International

Monday, January 3rd 2022 - 09:19 UTC
China cuts subsidies to the manufacture of electric vehicles

China has announced it will cut subsidies for green energy vehicles such as electric cars by 30%, beginning January this year. A release from the Ministry of Finance said that the subsidies policy, NEV 2022 will be definitively closed by 31 December 2022.
Monday, January 3rd 2022 - 09:13 UTC
Nobody hurt as South Africa's Parliament burns

South Africa's Parliament building in Cape Town was severely deteriorated by a huge fire Sunday. Although nobody has been reported injured, the event has sparked national security concerns. A suspect has been arrested. Firefighters worked for hours to extinguish the blaze.
Friday, December 31st 2021 - 18:15 UTC
Boris Johnson celebrates success of vaccine program in New Year's message

British Prime Minister will deliver his New Year’s message today (Friday 31 December) where he will celebrate the achievements of the vaccination program over the last year with over 7 in 10 eligible adults in England boosted so far - an increase of 8 million top-up jabs (45%) since the target was brought forward on 12 December.
Friday, December 31st 2021 - 09:39 UTC
Nicaragua hands over Taiwanese Embassy to Chinese authorities

Nicaragua's Government has seized former Taiwan's Embassy in Managua and handed it over to China, which maintains the Asian island is nothing but a rogue province.
Friday, December 31st 2021 - 09:34 UTC
France now tolerant to Britons willing to return to their EU countries of residence

The Government of France Thursday announced it had decided to show some “tolerance” for Britons wishing to return to their homes elsewhere in the European Union, thus reversing a surprise ban that affected thousands of travelers on the grounds that they were no longer citizens of the EU and deserved no special treatment.
Friday, December 31st 2021 - 09:00 UTC
South Africa loosens up COVID-19 restrictions

South African health authorities have agreed to lift a midnight curfew after the number of omicron cases of COVID-19 was beginning to slow down, it was reported Thursday. South Africa is the country hardest hit by the coronavirus in Africa, with more than 3.4 million cases recorded and 91,000 deaths.
Friday, December 31st 2021 - 09:00 UTC
British student makes bad joke about being Maddie McCann

A British student named Harriet Brookes has claimed on social media she was in fact Madeleine McCann, the three-year-old girl who disappeared in May 2007 while on vacation in Portugal with her family.
Thursday, December 30th 2021 - 20:33 UTC
Uruguay needs to sell the Graf Spee's eagle to pay those who retrieved it

An Uruguayan Court of Appeals has ruled the Government needs to sell the bronze eagle retrieved from the wreckage of the 3rd Reich's Admiral Graf Spee off the Montevideo coast.
Thursday, December 30th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Ghislaine Maxwell found guilty of sex trafficking and other charges

British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has been found guilty Wednesday by a New York jury of five of the six counts brought against her, after nearly 40 hours of deliberation, it was reported.
Wednesday, December 29th 2021 - 20:59 UTC
Russia hopes to start manufacturing Kalashnikov rifles in Venezuela soon

Russian officials Wednesday insisted the launch of the plant to manufacture Kalashnikov rifles in Venezuela had to be postponed during 2021 as a consequence of sanctions imposed by the United States, but the final works have been gaining pace lately thanks to cooperation from local authorities.