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  • Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 21:32 UTC

    Germany to allow pride flag on certain occasions

    The iconic rainbow flag will not be allowed to fly on national holidays

    Germany's Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has authorized the hoisting of the rainbow flag on public buildings, sparking an unprecedented controversy: how many more minority flags can fly next to the black-red-gold and also that of the European Union?

  • Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 21:15 UTC

    Food Security becomes global agencies priority challenge

    World Bank estimates warn that for each one percentage point increase in food prices, 10 million people are thrown into extreme poverty worldwide.”

    The heads of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and WTO issued a joint statement on 13 April urging coordinated action to help vulnerable countries address growing threats to food security. The proposed actions include providing emergency food supplies and deploying financial support to households and countries, facilitating unhindered trade, and investing in sustainable food production and nutrition security.

  • Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 10:30 UTC

    Drones give HMS Protector the cutting edge to punch through polar ice

    Protector’s task is to update seafaring charts of Antarctic waters, deliver supplies and personnel to remote research stations, monitor wildlife and the environment

    Drone experts from Culdrose have given the Royal Navy’s Antarctic research ship ‘eyes in the sky’ to help Ice Patrol HMS Protector punch through the polar ice. Seventeen of the icebreaker’s crew are now qualified in operating drones from the deck of the ship, which has just completed her stint around the frozen continent for this season.

  • Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 10:28 UTC

    Asylum seekers who arrive in UK on small boats will be sent to Rwanda, BBC

    UK Home Secretary Priti Patel is in the African nation to sign a deal for a £120m trial involving mostly single men arriving in Britain via boat crossings.

    Some asylum seekers who arrive in the UK on small boats across the Channel will be given a one-way ticket to Rwanda, under new government plans, report BBC. Home Secretary Priti Patel is in the African nation to sign a deal for a £120m trial involving mostly single men arriving in Britain via boat crossings.

  • Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 09:37 UTC

    Buenos Aires: EuroLat due to vote on agreed topics

    CFK stressed that international law must be respected by all countries

    Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernàndez de Kirchner (CFK) welcomed to Buenos Aires' Kirchner Cultural Center (CCK) the more than 100 lawmakers who participated in this year's Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat) sessions under the slogan “A fair, inclusive, and peaceful economic recovery.”

  • Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 20:30 UTC

    Terrorist who killed British MP gets life in jail

    There is no chance of parole for the “committed, fanatical, radicalized Islamist terrorist” Ali

    A London Court Wednesday handed down a life imprisonment sentence on convicted terrorist Ali Harbi Ali for the Oct. 16, 2021, murder of British Conservative MP Sir David Amess.

  • Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

    Commemorative £2 coin to mark 40th anniversary of Falklands' Liberation

    The coin features the official emblem of Falklands 40th

    Pobjoy Mint has announced the release of a brand new produced on behalf of the Falkland Islands Government, as this year marks the 40th anniversary of the liberation of the Islands.

  • Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

    Brazilian pork exports in a recovery tendency: China remains the main market

    In the first quarter of 2022, pork shipments reached 237,500 tons, 6.3% lower than the 253,500 tons exported in the same period last year

    The Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA) has reported that pork exports (all products, raw and processed included) reached 91.4 thousand tons in March, which is 16.3% lower than the February 2021 record with 109,2 thousand tons.

  • Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

    Sea mines and stranded crews in Black Sea ports, with 100 merchant ships blocked

    Sea mines and stranded crews in Black Sea ports is another consequence of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. Both Turkey and Romania navies have reported neutralizing sea mines, or rather anchor mines, since they do not float on the surface but rather just beneath it with an anchor supporting the floating device.

  • Tuesday, April 12th 2022 - 23:06 UTC

    British PM and Finance Minister fined in “party-gate” scandal

    “It did not occur to me that this might have been a breach of the rules,” Boris Johnson explained

    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Tuesday apologized to the people for his involvement and that of his staff in the so-called “party-gate” scandal, which consisted basically of holding private meetings and celebrations while the population was held under strict lockdown due to COVID-19.