International

• Monday, May 9th 2022 - 08:19 UTC

  New Hong Kong chief executive wins solo electoral race

  

  Chinese authorities Sunday confirmed the appointment of John Lee Ka-Chiu, a former security chief who oversaw the crackdown on the emerging democracy movement, has been voted as Hong Kong's new leader today, becoming the city's sixth chief executive (governor) since the return to Chinese sovereignty in 1997.

• Saturday, May 7th 2022 - 10:27 UTC

  Bolsonaro makes trip to Guyana to expand business opportunities

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his Guyana counterpart Mohamed Irfaan Ali signed a series of cooperation agreements on mutual legal assistance in civil and criminal matters in Georgetown.

• Saturday, May 7th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Germany fast-track building its first LNG terminal, operational by end of year

  

  Germany has begun construction on its first LNG import terminal, and in the meantime, has rented four mobile floating tankers as it scrambles to rid itself of the need for Russian natural gas, reports Charles Kennedy from oilprice.com

• Saturday, May 7th 2022 - 09:51 UTC

  Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic exempt from joining EU embargo on Russian oil imports

  

  The European Union is set to give some member states heavily dependent on Russian oil – such as Hungary and Slovakia – time until the end of 2024 to comply with the proposed embargo on oil imports from Russia, as the bloc is looking to keep a united front against Putin and his invasion of Ukraine, reported Bloomberg on Friday.

• Saturday, May 7th 2022 - 09:22 UTC

  World food commodity prices decreased slightly in April, FAO report

  

  World food commodity prices decreased in April after a large jump the previous month, led by modest declines in the prices of vegetable oils and cereals, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported.

• Saturday, May 7th 2022 - 08:00 UTC

  Only working members of the Royal Family at the Trooping the Color balcony on June 2nd

  

  The Queen has limited the Platinum Jubilee Trooping the Color balcony appearance to working members of the Royal Family. The Duke of York, as well as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, will therefore be omitted from the Royal line-up.

• Friday, May 6th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  EU Ambassador to Uruguay on trade agreement with Mercosur: “It is something that European citizens are asking their governments for”

  

  The ambassador of the European Union (EU) in Uruguay, Paolo Berizzi, said he was “optimistic” about the agreement between the bloc he represents and Mercosur. After more than 20 years of negotiations, Berizzi said he believes that this year there will be progress for its entry into force.

• Friday, May 6th 2022 - 10:46 UTC

  WHO releases “more comprehensive” COVID-19 figures

  

  According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of deaths caused by COVID-19 is far larger than previously thought and has reached nearly 15 million people directly or indirectly worldwide, twice as many as initially estimated, once the WHO quantified the direct and indirect impacts of the pandemic.

• Friday, May 6th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  Despite record profits, Maersk warns of stagflation and Chinese factory closures

  

  Møller-Maersk has warned of growing economic risks including potential stagflation and Chinese factory closures even as the world’s largest container shipping group by profits reported a record quarter.

• Friday, May 6th 2022 - 09:22 UTC

  Cattle methane gas from belching and flatulence measured from space

  

  Scientists have managed to measure the belching and flatulence of cattle from space. This is considered important since the International Agency of Energy and the US Department of Agriculture estimate that methane from cows' burps and farts has a great influence on climate change and global warming.