International

• Monday, February 7th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentina's closeness to China, Russia worries London amid Ukraine crisis

  

  London is noticing Argentine President Alberto Fernández's foreign policy, particularly Sunday's joint written statement whereby the South American country backed China's claim over Taiwan and, in return, the Government of Xi Jinping supported Argentina's sovereignty quest regarding the Falkland Islands.

• Monday, February 7th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Chile's FM resigns with new Spanish job in mind

  

  The Chilean Government Sunday announced the resignation of Foreign Minister Andrés Allamand had been accepted and that Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Carolina Valdivia Torres would become acting minister effective immediately.

• Monday, February 7th 2022 - 09:10 UTC

  Argentina joins Belt and the Silk Road as Fernández and Xi meet in Beijing

  

  President Alberto Fernández has rounded up the Chinese stop of his new international tour by arranging Argentina's entry into the Belt and the Silk Road which will represent financing in excess of US $ 23 billion for the South American country.

• Monday, February 7th 2022 - 09:10 UTC

  Elizabeth II endorses Camilla to be “Queen Consort” in Platinum Jubilee atmosphere

  

  Queen Elizabeth II Sunday became the first-ever British monarch to celebrate a platinum jubilee. Aged 95, she spent the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne on her own and actively attending to official businesses.

• Monday, February 7th 2022 - 09:09 UTC

  Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee celebrations begin; when Charles becomes King, Camilla will be Queen consort

  

  On Sunday 6th February, Queen Elizabeth II became the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, marking seventy years since the sovereign acceded the throne.

• Monday, February 7th 2022 - 06:18 UTC

  Buckingham Palace releases new portrait of Queen Elizabeth

  

  On the celebration of Queen Elizabeth's historic Platinum Jubilee, Buckingham Palace has released a new portrait of the 95-year-old, who on Sunday marked 70 years on the throne.

• Saturday, February 5th 2022 - 23:49 UTC

  Endurance22 expedition nosed its course for Antarctica in search of the whereabouts of Shackleton's shipwreck

  

  Today, February 5th at 0700 GMT, a chunky, cherry-red ice breaker nosed its way out of Cape Town’s famous Table Bay, and shaped a course for Antarctica, 3000 nautical miles to the South West.

• Saturday, February 5th 2022 - 15:45 UTC

  Omicron subvariant found in 57 countries, WHO says

  

  The World Health Organization has released a report this week saying a new sublineage of the SARS-Cov-2 Omicron variant has already been detected in 57 countries. According to some researchers, the new version is more contagious than the original Omicron.

• Saturday, February 5th 2022 - 14:03 UTC

  Ambassador Stanley holds talks with Argentine Cabinet Chief Manzur

  

  Following Argentine President Alberto Fernández's remarks to his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin in Moscow, according to which the South American country needed to be freer from the United States and the International Monetary Fund, Washington's envoy to Buenos Aires held a meeting Friday with Cabinet Chief Juan Manzur.

• Saturday, February 5th 2022 - 13:53 UTC

  Despite Western boycott, Beijing Winter Olympics begin

  

  The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are underway despite a diplomatic boycott and after a ceremony held at the National Stadium - built for the 2008 Summer Games - amid strict health protocols to prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.