International

• Friday, November 26th 2021 - 09:54 UTC

  Macron's support for Lula “a provocation” says Bolsonaro

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday said that Former President Luiz Inácio Lulas Da Silva being received by France's head of state Emmanuel Macron last week was a “provocation.”

• Friday, November 26th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Europe under alert and WHO convenes emergency meeting as new starin of coronavirus detected

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) has requested an emergency meeting due to the appearance of a new strain of the coronavirus in Hong Kong, Botswana and South Africa.

• Friday, November 26th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Conmebol names a star after Maradona on the first anniversary of his death

  

  South America's Football Confederation (Conmebol) Thursday announced a star had been named after Argentine soccer legend Diego Armando Maradona on the first anniversary of the former player's death.

• Friday, November 26th 2021 - 08:46 UTC

  Pfizer's vaccine makes it through to Canadian and European children

  

  Canada Wednesday began vaccinating children aged 5 to 11 against COVID-19 in the French-speaking Quebec, while Ontario officially launched its campaign Thursday.

• Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 18:52 UTC

  Vaccination certificates to lose validity in EU after 9 months

  

  The European Union continues to make vaccination against COVID-19 or recovery thereof a decisive factor when it comes down to foreign travel either within the bloc or abroad, according to announcements made Thursday in Brussels.

• Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 18:42 UTC

  Interpol picks new chief with a résumé filled with torture charges

  

  A controversial general from the United Arab Emirates with a shady background has been appointed chief of Interpol Thursday during the body's General Assembly in Istanbul.

• Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 09:52 UTC

  Research done in Falklands shows albatrosses are “divorcing” because of climate change

  

  A recent Royal Society study shows climate change and rising oceans are pushing black-browed albatross breakup rates higher. Among the world's most devoted monogamous species, they are “divorcing” more frequently. For 15 years, researchers studied a wild population of 15,500 breeding couples in the Falkland Islands, and in effect, only 1 to 3% of couples would separate after picking a partner to pursue more romantic pastures.

• Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 09:43 UTC

  International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, ITUC message

  

  November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and trade unions across the globe will take action for the right of everyone to a world of work free from violence and harassment.

• Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 09:42 UTC

  A slight opening of Chinese market to Brazilian beef; Russia increases the list of abattoirs certified to export

  

  China's Administration of Customs, GACC announced on Wednesday it was authorizing the unloading of Brazilian beef, certified before September 4th., the date when the suspension was caused by the confirmation of two atypical cases of “mad cow” disease in Brazil, (in Minas Gerais and Mato Grosso), became effective.

• Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 09:35 UTC

  Backsliding democracies challenged as world becomes more authoritarian, IDEA report

  

  The world is becoming more authoritarian as autocratic regimes become even more brazen in their repression. Many democratic governments are backsliding and are adopting authoritarian tactics by restricting free speech and weakening the rule of law, a trend exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.