said about Ayman al-Zawahiri, that “this terrorist leader is no more.”
Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 16:47 UTC
US House Speaker Pelosi lands in Taiwan despite China's threats

A United States Air Force aircraft carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her entourage landed Tuesday evening in Taipei, despite China's threat that it would be regarded as an invasion of an island Beijing still regards as a province gone rogue after the 1949 civil war.
Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 09:11 UTC
Judge allows 12 crewmembers of Emtrasur's 747 to leave Argentina

Argentine Federal Judge Federico Villena Monday ordered their passports be returned to 12 of the 19 crew members of the Venezuelan-Iranian cargo Boeing 747-300 currently seized at the Ezeiza International Airport.