International

• Tuesday, February 8th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Argentine President already in Barbados for PM meeting

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday landed in Barbados for a meeting Tuesday with Prime Minister Mia Mottley amid strong COVID-19 restrictions for reporters. It is the South American head of state's last stop of an international tour which included Russia and China.

• Tuesday, February 8th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Punta Arenas cruise season: 27 vessels on tours of Antarctica

  

  The Punta Arenas port management company, in the extreme south of Chile, has offered a timetable of cruise vessel activities during the first two weeks of February. According to the program, eleven calls are scheduled in the two weeks to 15 February. Until Sunday 6 February six cruise vessels were effectively called.

• Tuesday, February 8th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  French and EU investigation into major fisheries incident that caused the death of tons of blue whiting

  

  France's fisheries minister has called for an investigation after a major incident with tons of dead fish drifting off the country's Atlantic coast. Video footage filmed by environmental activists shows a mass of dead fish floating on the sea surface.

• Tuesday, February 8th 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  Demonstrators in Haiti take to the streets, want PM to resign

  

  Demonstrators have taken to the streets of Haiti Monday to demand Prime Minister Ariel Henry agrees to hold discussions regarding a possible solution to the country's critical situation.

• Tuesday, February 8th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Boris Johnson sings Gloria Gaynor's “I will survive”, as he hires his new director of communications

  

  Cardiff-born Guto Harri, who was appointed as 10 Downing's new communications director, said Prime Minister Boris Johnson sang Gloria Gaynor's hit “I will survive” during the meeting in which he was hired.

• Tuesday, February 8th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  Commonwealth and WHO agree to work on universal health care and resilient health systems

  

  The Commonwealth Secretariat and the World Health Organization (WHO) signed on Monday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) committing to strengthening their collaboration on a broad range of public health issues of particular concern to Commonwealth member states and governments, such as the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine equity, advancing universal health coverage, and building resilient health systems.

• Tuesday, February 8th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  First steam powered vessel to visit South Georgia, 140 years ago, depicted in commemorative coins

  

  The government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands have launched new commemorative 50-pence coins marking the 140th anniversary of the first steam-powered vessel to visit the territory. Moltke is an important part of the heritage of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands and represents a key moment in the islands' history.

• Tuesday, February 8th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Why the Winter Olympics are so vital to the Chinese Communist Party’s legitimacy

  

  By Yvan Bennett and John Garrick (*) – Aside from fake snow and COVID-19, the Beijing Winter Games are controversial for many reasons. They are a potent political symbol of the Chinese state’s ambitions and authority. Held just a year after the triumphalist 100-year anniversary of the Communist Party's founding, General Secretary Xi Jinping is using the Olympics to showcase to the world that China is powerful and on track to fulfill its Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation.

• Monday, February 7th 2022 - 10:09 UTC

  “China must respect Falklands' sovereignty”, foreign secretary Truss message to Beijing

  

  Foreign Secretary Liz Truss defended the Falkland Islands as “part of the British family” after Beijing backed Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the South Atlantic islands.

• Monday, February 7th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentina's closeness to China, Russia worries London amid Ukraine crisis

  

  London is noticing Argentine President Alberto Fernández's foreign policy, particularly Sunday's joint written statement whereby the South American country backed China's claim over Taiwan and, in return, the Government of Xi Jinping supported Argentina's sovereignty quest regarding the Falkland Islands.