International

Thursday, January 20th 2022 - 09:57 UTC
OAS condemns presence in Nicaragua, of Iranian official accused of aggravated murder by Argentine justice

Twenty-two-country members from the Organization of American States, OAS, on Wednesday approved a strong statement condemning the presence of the Iranian official Mohsen Rezai in Nicaragua during the taking office ceremony of president Daniel Ortega. Rezai has been indicted by Argentine Justice for his alleged masterminding of the 1994 attack on the Jewish organization Amia in Buenos Aires killing 85 people and injuring dozens.
Thursday, January 20th 2022 - 09:53 UTC
Peru wants Repsol to pay damages for oil spill amid Tonga volcano eruption

Peru's Foreign Ministry Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Spanish oil company Repsol for damages caused by a spill in Ventanilla, in the province Callao province.
Thursday, January 20th 2022 - 09:52 UTC
Soap opera foreign policy: US tells Argentina keep up negotiations with IMF

Last October when Argentine president Alberto Fernandez left for Rome to the G20 leaders' summit, his office informed that he was expecting to meet with US president Joe Biden to among other issues address support for Argentina in its ongoing exhausting negotiations with the IMF.
Thursday, January 20th 2022 - 09:52 UTC
Tonga vulcano eruption 500 times stronger than Hiroshima bomb

A NASA scientist has compared this weekend's volcanic eruption off Tonga with the atomic bomb dropped by the United States at the Japanese city of Hiroshima in 1945 and said the recent episode was “500 times” worse.
Thursday, January 20th 2022 - 09:38 UTC
Beijing and Taiwan jockeying for influence in Honduras

Next January 27, the president-elect of Honduras in Central America, a country known to live off the drugs trade and international aid will be taking office. Xiomara Castro, the first woman president of the country, and an icon of the left-wing progressive parties of Latin America promised during her campaign that her administration would cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan and establish full relations with Beijing, as recently happened in neighboring Nicaragua.
Thursday, January 20th 2022 - 09:33 UTC
Europe and the Americas tourism rebounded in 2021, but still below 2019 pre-pandemic level, WTO report

Global tourism experienced a 4% upturn in 2021, compared to 2020 (415 million versus 400 million). However, international tourist arrivals (overnight visitors) were still 72% below the pre-pandemic year of 2019, according to preliminary estimates by United Nations World Tourism Organization, WTO. This follows on from 2020, the worst year on record for tourism when international arrivals decreased by 73%.
Thursday, January 20th 2022 - 09:05 UTC
Royal Navy has her first ever female admiral: “someone has to be the first”

The Royal Navy's first-ever female admiral has taken command – smashing a century-old glass ceiling in the service. After 25 years' service, Jude Terry takes the helm as Director of People and Training and Naval Secretary.
Thursday, January 20th 2022 - 08:06 UTC
PM Mottley poised for landslide reelection victory in Barbados

Mia Mottley looked poised to be re-elected as Prime Minister of Barbados, while projections heralded the Barbados Labor Party (BLP) will hold more than two-thirds of the seats in Parliament following Wednesday's (Jan. 19) elections.
Wednesday, January 19th 2022 - 20:45 UTC
UK to lift Plan B COVID-19 restrictions, PM announces

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed Wednesday that his so-called Plan B sanitary restrictions applied in the Government's fight against COVID-19 will be lifted as of next week.
Wednesday, January 19th 2022 - 20:27 UTC
Djokovic & Wife own 80% of pharmaceutical firm seeking a cure for COVID-19

The future of Serbian star Novak Djokovic seems to be drifting away from tennis. First, he was deported from Australia for not being jabbed and later France announced similar rules would apply to any unvaccinated traveler, which means he would also miss the second Grand Slam tournament of the year.