International

• Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 09:39 UTC

  The plight of the Ilois: Victims of the Cold War and the War on Terror

  

  “The object of the exercise is to get some rocks which will remain ours... There will be no indigenous population except seagulls,” wrote Sir Paul Gore-Booth, a senior official at the British Foreign Office, as the plan to expel the 2,000 Chagos Islanders from their homes was taking shape in 1966. “We must surely be very tough about this.”

• Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  UN chief calls Russia's decision “a violation of territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine”

  

  United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called out Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to recognize certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine as independent as “a violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine” in a statement read by his spokesperson.

• Monday, February 21st 2022 - 20:23 UTC

  Biden okay with holding summit with Putin... “in principle”

  

  US President Joseph Biden Monday said he would agree to hold a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, who has also accepted the proposal submitted by France's leader Emmanuel Macron as the last diplomatic efforts are undertaken to avoid an all-out war over Ukraine.

• Monday, February 21st 2022 - 20:17 UTC

  PM Johnson to lift all COVID-19 restrictions as of Thursday

  

  People in England who test positive for the coronavirus will no longer be required to stay under isolation starting Feb. 24, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday.

• Monday, February 21st 2022 - 09:51 UTC

  UK’s LGBT+ Rights Envoy visits Argentina ahead of Safe to be Me conference in London

  

  The UK Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on LGBT+ rights, Lord Nick Herbert, visited Argentina last week, meeting with counterparts in the Argentine Government and with civil society organizations. LGBT+ information app, QUIR, was launched at the British Embassy Buenos Aires by local civil society organization Kidz. This trip is part of Lord Herbert’s activity this year to galvanize ambitious action on LGBT+ rights ahead of the Safe To Be Me conference in London.

• Monday, February 21st 2022 - 09:21 UTC

  IMF's Kristalina Georgieva: “We must fight inflation without impairing the recovery”

  

  International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva made the following statement at the virtual meeting of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors:

• Monday, February 21st 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  British Queen has “mild symptoms” after positive COVID-19 test

  

  Queen Elizabeth II has tested positive for COVID-19, Buckingham Palace announced Sunday. However, the 95-year-old monarch was said to be having “mild” symptoms, similar to those from a common cold.

• Monday, February 21st 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  Happy World Whale Day! But the magnificent creatures are threatened y oceans toxic pollution

  

  Happy World Whale Day! Giants of the ocean are celebrated on World Whale Day, 20 February, which aims to raise awareness of these magnificent creatures, their beauty as well as their ecological value to the planet.

• Monday, February 21st 2022 - 09:18 UTC

  Brazilian born activist and “green influencer” crowned Miss Germany

  

  A Brazilian-born activist and “green influencer” has been crowned Miss Germany. Domitila Barros, 37, who lives in Berlin was competing for the title against other contestants at Rust in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg, home of the famous theme park Europa-Park.

• Monday, February 21st 2022 - 09:10 UTC

  “Freedom Convoy” fully dispersed from Canadian capital

  

  Law enforcement officers have completely cleared the streets of Canada's capital city of Ottawa after arresting nearly 200 protesters belonging to the so-called “Freedom Convoy” of truckers, which opposed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's COVID-19 vaccination mandates and other sanitary restrictions.