International

• Friday, November 12th 2021 - 10:00 UTC

  Governments at COP26 create group to rid world of fossil fuels

  

  A group of countries and territories led by Denmark and Costa Rica have decided to join forces with regards to a world free from fossil fuels in compliance with the 2015 Paris Agreement under a group named “the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA).”

• Friday, November 12th 2021 - 09:08 UTC

  Xi, Biden to hold virtual Summit next Monday

  

  The Presidents of China, Xi Jinping, and of the United States, Joseph Biden, are to hold a virtual Summit this coming Monday to discuss bilateral issues, particularly the case of Taiwan, an independent country still considered a rogue province by the Asian giant.

• Thursday, November 11th 2021 - 20:06 UTC

  Beijing shopping mall closed after positive case of COVID-19 found to have been there

  

  Authorities in the Chinese capital Beijing sealed up a large shopping mall and placed several apartment buildings under full lockdown due to a new outbreak of COVID-19, it was reported Thursday.

• Thursday, November 11th 2021 - 19:12 UTC

  South Africa's last white president dies of lung condition

  

  Former South African President Frederik Willem de Klerk, the last white man ever to rule the country, has died Thursday of mesothelioma, a form of lung cancer, at his home near Cape Town. He was 85.

• Thursday, November 11th 2021 - 18:44 UTC

  Presidents of Russia, Argentina discuss COVID-19 on the phone

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Thursday held a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss the fight against COVID-19 among other bilateral issues, it was reported.

• Thursday, November 11th 2021 - 14:49 UTC

  Argentina donates UK-developed COVID-19 vaccines

  

  The Government of Argentina is donating almost a million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, according to five presidential decrees published in the Official Gazette.

• Thursday, November 11th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  UK/Uruguay agree to establish a Trade Dialogue to develop economic relations

  

  During a three-day official visit to Uruguay UK's Minister for International Trade, Ranil Jayawardena, M.P., met with Uruguay’s Foreign Minister, Ambassador Francisco Bustillo, and confirmed both countries’ desire to continue strengthening their bilateral trading relationship.

• Thursday, November 11th 2021 - 09:14 UTC

  US, China agree to fight climate change together

  

  China and the United States and China Wednesday agreed to work together in the fight against climate change, an announcement which was welcomed at the UN's Climate COP26 Summit in Glasgow.

• Thursday, November 11th 2021 - 09:01 UTC

  UK pledges HGVs will be zero-emission by 2040; unveils new chargepoint design

  

  The United Kingdom has announced all-new road vehicles in the country will be zero-emission within the next two decades, while charge points are to be the main focus to adapt to the EV revolution.

• Thursday, November 11th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Sukey receives her OBE “for services to the people of the Falkland Islands”

  

  Former Falkland Islands Government Representative at Falklands House in London, Sukey Cameron, received her OBE from HRH the Duke of Cambridge at Windsor Castle.