International

Thursday, July 8th 2021 - 15:30 UTC
Canada names first indigenous governor general at a critical moment for the country

Canada named Mary Simon as its first indigenous governor general - Queen Elizabeth II's official representative in the Commonwealth country - as the nation faces a reckoning with its colonial history.
Thursday, July 8th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Uruguay's opposition files for referendum against emergency law

Uruguayan opposition politicians are ready to submit a petition for the partial repeal of the government's Urgent Consideration Law (LUC).
Thursday, July 8th 2021 - 09:48 UTC
Three companies (two UK and one Israel) involved in Falklands' oil industry, added to Argentina's sanctions list

Argentina announced it has launched a sanctions process against several foreign oil companies, the UK based Chrysaor Holdings Ltd, Harbor Energy Plc, and Israel's Navitas Petroleum for involvement in hydrocarbons activities, with illegitimate Falkland Islands licenses, in the Argentine continental shelf, more precisely at the Sea Lion project in North Malvinas basin
Thursday, July 8th 2021 - 09:33 UTC
IACHR makes 40 observations to the Colombian Government regarding social protests

The Government of Colombia Wednesday received 40 recommendations from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) following a visit to the country by an observation group.
Thursday, July 8th 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Haitian police kills 4, arrest 2 other suspects of president's assassination

Haitian police chief Léon Charles announced late on Wednesday that four of the alleged assassins of President Jovenel Moïse had been gunned down by law enforcement officers, while two others had been arrested.
Wednesday, July 7th 2021 - 21:38 UTC
Second British Aircraft Carrier visits Gibraltar

HMS Prince of Wales arrived in Gibraltar on Tuesday 6 July for a programmed logistics visit. This inaugural visit to Gibraltar will also be her first non-UK port visit.
Wednesday, July 7th 2021 - 19:35 UTC
Haitian President Moïse shot dead by “foreigners who spoke Spanish and English”

Unidentified gunmen have shot Haitian President Jovenel Moïse dead at his private residence in Port-au-Prince overnight on Wednesday, interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said.
Wednesday, July 7th 2021 - 10:15 UTC
Search at Falklands' Teal Inlet for more possible Argentine soldiers interments

Falkland Islands' Chief Police Officer Superintendent Jeff McMahon is heading an inquiry to find the remains of Argentine soldiers who are still unaccounted for and maybe in unmarked interments in the north of East Falkland at a place called Teal Inlet.
Wednesday, July 7th 2021 - 08:45 UTC
Argentina wants to deepen ties with China, President Fernández says

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday highlighted “the historic relationship” between former leaders Juan Domingo Perón and Mao Tse-Tung as he took part as a guest during the virtual ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Wednesday, July 7th 2021 - 08:37 UTC
China enters auto manufacturing industry in Brazil, acquiring Mercedes-Benz plant

The Chinese auto industry is penetrating Brazil. Automaker Great Wall Motors (GWM) reported that it has purchased the Mercedes-Benz car factory in Iracemápolis, Sao Paulo state, according to a report in the financial sector from the newspaper “O Globo” last Sunday.