International

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 08:17 UTC

  Fuel panic buying in UK; pool of Army truck drivers ready to fill the supply chain

  

  A pool of British Army tanker drivers is on standby and to be deployed if required to deliver fuel, the UK government announced on Monday following chain supply pressure which has left many gasoline stations empty or rationing the little supply left.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 07:13 UTC

  Macron and Tedros open ground for WHO academy in Lyon

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron, President and Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, broke ground on Monday for the WHO Academy’s campus in the French city of Lyon.

• Monday, September 27th 2021 - 09:28 UTC

  Falklands governor dissolves the Legislative Assembly and tries a cueca on a crutch

  

  Busy days for the Falkland Islands Governor Nigel Phillips CBE, despite his plastered left leg and crutch. Last Friday morning he signed the proclamation to dissolve the Legislative Assembly and the writ to instruct that election take place in six weeks, next November 4.

• Monday, September 27th 2021 - 09:01 UTC

  Falklands at Labour conference, climate change and “Looking forward at 40”, the main issues

  

  The Falkland Islands have a stand at the Labour conference in Brighton which took off on Saturday and will extend until Wednesday 29 September. Official hosts of the stand are MLA Stacey Bragger and the Falklands Representative to the UK and Europe, Richard Hyslop...plus Rex the Rockie penguin.

• Monday, September 27th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Germany's future Chancellor still a mystery after close elections with SPD slightly ahead

  

  After German Chancellor Angela Merkel decided to retire, the formation of a new government is far from clear following Sunday's elections.

• Monday, September 27th 2021 - 08:37 UTC

  British gov't to offer 10,500 visas as shortage of workers hit post-Brexit country

  

  The Government of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced Saturday it would be offering 10,500 temporary visas in the absence of a foreign labour force that was forced to leave the country after it cut itself loose from the European Union in addition to travel restrictions stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Monday, September 27th 2021 - 08:22 UTC

  Fonterra divesting from Chile after thirty years operations

  

  New Zealand's dairy group Fonterra, one of the largest in the world has announced it is leaving Chile after thirty years and has put on sale its Chilean branch Soprole of which it controls 99% of the stock.

• Saturday, September 25th 2021 - 09:27 UTC

  Evergrande real estate group shares crash 11,6%, but CEO remains among China's richest billionaires

  

  The Chinese mega real estate group Evergrande shares tumbled 11,6% on Friday in the Hong Kong stock exchange, following on Thursday's nonpayment of US$ 84 million in interests on maturing offshore bonds.

• Saturday, September 25th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Argentina assumes chairing of PAHO's Executive Committee

  

  Argentine Health Ministry Carla Vizzotti Friday assumed command of the Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) for the period 2021-2022 on behalf of her country.

• Saturday, September 25th 2021 - 09:01 UTC

  Bolivian official who approved faulty Lamia 2933 flight plan arrested in Brazil

  

  Brazilian Police have arrested Bolivian aviation official Celia Castedo Monasterio who in 2016 approved the flight plan of Lamia flight 2933 which resulted in the killing of most members of the Chapecoense football team.