International

• Wednesday, April 27th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  No progress after Guterres meeting with Putin in Moscow

  

  Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday told United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that no solution could be achieved in the crisis with Ukraine without solving the territorial issue of Crimea and Donbas.

• Wednesday, April 27th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Governor Designate Alison Blake visits Falkland House in London

  

  Governor-Designate of the Falkland Islands, Alison Blake CMG, visited Falkland House in London on Monday where she met with FIG Representative to the UK and Europe Richard Hyslop.

• Wednesday, April 27th 2022 - 08:43 UTC

  UN General Assembly passes resolution requiring disclosing of rationale behind veto use

  

  Russia's invasion of Ukraine is bringing on some changes regarding world affairs and the United Nations Tuesday agreed to redefine the Security Council veto power, which is in the hands of the body's permanent members, which are also the ones with a stronger military might — the US, Russia, China, the UK, and France.

• Wednesday, April 27th 2022 - 08:13 UTC

  Construction of the first of five Type 31 frigates has started in Scotland

  

  The construction of the first of five new Royal Navy Type 31 frigates is now underway in Scotland. In the brand-new assembly hall in Rosyth dockyard, the keel of HMS Venturer was laid in a formal ceremony marking the construction beginning for the ship.

• Wednesday, April 27th 2022 - 07:55 UTC

  WHO warns against lowering guard regarding COVID-19

  

  World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Tuesday pointed out that despite an unprecedented low in COVID-19 deaths since the outbreak of the pandemic back in March 2020, emergencies still surfacing were not regarded presently as they should.

• Wednesday, April 27th 2022 - 07:54 UTC

  Bird flu reported in Chinese boy – first human case of H3N8

  

  Chinese authorities Tuesday reported the first case in humans of H3N8 Avian influenza, although health specialists explained the risk of a large-scale epidemic was low.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2022 - 20:59 UTC

  Shanghai tightens up covid-19 restrictions

  

  Chinese authorities have tightened sanitary restrictions imposed on Shanghai residents due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 deaths and also of cases detected through mass testing, it was reported.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2022 - 20:51 UTC

  Uruguayan opposition demands explanations regarding Turkish FM incident

  

  Uruguay's opposition Broad Front (Frente Amplio) has threatened not to grant their consent to the country's designated ambassador to Turkey following the incident with that country's Foreign Minister, who during the weekend when Armenian demonstrators in Montevideo were met with a gesture belonging to the far-right Grey Wolves group.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Turkish FM racist and ultra-right-wing gestures in Montevideo sparks controversies

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou described a gesture by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu against Armenian demonstrators in Montevideo Uruguay as “regrettable,” while Ankara's Ambassador has been summoned to account for the events.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2022 - 09:51 UTC

  Putin's health in doubt following circulation of video footage

  

  Video footage of Russian President Vladimir Putin looking shaky, unsteady, and distracted, which went viral over the last few days has resurfaced rumors worldwide about the health of the 69-year-old leader.