International

• Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 20:14 UTC

  Ukraine: ICRC warns “nuclear explosion would cause insurmountable challenges”

  

  The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)'s Director of Law and Policy, Helen Durham, Monday issued a statement saying the body was 'alarmed' by the threats the world is facing amid escalating violence in Ukraine involving the Russian Federation's military forces, which could lead to a nuclear confrontation with western powers.

• Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 20:01 UTC

  China back to COVID-19 lockdowns, while UK lifts all restrictions

  

  While China is back to harsh lockdowns due to an increase in COVID-19 cases and world leaders keep reminding people of the importance of getting vaccinated, western powers such as the United Kingdon and The Netherlands are lifting all restrictions in the coming days.

• Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Mercosur and associate members want fertilizers off Russia's sanctions list

  

  Mercosur country members plus associate Chile and Bolivia (in the process of joining the block) want fertilizers excluded from the list of sanctions on Russia, according to Brazilian Agriculture minister Tereza Cristina da Costa Dias.

• Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 09:38 UTC

  Ecuadorian banana producers seek declaration of emergency

  

  Ecuadorian banana producers in the coastal provinces of Guayas, Los Rios, and El Oro, have staged road blockades demanding the government to step in and purchase the surplus resulting from Russia's military operation in Ukraine.

• Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 09:37 UTC

  PM Johnson hosted a roundtable of leaders in the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson hosted on Monday a roundtable of leaders in the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry today to discuss domestic energy security. This is part of a series of engagements by the Government across the UK’s energy sectors, including with renewable and nuclear companies in the coming days and weeks.

• Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  UK Supreme Court denies Assange's request, way clear now for extradition

  

  Britain's Supreme Court Monday turned down a request from Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to review his case. The decision has exhausted UK procedural alternatives and the way is now clear for the 50-year-old Australian national to be extradited to the United States.

• Monday, March 14th 2022 - 20:39 UTC

  Argentine gov't eyes soybean exports as a source of financing

  

  The government of Argentine Sunday decided to shut down all registrations for new soybean oil and soybean meal exports “until further notice,” it was announced. Authorities are also said to be planning a 2% rise to export taxes of industrial by-products, to level it up with the 33% charged to soybeans.

• Monday, March 14th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentine fisheries industry exports hit by the Russia/Ukraine war

  

  Sanctions on Russia for the invasion of Ukraine are intensifying and biting, with consequences for the Argentine fishing industry, mainly because Russian importers are rejecting shipments as the Rubble, last week, had devalued almost 75%.

• Monday, March 14th 2022 - 09:52 UTC

  EU Parliament votes to end “golden passports”, allowing rich individuals to buy EU citizenship

  

  The European Parliament voted last week an end to the so called “golden passports”, extended by some members of the EU to rich individuals, in this case mainly Russian oligarchs.

• Monday, March 14th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Falklands' 40th Anniversary: Type 21 Club Frigate Association joins Royal British Legion event

  

  Plymouth-based Type 21 Club Frigate Association will be taking part in the Falkland Islands 40th Anniversary event at the National Arboretum in Staffordshire on 14th June 2022, organized by the Royal British Legion.