International

• Wednesday, August 25th 2021 - 18:41 UTC

  Uruguay to open up Ankara embassy following FM Bustillo's Turkish tour

  

  Uruguay and Turkey have signed a Memorandum of Understanding whereby a Political Consultation Mechanism as Francisco Bustillo, Foreign Minister of the South American country, rounds up his diplomatic tour.

• Wednesday, August 25th 2021 - 07:36 UTC

  Royal Navy helping to survey devastation in earthquake hit Haiti

  

  Royal Navy aviators are helping to survey the devastation in Haiti as they fly dawn-to-dusk flights over the earthquake-hit Caribbean country. A helicopter from support ship RFA Wave Knight has been in the air since Friday, flying over parts of the Tiburon Peninsula – epicenter of the quake which struck on August 14 – to locate villages, towns and infrastructure urgently in need of help.

• Wednesday, August 25th 2021 - 07:11 UTC

  Colombian President kicks off South Korean tour in search for paths to economic recovery

  

  Colombia's President Ivan Duque has landed in Seoul to start his South Korean investment-seeking tour to try to reactivate the South American country's economy after setbacks from the coronavirus pandemic.

• Tuesday, August 24th 2021 - 09:34 UTC

  IMF largest allocation of SDRs, US$650 billion comes into effect; Ms Georgieva calls for wise use of funds

  

  The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva announced on Monday the largest allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) in history—about US$650 billion— and described the operation as a significant shot in the arm for the world and, if used wisely, a unique opportunity to combat this unprecedented crisis.

• Tuesday, August 24th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  LATAM denies any hostile attempt to take over its Brazil operations, as reported by Wall Street Journal

  

  LATAM Airlines strongly denied on Monday it has intentions of getting rid of its operations in Brazil, given the interest of its main competitor Azul airlines, as was reported by the Wall Street Journal indicating that there were ongoing conversations with Latam creditors to purchase its Brazilian affiliate.

• Tuesday, August 24th 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  COVID-19 vaccination closer to becoming mandatory after FDA approval of Pfizer's, now rebranded Comirnaty

  

  United States health authorities Monday gave full approval to the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech, which will now be marketed under the Comirnaty brand. Moderna's drug is expected to be approved shortly.

• Tuesday, August 24th 2021 - 08:20 UTC

  Black Ribbon Day in remembrance for victims of Communism and Nazism

  

  This Monday most European countries, plus the United States and Canada recalled that 23 August is the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism, known as Black Ribbon Day.

• Monday, August 23rd 2021 - 12:13 UTC

  RRS James Clark Ross has been sold to the Ukrainian Antarctic Scientific Center

  

  This is the second time that a UK research asset has transferred to Ukrainian research colleagues – the first being the transfer in 1996 of the former Faraday station that is now known as Vernadsky.

• Monday, August 23rd 2021 - 09:39 UTC

  Former Bolivian interim President harms herself in apparent suicide attempt

  

  Former Bolivian interim President Janine Áñez was hospitalized following self-inflicted injuries believed to be a suicide attempt after learning she had been charged with genocide for two massacres in the 2019 events surrounding the resignation of Evo Morales and her accession to power.

• Monday, August 23rd 2021 - 09:21 UTC

  Patagonia Top Gear cars with Falklands' war plate number reference, crushed by Argentina

  

  Have you ever wondered what happened to Jeremy Clarkson and his Top Gear crew cars involved in the Argentine Patagonia incursion, which triggered a major diplomatic controversy since the number plate of the Porsche 928 read H982 FKL and was interpreted in Argentina as referring to the 1982 Falklands conflict?