International

• Thursday, July 29th 2021 - 05:02 UTC

  Tech companies profits soar to over US$ 50 billion in April/June

  

  Tech companies Apple, Microsoft, and Google owner Alphabet reported on Tuesday combined profits of more than US$ 50 billion in the second quarter of the year. The three companies currently have a combined market value of US$6.4 trillion, more than double their market capitalization when the pandemic started 16 months ago.

• Wednesday, July 28th 2021 - 09:47 UTC

  Biden does not rule out real war with guns and bullets against world superpowers who perform or support cyberattacks

  

  US President Joseph Biden Tuesday pointed out that Moscow was already meddling with his country's 2022 mid-term elections and that these actions may lead to an actual war with guns and bullets.

• Wednesday, July 28th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Meteorologists meet to prepare report for the UN Glasgow climate change negotiations summit

  

  The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, opened its meeting on Monday to approve its next report on the physical science basis of climate change, the first part of the Sixth Assessment Report.

• Wednesday, July 28th 2021 - 08:37 UTC

  The 5,600 guests MSC Seashore delivered; inaugural Six Pearls cruise in the Mediterranean

  

  The largest cruise ship to be built in Italy, the MSC Seashore was delivered this week to MSC Cruises. The Fincantieri Monfalcone shipyard is building a sister ship MSC Seascape, which is expected to come into service in early 2022.

• Wednesday, July 28th 2021 - 07:48 UTC

  Julian Assange's Ecuadorean nationality revoked by a court

  

  An administrative court in Ecuador revoked the country's nationality of Wikileaks founder, Australian-born Julian Assange. The Monday 26 July ruling was notified to Assange's attorney Carlos Poveda and the Ecuadorean foreign ministry.

• Tuesday, July 27th 2021 - 08:56 UTC

  Rosatom resumes construction of nuclear reactor in Bolivia

  

  Russia's atomic agency Rosatom Monday resumed construction of a nuclear reactor for the Center for Research and Development of Nuclear Technology (CIDTN) of Bolivia, a project which had been paralyzed in 2019, it was reported.

• Tuesday, July 27th 2021 - 07:39 UTC

  Chinese currency takes third place in global trade

  

  The Chinese yuan has taken third place among internationally-traded currencies in 2020, according to a Renmin University of China report released over the weekend, which also foresees it may continue to expand.

• Tuesday, July 27th 2021 - 07:05 UTC

  Equatorial Guinea will shut down embassy in London to protest corruption charges

  

  The former Spanish colony of Equatorial Guinea announced on Monday it was shutting down its embassy in London following on sanctions imposed by the UK on the son of the president alleging corruption. Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, 53, is also the vice-president of Equatorial Guinea and is responsible for the country's defense and security.

• Monday, July 26th 2021 - 17:34 UTC

  Nobel Foundation divests from contaminating industries: sells coal and oil shares

  

  The Nobel Foundation which funds and organizes the Nobel Prizes announced it was selling all of its assets in the petroleum industry, following on similar actions regarding coal, and other contaminating industries.

• Monday, July 26th 2021 - 09:52 UTC

  France's Senate backs Macron's stance on vaccination, albeit with some changes

  

  Despite protests calling the measure a “fascist” idea that can only take place within a “tyranny,” France's Parliament has endorsed President Emmanuel Macron's initiative to extend the use of a health pass and make anticoronavirus vaccination mandatory for health-care workers.