International

• Tuesday, February 15th 2022 - 08:55 UTC

  Like father like son: Trudeau declares Canadian emergency

  

  Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Monday declared a national public emergency so as to legally justify the use of force in order to end protests against his anti-COVID-19 restrictions.

• Monday, February 14th 2022 - 21:30 UTC

  Bolsonaro lands in Moscow for talks with Putin

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro turned a deaf ear to the US State Department's advice and has already landed at Moscow, where he is to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin amid mounting fears of all-out war in Ukraine.

• Monday, February 14th 2022 - 21:00 UTC

  Paraguay greenlights use of Taiwanese COVID-19 vaccine

  

  Paraguayan health authorities Monday issued an emergency clearance for the use of the Taiwanese-developed Medigen COVID-19 vaccine, it was announced.

• Monday, February 14th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  OOS marks the beginning of an era when seas are to be protected as well

  

  The First One Ocean Summit (OOS) held at the French City of Brest, last Friday arrived at a series of conclusions regarding environmental policies which were deemed necessary to protect the planet in the coming years, it was announced.

• Monday, February 14th 2022 - 07:56 UTC

   Russia-Nato war over Ukraine remains a distant possibility

  

  By Gwynne Dyer - On January 18 US secretary of state Antony Blinken said that “our assessment has been that (a Russian invasion of Ukraine) could happen any time between mid-January and mid-February”.

• Monday, February 14th 2022 - 07:45 UTC

  Bolsonaro visits new populist friends, “strong man Putin” and Hungary's Viktor Orban

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is scheduled to arrive in Russia on Tuesday for an official visit, which has been described at a highly awkward diplomatic timing, given the stand-off in Ukraine between Moscow and the Western alliance.

• Monday, February 14th 2022 - 07:28 UTC

  First Sea Lord outlines the Royal Navy of tomorrow, facing the challenges of Russia and China

  

  On the anniversary of the launch of Jacky Fisher’s HMS Dreadnought, First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Ben Key visited the Scottish shipyards building the Type 31 and Type 26 frigates and parts of the Dreadnought-class submarines.

• Sunday, February 13th 2022 - 14:23 UTC

  Eighty years since the “worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history”

  

  This month marks 80 years since Singapore, a British colony with significant strategic importance was invaded and subsequently captured by the Empire of Japan. Its loss represented the lowest point of the war in the Far East and was a matter Prime Minister Winston Churchill never really got over.

• Sunday, February 13th 2022 - 14:11 UTC

  Royal Navy's fifth Astute-class submarine, HMS Anson, completes submerged dive tests

  

  The Royal Navy's next attack submarine is one step closer to entering service after completing a major milestone. HMS Anson was submerged completely in a 'trim dive' at Devonshire Dock in Barrow.

• Saturday, February 12th 2022 - 18:38 UTC

  UK contribution to a Media Freedom Coalition and the safety of journalists

  

  The UK has announced up to £600,000 for a new secretariat to help advance the work of the Media Freedom Coalition – a partnership of 50 countries working together to advocate for media freedom and safety of journalists and hold to account those who harm journalists for doing their job. The Coalition’s purpose is to defend media freedom where it is under threat.