International

• Friday, June 17th 2022 - 21:11 UTC

  UK Home Secretary okays Assange's extradition

  

  British Home Secretary Priti Patel Friday signed the documents whereby the Australian founder of Wikileaks Julian Assange is to be extradited to the United States to be tried for divulging classified information revealing war crimes in Iran and Afghanistan.

• Friday, June 17th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Global Peace Index for 2021 shows worsening signs

  

  Coupled with deterioration in the world's economy, the Global Peace Index (GPI) for the year 2021 has been reported to have fallen 0.3% on average to reach its lowest level in 15 years, the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) announced this week.

• Friday, June 17th 2022 - 08:12 UTC

  FIFA announces venues for 2026 World Cup

  

  World football's governing body FIFA Thursday announced the venues for the 2026 World Cup finals to be co-hosted by Mexico, the United States, and Canada.

• Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 10:45 UTC

  Historic event: Stanley, City status proclamation to a round of applause from some 400 Falkland Islanders

  

  Continuing with the Liberation Day celebrations on Tuesday 14 June 2022, the Falkland Islands community gathered in the Town Hall for the formal presentation by the Governor of the Letters of Patent granting Stanley, City Status.

• Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 10:14 UTC

  Latin America at WTO, stands up in support of reforming agriculture trade rules

  

  Sixteen Latin American countries, led by Brazil pledged this week to work together to demand reform of world agricultural trade rules at the World Trade Organization (WTO). The decision was taken among other issues to counter the protectionist policies of developed countries and India.

• Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  Falklands' Veterans limited from claiming “cold injuries”, because of a 1987 Crown Armed Forces Act

  

  Falklands' War Veterans are currently exempt from claiming damages for “cold injuries” suffered during the war with Argentina and are seeking legal advice against the Ministry of Defense (MoD), according to the lawyer acting on their behalf.

• Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Defense Secretary Wallace pays tribute to Falklands' Veterans

  

  Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has paid tribute to veterans of the Falkland Islands conflict. In an address released by the Ministry of Defense (MOD), Mr Wallace reflected on the “sacrifice” and the “amazing achievement” of the UK's Armed Forces.

• Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Veterans will always find “a home from home” in the Falklands, MLA Roberts tells SAMA82 members

  

  Every bearer of the South Atlantic Medal will always find “a home from home”, Falkland Islands lawmaker Leona Roberts assured the men and women of Operation Corporate as they bestowed the Freedom of the Falklands on them, on Turesday, 14 June. .

• Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Emtrasur scandal: Venezuelan “rescue” airplane lands in Bolivia

  

  An Airbus 340-600 which used to belong to Iran's Mahan Air and has been handed over to Venezuela's Conviasa just this week was en route to Buenos Aires' Ezeiza international airport Wednesday when it was diverted to Bolivia.

• Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 09:51 UTC

  Satellite images and artificial intelligence systems facilitate whales census and conservation work

  

  A new dataset featuring hundreds of satellite images of whales has been published to support the development of artificial intelligence systems which will aid crucial conservation work.