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  • Monday, December 20th 2021 - 20:00 UTC

    Scotland considering posthumous pardon for executed witches

    Witch-hunts were conducted under the supervision of Royal Commissions

    The Scottish Government of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is considering the possibility of granting a posthumous pardon to some 300 people – mostly women – who were executed under the Witchcraft Act between 1563 and 1736.

  • Monday, December 20th 2021 - 11:45 UTC

    UK Court ruling to decide on Venezuelan gold's fate

    London recognizes Guaido as President but has an active embassy in Caracas handling affairs with Maduro's regime

    The UK's Supreme Court is expected to rule Monday on the fate of 31 tons of Venezuelan gold which is currently in the hands of the Bank of England. The Venezuelan central bank turned to the British justice system in 2020 to resolve the issue.

  • Monday, December 20th 2021 - 09:31 UTC

    NASA keeping track of two British explorers in Antarctica collecting info on survival on Mars

    Explorers Justin Packshaw,57 and Jamie Facer Childs, 37 are on an 80-day trek across the southernmost continent as part of the Chasing the Light mission

    The US space agency NASA is tracking two British explorers on a 3,650 kilometers journey across Antarctica to learn more about humanity's ability to survive on Mars. Explorers Justin Packshaw,57, and Jamie Facer Childs, 37 are on an 80-day trek across the southernmost continent as part of the Chasing the Light mission — a grueling expedition that could give a better understanding of the psychological and physical impact of other worlds on the human body and mind.

  • Monday, December 20th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

    Corbyn's brother arrested for inciting to burn MPs offices who voted for Covid-19 restrictions

    And towards the end of the video, “If your MP is one of them, go to their offices, and, well, I'd recommend burning them down.”

    A prominent anti-vaccination protestor and brother of the former leader of the British Labour Party, Piers Corbyn was arrested in London over the weekend for urging people to burn down the offices of members of Parliament offices who supported imposing Covid-19 restrictions.

  • Monday, December 20th 2021 - 09:02 UTC

    Brexit minister resignation deals yet another blow to Boris Johnson

    The departing minister has also led the Scotch Whiskey Association (SWA), now headed by former London's Ambassador to Buenos Aires Mark Kent

    Career diplomat David Frost handed in his resignation to his job as a British negotiator in the post-Brexit phase, citing his disagreement with the direction taken by Boris Johnson's government, thus dealing yet another blow to the Prime Minister's image.

  • Monday, December 20th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

    German streets crowded with demonstrations against vaccines

    “Impfung macht frei” (vaccination will set you free), paraphrasing Auschwitz's entrance

    Ordinary citizens opposing anticovid measures and mandatory vaccination were mixed with neo-nazi groups and members of the far-right “identity movement” during Sunday's protests which garnered some 12,000 demonstrators in the German city of Nuremberg against the Governments sanitary decisions which compromise individual liberties.

  • Monday, December 20th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

    The Netherlands goes into full lockdown until Jan. 14

    Restrictions are imposed to fight the Omicron variant of COVID-19, which cause significantly milder symptoms than previous ones.

    The Government of The Netherlands has decreed a strict lockdown until January 14 on all non-essential activities due to the spread of the coronavirus Omicron variant. A daily cap of two visitors per household has also been decreed, which will be raised to four people for Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.

  • Monday, December 20th 2021 - 08:24 UTC

    Wendy Morton MP moved to the Department of Transport

    Wendy Morton is a close friend of the Falkland Islands

    The United Kingdom on Sunday made several announcements following the departure of Lord Frost as chief negotiator of Brexit. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Secretary is to become lead negotiator with the EU on the Northern Ireland Protocol.

  • Saturday, December 18th 2021 - 09:39 UTC

    Falklands flagged Sir David Attenborough reaches Rothera Station in Antarctica

    RRS Sir David Attenborough arrival at Rothera Wharf in Antarctica. Credit: Will Clark

    Britain’s new polar research vessel, Falklands' flagged RRS Sir David Attenborough, has travelled to Antarctica on its maiden voyage, with its first call on Friday at Rothera Research Station – the UK’s largest Antarctic research station on the continent.

  • Saturday, December 18th 2021 - 09:02 UTC

    Global Debt Reaches a Record US$226 Trillion

    Public Debt soared around the world in 2020

    By Vitor Gaspar, Apulo Medas, and Roberto Perrelli (*) – In 2020, we observed the largest one-year debt surge since World War II, with global debt rising to US$ 226 trillion as the world was hit by a global health crisis and a deep recession. Debt was already elevated going into the crisis, but now governments must navigate a world of record-high public and private debt levels, new virus mutations, and rising inflation.