International

Monday, January 24th 2022 - 20:30 UTC
France eyes new rules which would let Djokovic play at Roland Garros

According to the latest version of the everchanging press reports, France is now said to be eyeing a change in the immigration rules, which would allow Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic to play at the most emblematic French Open at Roland Garros after being deported from Australia for the first Grand Slam event of the year.
Monday, January 24th 2022 - 20:20 UTC
NZ Prime Minister calls off wedding due to sanitary restrictions

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern who has announced her country was moving back to “the red traffic light setting” in a move to curb the spread of the coronavirus Omicron variant, has been forced to postpone her own wedding to comply with the sanitary restrictions.
Monday, January 24th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Haitian migrants stranded at Santiago's airport in Chile

A group of 23 Haitian migrants were stranded Sunday at Santiago's Arturo Merino Benítez international airport where they have filed for refugee status but nevertheless fear local authorities might deport them back to their country of origin where all lives are “at-risk” due to the ongoing crisis, according to Rodolfo Noriega of the local Migrant Ombudsman's Office.
Monday, January 24th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
USS Kitty Hawk en route to the scrap yard in Texas, via the southern tip of South America

USS Kitty Hawk CV63, the last conventionally powered United States Navy aircraft carrier left over the weekend from a naval base at Bremerton, Washington State and pulled by two tugs is on its way to a scrapyard in Texas in the Gulf of Mexico.
Monday, January 24th 2022 - 09:40 UTC
Seize order for Crystal Symphony because of unpaid fuel

The cruise vessel Crystal Symphony that was supposed to dock in Miami sailed to the Bahamas instead after a U.S. judge granted an order to seize the vessel as part of a lawsuit over unpaid fuel.
Monday, January 24th 2022 - 09:29 UTC
IMF chief warns indebted countries on Fed's announced policy of higher rates

The IMF managing director warned that interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve could have serious implications for counties with high levels of debt in dollars, “cold water” on already weak economic recoveries, or in the process of negotiating debts.
Monday, January 24th 2022 - 09:23 UTC
Global Inflation: Brazil's Guedes and Europe's Lagarde have opposing positions

Brazilian economy minister Paulo Guedes said that inflation will become a long-term challenge for Western countries, since “the beast is already out of the bottle”, and central bankers have been caught “sleeping at the driving wheel”.
Monday, January 24th 2022 - 09:20 UTC
US military supplies arrive in Ukraine, embassy ready for evacuation

The United States Embassy in Kiev has confirmed the arrival of military supplies sent by Washington to the Ukrainian capital while preparations were also under way to leave the diplomatic mission at the earliest, in case military tensions with Russia escalate.
Monday, January 24th 2022 - 09:07 UTC
Air Europa announces flights between Córdoba and Madrid via Asunción

Just the week Aerolíneas Argentinas announced the return of seven weekly flights between Buenos Aires' Ezeiza and Madrid's Barajas, Spanish carrier Air Europa said it was coming back to the Argentine city of Córdoba, a service which had to be lifted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Monday, January 24th 2022 - 09:04 UTC
Argentine Defense Minister bids farewell to blue helmets off to Cyprus

Argentina's Defense Minister Jorge Taiana last week bid farewell to the national troops to be deployed in Cyprus as a part of the United Nations peacekeeping Mission.