International

• Thursday, August 1st 2024 - 09:06 UTC

  OAS fails to pass resolution calling for transparency in Venezuela

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) Permanent Council was one vote short Wednesday of passing a resolution to demand that Venezuelan electoral authorities publish the minutes of each voting table which would prove there was no fraud last Sunday when the incumbent Nicolás Maduro had been lawfully chosen for the 2025-2031 term.

• Thursday, August 1st 2024 - 04:46 UTC

  The rise of Latin American video-on-demand platforms: Regional streaming service out to reclaim markets

  

  The Latin American landscape for streaming services is ushering in an exciting time for its subscriber base. For a long time, video-on-demand (VOD) subscription services like Netflix and Amazon Prime have been the dominant players in this industry.<br />
  However, regional players such as Blim in Mexico, Looke in Brazil, and Flow in Argentina are gearing up for a showdown as local streaming services look to stamp their claim on their respective markets. Do the big-name streaming services have anything to worry about?

• Thursday, August 1st 2024 - 04:38 UTC

  Why does the wild west era still fascinate us?

  

  Stories of cowboys and outlaws remain a big part of the entertainment industry. The latest movies and TV shows showcase different aspects of the Wild West period, but why are people still fascinated by it?

• Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 23:55 UTC

  Falklands new Acting Governor sworn in, Adam Pile OBE son of a war Veteran

  

  Falklands Government House announced on Tuesday July 30 that the Deputy Director for the Overseas Territories Directorate of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Adam Pile OBE, has been sworn in as the Acting Governor of the Falkland Islands and Acting Commissioner of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

• Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 22:38 UTC

  YPF and Petronas announce joint LNG partnership in Argentine Patagonia

  

  Argentina's state-run oil company YPF and its Malaysian version Petronas will invest over US$ 30 billion to build a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant in the Patagonian province of Río Negro, it was announced, thus ending speculations according to which such a facility was to be or should have been settled in the Bahía Blanca area in the province of Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 20:30 UTC

  International community underlines lack of transparency in Venezuelan elections

  

  The international community keeps harboring doubts as to the authenticity of the rsults for the Venezuelan presidential elections announced in Caracas by the National Electoral Council (CNE) on Sunday. A joint statement was issued Wednesday in this regard by the foreign ministers of the seven countries making up the G7, arguably the strongest nations from an economic viewpoint which also enforce democratic principles while the Carter Center, one of the observers participating in the process, admitted it could not be considered “democratic.”

• Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 09:07 UTC

  Israel takes down key terrorist leaders in separate strikes

  

  Two key leaders of terrorist organizations technically at war with Israel were killed Tuesday with precision long-range rockets hitting the places where they were staying. Hamas' Ismail Haniyeh was in Tehran, where he had attended Masoud Pezeshkian's presidential inauguration hours earlier while Hezbollah's “senior advisor” Fuad Shukr (alias Hajj Mohsin or Muhsin Shukr) reported to leader Hassan Nasrallah, and was wanted by the US for his role in the 1983 bombing of the Marine barracks in the Lebanese capital.

• Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 09:01 UTC

  Baroness Chapman, new FCDO Minister for Latin America and the Caribbean

  

  Baroness Jennifer Chapman of Darlington has been appointed UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on 18 July 2024.

• Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 08:20 UTC

  Falklands Ranger Guides meet the Speaker of the House of Commons

  

  On Tuesday 30th July, a group of Ranger Guides from the Falkland Islands visited the Houses of Parliament to meet with the Speaker of the House of Commons, The Rt. Hon Lindsay Hoyle MP.

• Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 08:00 UTC

  Labour anticipates a tax increase to fill a £22bn Tory “hole” in UK public finances

  

  UK Labour chancellor Rachel Reeves anticipated that the government of PM Keir Starmer will have to raise some taxes in October's Budget, following the claim on Monday that the previous Tory government left a £22bn “hole” in the public finances.