International

• Saturday, August 14th 2021 - 08:56 UTC

  Maduro regime rejects ICC Prosecution condemnatory report; warms up to new prosecutor, UK's Karim Khan

  

  The regime of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela rejected point blank the condemnatory report from the International Criminal Court, ICC, Prosecution which confirmed that Chavista forces repeatedly committed crimes against humanity in the country.

• Saturday, August 14th 2021 - 08:46 UTC

  UK signs partnership in Central America to boost trade

  

  UK Export Finance (UKEF) signed this week a historic partnership with the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), Central America’s leading development bank and the highest-rated borrower in Latin America.

• Saturday, August 14th 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  Gibraltar welcomes first official cruise call since the beginning of the pandemic

  

  The Gibraltar Chronicle is reporting that this Friday saw the first official cruise call to the Rock since the pandemic started. “Wind Surf”, from Windstar Cruises arrived at 8.00 am and was expected to depart Gibraltar at 18.00 hours, local time. Gibraltar was included in its itinerary as part of their Mediterranean Cruise.

• Friday, August 13th 2021 - 21:04 UTC

  WHO calls on countries to depoliticize investigation into origin of Covid 19

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) called on countries to depoliticize the investigation into the origin of SARS-CoV-2 and how it jumped to humans, pressing for more raw data to review and suggesting that more can be done within its current framework to track lab safety around the world, including China.

• Friday, August 13th 2021 - 10:19 UTC

  Argentina wants to prove it existed as such 200 years ago

  

  Argentina officially invited the Portuguese president and Prime Minister to visit the country as part of the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the recognition by Lisbon of Argentina's independence.

• Thursday, August 12th 2021 - 14:31 UTC

  Some 2,5 billion tons of food goes to waste, WWF

  

  WWF and Tesco released Driven to Waste, a new report that quantifies the total amount of food lost on farms globally; revealing an estimated 2.5 billion tons of food goes uneaten around the world each year.

• Thursday, August 12th 2021 - 08:34 UTC

  South Korea/Mercosur round of trade talks at the end of the month

  

  South Korea wants to advance with trade negotiations with Mercosur. Discussions started back in 2018 and at the end of the month, a seventh-round is slated to take place.

• Thursday, August 12th 2021 - 07:27 UTC

  Iran's pick for Interior Minister job prompts condemnation from Argentina and Israel

  

  Argentina and Israel have expressed their condemnation of Iran's decision Wednesday to appoint Ahmad Vahidi as the country's new Interior Minister.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2021 - 08:13 UTC

  Argentine lawmakers want “Malvinas issue” to become decisive in allowing candidates to run for office

  

  A group of Argentine Senators has entered a bill whereby candidates for any electoral office must acknowledge the 1994 Constitutional reform which made the claim over the Malvinas Islands “a permanent and inalienable” goal.

• Tuesday, August 10th 2021 - 18:27 UTC

  The Rebellious reason British submarines fly the Jolly Roger after missions

  

  The sight of a Jolly Roger flag once struck fear into the hearts of sailors at sea as it often meant a bloodthirsty band of pirates were about to launch a deadly attack – but there is a fascinating, if not somewhat rebellious, reason why today’s Royal Navy submarines fly the iconic skull and crossbones as part of a tradition that dates back to the First World War.