International

• Saturday, July 31st 2021 - 06:56 UTC

  Russia plans to dominate Arctic sea routes with the largest fleet of icebreakers

  

  Hoping to develop the Northern Sea Route across the Arctic into an international shipping lane, Russia is building a group of icebreakers to be powered with liquefied natural gas.

• Friday, July 30th 2021 - 09:56 UTC

  Third dose of Pfizer coming up globally as Delta variant keeps crawling in

  

  The Government of Israel has become the first in the world to decide on the use of a third dose of the Pfizer anticoronavirus vaccine, a move which some other countries are likely to follow suit shortly.

• Friday, July 30th 2021 - 08:37 UTC

  Vatican's major trial for financial crimes involving two cardinals takes off

  

  Cardinal Angelo Becciu is one of ten defendants in what is the Vatican’s largest trial for financial crimes in the modern era. The cardinal is going before the Vatican tribunal for the first time since Pope Francis changed norms in April to allow cardinals and archbishops to be tried by lay judges, in this case on charges of embezzlement and abuse of office.

• Friday, July 30th 2021 - 00:30 UTC

  Falklands signs HPP2 Memorandum of Understanding ahead of August visit by ICRC

  

  This Thursday the Falkland Islands Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between FIG, the UK Government, and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

• Friday, July 30th 2021 - 00:25 UTC

  US, Australia, Japan on watch at Beijing's growing influence of Pacific islands' states

  

  China has been stepping up its engagement with South Pacific island nations. It is necessary to monitor China's moves as it looks to win over smaller countries to its side through economic assistance with no concern of how its actions are perceived, turning them into its footholds.

• Thursday, July 29th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Details of Russia's planned new “Doomsday” aircraft disclosed as superpowers up military strength showoff

  

  Russian military sources have confirmed the country is working on what is known as a “Doomsday” plane, an aircraft that can serve as a flying command center in the event of a nuclear-armed conflict.

• Thursday, July 29th 2021 - 08:23 UTC

  Ceremony held in Trelew for new anniversary of Welsh landing in Patagonia

  

  Local authorities and descendants of the Welsh community in Argentine Patagonia gathered Wednesday at the city of Trelew for the celebrations marking the 156th anniversary of the beginning of the Welsh feat in Chubut.

• Thursday, July 29th 2021 - 05:02 UTC

  Tech companies profits soar to over US$ 50 billion in April/June

  

  Tech companies Apple, Microsoft, and Google owner Alphabet reported on Tuesday combined profits of more than US$ 50 billion in the second quarter of the year. The three companies currently have a combined market value of US$6.4 trillion, more than double their market capitalization when the pandemic started 16 months ago.

• Wednesday, July 28th 2021 - 09:47 UTC

  Biden does not rule out real war with guns and bullets against world superpowers who perform or support cyberattacks

  

  US President Joseph Biden Tuesday pointed out that Moscow was already meddling with his country's 2022 mid-term elections and that these actions may lead to an actual war with guns and bullets.

• Wednesday, July 28th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Meteorologists meet to prepare report for the UN Glasgow climate change negotiations summit

  

  The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, opened its meeting on Monday to approve its next report on the physical science basis of climate change, the first part of the Sixth Assessment Report.