International

• Thursday, November 11th 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  Royal Navy's Type 83 destroyer project will enter concept phase early next year

  

  The Royal Navy's Type 83 destroyer project, the replacement for the Type 45, will enter the concept phase early next year, it was announced in Parliament. Minister for Defence Procurement, Jeremy Quin was responding to being asked when the concept and assessment phase for the Type 83 destroyer would formally begin.

• Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 19:55 UTC

  Singapore halts execution because the man to be hanged had COVID

  

  Singapore's Judiciary has decided to halt the execution of a 33-year-old Malayan citizen who had been sentenced to death for drug smuggling after the inmate was diagnosed with COVID-19.

• Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 19:43 UTC

  Sustainable goals require funding, Brazilian minister tells Glasgow

  

  Brazil's Environment Minister Joaquim Leite Wednesday demanded attendees at Glasgow's COP26 Summit that it was up to the wealthiest countries in the world to provide for the financing of the developing nations' clean development strategies.

• Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Prominent Venezuelan politician warns EU's mission: The will of the people must be respected

  

  Venezuelan prominent political leader, Chavismo's number two, Diosdado Cabello, lashed out on Tuesday against the European Union's electoral mission that is in the country to supervise the upcoming legislative and regional elections.

• Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 09:29 UTC

  Vaccination target of 70% of world population remains elusive despite meeting of top UN officials and manufacturers

  

  The heads of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, World Health Organization and World Trade Organization held on Tuesday the 2nd High-Level Consultations with the CEOs of leading COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing companies.

• Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  China in 20 years has become the world's factory and leading trade partner

  

  China has increased its global trade ninefold in the twenty years since joining the World Trade Organization, WTO, well ahead of the United States, according to the UN Conference on Trade and Development, UNCTAD.

• Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 09:14 UTC

  WTO speeds fisheries subsidies negotiations ahead of end of the month ministerial conference

  

  The World Trade Organization chair of the fisheries subsidies negotiations, Ambassador Santiago Wills of Colombia, introduced a second revision of the draft negotiating text to be used as the basis for clause-by-clause discussions among members aimed at resolving remaining differences ahead of the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) to be held on 30 November to 3 December.

• Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 08:19 UTC

  South Georgia releases Blue Belt Program stamps

  

  The Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands is releasing a stamp set to celebrate its involvement in the UK Blue Belt Program.

• Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 08:16 UTC

  The difference between the Scottish and English poppies: botanically incorrect

  

  Did you know that not all Remembrance poppies look the same? Although the poppy is a universal symbol of Remembrance, the way each country makes them is very different.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2021 - 20:50 UTC

  Italian pharmaceuticals to be produced in Chile with Bill Gates grant

  

  The Bill Gates Foundation has allocated a grant to Italian company ReiThera Srl to produce Chile vaccines against COVID-19, it was announced.