International

Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 22:23 UTC
Freight costs will have an impact on 2022 Consumer Prices, UNCTAD report

The recovery of the global economy is threatened by high freight rates, which are likely to continue in the coming months, according to UNCTAD’s Review of Maritime Transport 2021, published this week.
Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Argentina's National Sovereignty Day: “We won't trade the islands for vaccines,” President says

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday insisted the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands belonged to his country, which would never trade them “neither for vaccines nor for debts.”
Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Bolsonaro says Amazon crisis “same old nonsense”

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Friday said the Amazon desertification alert was “the same old nonsense” and blamed the opposition for those reports which were aimed at denting the country's image and scaring away investors.
Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:43 UTC
Nicaragua pulling out from OAS, FM announces

Nicaragua's Foreign Minister Denis Moncada Friday announced his country has started procedures to withdraw from the Organization of American States (OAS), because it does “not respond to the interests of their respective peoples.”
Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:24 UTC
“Crystal Endeavor” with sanitary protocols tested, off to Antarctica

Polar class vessel Crystal Endeavor departed from Ushuaia, the southernmost tip of Argentina on her first-ever expedition voyage to Antarctica, after receiving the epidemiological clearance from local sanitary authorities on Wednesday.
Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:17 UTC
Why China and India aren’t the climate villains of COP26

By Daniel Parsons and Martin Taylor (*) – The Glasgow Climate Pact urges countries to “accelerate efforts towards phasing down”, rather than “phasing out”, coal power that isn’t mitigated by carbon capture and storage.
Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:15 UTC
The Netherlands: scores wounded, arrested amid rioting against anticovid harsh measures

Scores of protesters were wounded or arrested by police Friday in Rotterdam as people took to the streets in response to the Government's intentions to impose harsh, restrictive measures to curb the number of COVID-19 cases.
Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 07:35 UTC
“OTs are an integral part of Global Britain and benefit from a confident UK”, Liz Truss

At the conclusion of a two-day meeting at the Foreign Office, the Joint Ministerial Council, JMC, which brings together UK ministers and Overseas Territories leaders agreed on a joint communiqué which included the agenda of issues addressed. Previous to the JMC the Overseas Territories Association held a meeting of their Political Council.
Friday, November 19th 2021 - 17:34 UTC
Austria back to full lockdown, vaccination mandatory as of Feb. 2022

Austria's Federal Government has announced a full lockdown regardless of vaccination status starting this coming Monday amid a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases. Austria will also become the fourth country in the world after Indonesia, Micronesia, and Turkmenistan to decree a compulsory immunization for the entire population.
Friday, November 19th 2021 - 09:21 UTC
The Antipodas project, a US$2 Billion Subsea Solar Power Cable From Chile To China

By Halev Zaremba Oilprice.com – One of the biggest challenges standing in the way of achieving a 100% renewable energy transition is the fact that key sources of renewable power including wind and solar are variable - meaning that they don’t supply a steady flow of energy production. Instead, they are dependent on external factors such as weather, daylight hours, and seasons.