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Wednesday, December 29th 2021 - 08:59 UTC
Four dead after gunmen hit public transport in Haiti

At least four people have been reported dead after a group of unidentified gunmen fired shots on two public transport buses late Monday. Another four people have been reported wounded following the attack in southern Port-au-Prince.
Tuesday, December 28th 2021 - 20:35 UTC
Channel Islands UK/France fishing licenses dispute far from over

Secretary of State for European Affairs Clément Beaune said France is considering litigation proceedings against the United Kingdom over the remaining post-Brexit fishing licenses still pending to be awarded in the island of Jersey. The UK/French licenses dispute at the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey, off the French coast, has been ongoing for weeks.
Tuesday, December 28th 2021 - 20:15 UTC
Talks over Ukraine crisis to start Jan. 10 in Europe

High-ranking officials from the United States and Russia are to meet in Geneva on Jan. 10 for talks regarding tensions over Ukraine, it was announced. Russia and NATO were also likely to convene on Jan. 12 in Brussels with a broader meeting set for Jan. 13 involving the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which includes the US and its NATO allies, as well as Russia, Ukraine, and other ex-Soviet states.
Tuesday, December 28th 2021 - 09:43 UTC
HMS Protector breaks polar record and involved in scientific research on penguins and climate change

Icebreaker HMS Protector has broken a record, becoming the first Royal Navy ship to enter both polar circles within the same year. The Navy's only icebreaker, Protector left Plymouth in August for Antarctica, – her first visit to the frozen continent since 2019.
Tuesday, December 28th 2021 - 09:35 UTC
UK Parliament Defense Committee report, “we're going to need a bigger Navy”

Britain’s parliamentary Defense Committee has fired a broadside at the government, raising significant concerns about the future size and capabilities of the Royal Navy in a report released this month” and reported by Defense News.
Tuesday, December 28th 2021 - 09:33 UTC
Venezuelan leader announces trip to Iran sometime next year

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has announced he would visit strategic ally Iran sometime next year following an invitation from his Iranian colleague Ebrahim Raisi to discuss further cooperation between the two countries.
Tuesday, December 28th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Israel launches study about the effectiveness of 4th dose of COVID-19 vax

An Israeli heart surgeon has arguably become the world’s first healthy person to get a 4th dose of COVID-19 vaccine, The Times of Israel reported Monday.
Tuesday, December 28th 2021 - 09:20 UTC
The right enemy a major asset in politics

By Gwynne Dyer – The right enemy can be a major asset in politics, as Chilean voters have just demonstrated once again. All the opinion polls had the two presidential candidates neck and neck before the election, but a few days before the runoff vote it came out that the father of far-right candidate José Antonio Kast was a Nazi.
Tuesday, December 28th 2021 - 09:13 UTC
US halves quarantine time for new COVID-19 cases

Health authorities from the United States have agreed to cut by half the 10-day isolation period people newly-infected with SARS-CoV-2 needed to go through after catching the disease, it was announced Monday.
Monday, December 27th 2021 - 09:56 UTC
Argentina says humanitarian flights “all ready” to fly Falklands-residents to Chile

The Argentine government announced on Sunday that “all is ready” for the two humanitarian charter flights, with an Argentine flagged carrier, to transport Falklands-Malvinas foreign residents that have been stranded in the Islands since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.