International

Sunday, October 17th 2021 - 08:46 UTC
“Europe in only strong as it is united”, Merkel reminds EU leaders of the significance of compromise

“Europe is only strong as it is united”, outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during the acceptance speech of the Carlos V European award with which she was presented by King Felipe VI in a ceremony held in Spain.
Sunday, October 17th 2021 - 08:29 UTC
Spain agrees to extradite former Venezuelan treasurer to the US

Spain's Judiciary Friday gave the green light for the extradition to the United States of Venezuelan national Claudia Patricia Díaz Guillén, to account for crimes of money laundering and criminal organization.
Sunday, October 17th 2021 - 08:05 UTC
ILO insists world needs global accelerator for jobs as well as social protection

International Labour Organization (ILO) Director-General Guy Ryder Friday called on countries to back the Global Accelerator for Jobs and Social Protection launched by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres together with the ILO, during last month's General Assembly.
Saturday, October 16th 2021 - 09:15 UTC
Argentina has become a Chinese Yuan testing ground in trade and investment

Following several currency swaps by which China has helped to support the Argentine central bank depleted international reserves, the administration of president Alberto Fernandez intensified relations with Beijing and a year ago allowed transactions between the two countries to be made in Yuan.
Saturday, October 16th 2021 - 09:15 UTC
British Catholic MP stabbed to death

British Conservative MP David Amess has died of the wounds he received after being stabbed during an event in southeastern England which shocked a country still recovering from the 2016 murder of Labor MP Jo Cox.
Saturday, October 16th 2021 - 06:57 UTC
Tuberculosis deaths rise for the first time in more than a decade due to the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has reversed years of global progress in tackling tuberculosis (TB) and for the first time in over a decade, TB deaths have increased, according to the World Health Organization’s 2021 Global TB report.
Friday, October 15th 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Death of Venezuelan political prisoner rattles Washington DC

Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary-General Luis Almagro Thursday pledged he would ask the United Nations to request the exhumation and autopsy of the late Venezuelan General Raúl Baduel, who died of COVID-19 while incarcerated by the Nicolás Maduro regime for alleged political crimes.
Friday, October 15th 2021 - 09:20 UTC
IDB 2022 Annual Assembly to be held in Uruguayan resort of Punta del Este

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will hold its 2022 annual meeting of governors between March 17 and 20, 2022 at the most exclusive Uruguayan beach resort of Punta del Este, it was announced this week in Washington DC.
Friday, October 15th 2021 - 09:20 UTC
Peruvian President praises China's meaning to his country's exports

Peru's President Pedro Castillo Thursday highlighted China's importance as a strategic Asia-Pacific partner in terms of foreign trade and investments.
Friday, October 15th 2021 - 09:20 UTC
US returns to UN Human Rights Council next January after a four year absence

The United States is returning to the United Nations Human Rights Council next January, after having withdrawn in 2018 under the Donald Trump administration. Washington secured 168 votes, far more than the simple majority of 97 required and will sit for the next three years.