International

• Friday, October 8th 2021 - 14:23 UTC

  Birmingham 2022 Queen's Baton Relay officially launched at Buckingham Palace

  

  Queen Elizabeth on Thursday officially launched the Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay in a unique ceremony at Buckingham Palace. The Queen, accompanied by The Earl of Wessex, attended a special ceremony on the forecourt of the Palace to launch the 16th official Queen’s Baton Relay.

• Friday, October 8th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Iran Memorandum Case against former Argentine President CFK dismissed

  

  An Argentine Federal Court Thursday dismissed all charges against current Vice President and former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for the signing of Memorandum of Understanding with Iran to investigate the 1992 bombing of Israel's Embassy in Buenos Aires.

• Friday, October 8th 2021 - 09:44 UTC

  Antarctica cruises Atlas Ocean Voyages will operate from Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego celebrates

  

  An Antarctica cruise company, Atlas Ocean Voyages will begin operating from Ushuaia, the capital of the extreme south Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego. According to local media reports, the first call out of fifteen will take place next November.

• Friday, October 8th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  PAHO: Latin America still not safe from SARS-Cov-2

  

  As restrictive sanitary measures are being gradually lifted worldwide, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) warned Thursday in Mexico City that things do not look so bright in Latin America regarding the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Friday, October 8th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Falklands' decisive in supplying Covid-19 vaccines to BAS Antarctic base Rothera

  

  The BBC has reported that nine months after it was rolled out, the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine has finally reached the Antarctic. It was flown in, via the Falkland Islands, this week to immunize the 23 staff members who've been keeping the British Antarctic Survey, BAS, Rothera research base running through the polar winter.

• Friday, October 8th 2021 - 08:54 UTC

  Former Nazi camp guard brought to trial at age 100

  

  A 100-year-old former Nazi camp guard has been brought to trial Thursday for his alleged involvement as an accessory to more than 3,000 murders.

• Friday, October 8th 2021 - 08:46 UTC

  Chile eliminates five-day quarantine for travelers arriving to Punta Arenas by air

  

  Given the favourable results that the Magallanes Region, extreme south of Chile is showing in its battle against the Covid-19 pandemic, Chilean authorities have decided to lessen the restrictions both for incoming domestic and international travellers arriving at Punta Arenas airport.

• Friday, October 8th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Tanzanian-born writer wins Literature Nobel Prize

  

  The 72-year-old Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded this year by Swedish Academy.

• Friday, October 8th 2021 - 07:41 UTC

  World food prices rose 1,2% in September and 32,8% year to year, FAO

  

  World food commodity prices rose in September, led by tightening supply conditions and robust demand for staples such as wheat and palm oil, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported. FAO's Food Price Index averaged 130.0 points in September, up 1.2% from August and 32.8% higher than in September 2020. The index tracks monthly changes in the international prices of commonly traded food commodities.

• Friday, October 8th 2021 - 00:30 UTC

  Uruguay off UK's Red List, but surprising FCDO comment on the country's Covid-19 situation

  

  From 4 am on Monday 11 October, Uruguay will no longer be on the Red List for entering England. As to UK citizens planning to travel to Uruguay, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) advise against all but essential travel to the whole of Uruguay based on the current assessment of COVID-19 risks.