International

• Friday, March 11th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Jeremy Corbyn and Dilma Rousseff, special guests to Chilean president Boric inauguration Friday

  

  The office of Chilean president-elect Gabriel Boric, who this Friday takes office as the successor of Sebastian Piñera, released the names of a list of special guests to the inauguration ceremony which includes well-known political leaders and social activists.

• Friday, March 11th 2022 - 09:43 UTC

  Ukraine suspends exports of cereals to avoid a “humanitarian crisis”; strong IMF financial support

  

  Ukraine’s government has suspended rye, barley, wheat, millet, and salt exports until the end of the year, while new rules for overseas sales of corn, buckwheat, sugar, live cattle, and meat have also been established.

• Friday, March 11th 2022 - 09:17 UTC

  Ukraine: the world’s defense giants are quietly making billions from the war

  

  By Peter Bloom, Professor of Management, University of Essex – The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been widely condemned for its unjustified aggression. There are legitimate fears of a revived Russian empire and even a new world war. Less discussed is the almost half-trillion dollars (£381 billion) defense industry supplying the weapons to both sides, and the substantial profits it will make as a result.

• Friday, March 11th 2022 - 09:12 UTC

  Meta social media: violence OK if against Russians

  

  Mark Zuckerberg's Meta, the parent company owning social media giants Facebook and Instagram will not object to postings calling for violence if they are addressed at the Russian Federation or members of its government, particularly President Vladimir Putin, whose death may be freely wished for.

• Thursday, March 10th 2022 - 19:50 UTC

  Ranking points is not all Djokovic loses for not playing due to his vax status

  

  Former World Tennis top player Novak Djokovic hops from nad news to worse after announcing he would not take part in the upcoming tournaments in Miami and Indian Wells because he is not to be allowed into the United States due to his refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

• Thursday, March 10th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Kitty Hawk passes by Chilean port on her last voyage

  

  Residents in the Chilean Port of Valparaíso have reported sighting the historic USS Kitty Hawk as she was being towed through the Pacific Ocean on her way to her final scrapping.

• Thursday, March 10th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Pig heart transplant patient dies

  

  The 57-year-old patient with a terminal heart condition, who became the first person to receive a genetically modified pig heart, has died Tuesday, the University of Maryland Medical Center in the United States reported.

• Thursday, March 10th 2022 - 00:41 UTC

  Falklands government and community fundraising in support of Ukraine

  

  The war in Ukraine is at the forefront of our minds in the Falkland Islands community, not least as it brings back strong memories of 40 years ago, when our peaceful home was also invaded by a hostile neighbor, intent on seizing land and assuming sovereignty, without concern for the safety, security or rights of the people living here.

• Wednesday, March 9th 2022 - 21:15 UTC

  Austria backtracks on mandatory vaccination against COVID-19

  

  The Government of Austria has suspended the enforcement of legislation making vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory for all residents over 18 years of age in this country of 8.9 million inhabitants, it was reported Wednesday.

• Wednesday, March 9th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance is Found

  

  The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust confirmed on Wednesday that the Endurance22 Expedition has located the wreck of Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship which has not been seen since it was crushed by the ice and sank in the Weddell Sea in 1915.