International

• Saturday, October 2nd 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  British Army to launch “Operation Escalin” to avert petrol shortages

  

  The British Government finally decided to launch “Operation Escalin,” a deployment of Army staff to “start delivering fuel to pumps” in a move to avert shortages of petrol.

• Friday, October 1st 2021 - 07:06 UTC

  Barbados to quit British Commonwealth effective December 1

  

  The Parliament of Barbados has passed by 25 votes to none a Constitutional Amendment whereby the former British colony, which remained within the Commonwealth after its declaration of independence in 1966 will become a republic and thus remove Queen Elizabeth as head of state. The decision will become effective on Dec. 1.

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 19:49 UTC

  US hamburger demand helps Brazil overcome China's freeze on beef purchases

  

  Brazil's major protein producer and exporter, Marfrig Global Foods, also the world's largest supplier of hamburgers started this month shipments to the United States from two of its plants, one in Chupinguaia, state of Rondonia and the other at Alegrete, Rio Grande do Sul.

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 19:47 UTC

  Germany and the status quo after “Mutti” Angela

  

  Last January Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) were ahead in the German opinion polls by fifteen points. She was stepping down after sixteen years as chancellor (prime minister), but she was still by far the most trusted politician in Germany. Indeed, she is universally known as “Mutti” (Mummy).

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 12:53 UTC

  Japan has a new leader, Fumio Kishida who pledges a “new Japanese capitalism”

  

  Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Wednesday voted for Fumio Kishida as their new leader who on October 4, parliament will appoint him as the country's prime minister. Kishida will become Japan's 100th prime minister since the country adopted a Cabinet system in 1885 and succeeds Yoshihide Suga, who did not run for reelection as party leader.

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Uruguayan gov't appoints preliminary team to advance on FTA with China

  

  Uruguay's Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo Tuesday announced the formation of a preliminary negotiating team to start talks with China over a future free trade agreement.

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 09:08 UTC

  Rockhopper hosting a retail investor meeting on Falklands' oil industry

  

  Rockhopper Exploration plc (AIM: RKH), the oil and gas exploration and production company with key interests in the North Falkland Basin, confirms it will be hosting a retail investor meeting this Thursday, 30 September 2021.

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 09:06 UTC

  UK and France clash over fishing licenses in Jersey island's waters

  

  The United Kingdom and France are again clashing over post-Brexit fishing rights since the island of Jersey rejected 75 license requests from French fishermen. Paris announced retaliatory measures in fifteen days if the situation is not reversed.

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Can Argentina Finally Realize Its Oil Potential?

  

  By Matthew Smith for Oilprice.com – For a decade, successive Argentine governments in Buenos Aires have enacted a range of policies aimed at reducing energy imports and exploiting the Latin American country’s vast hydrocarbon potential.

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 08:35 UTC

  Falklands' new waste management scheme gets the green light

  

  The revised scheme for the new Waste Management Facility has been approved by the Planning and Building Committee. The new plans are for a waste management facility including a household waste tipping area, a public waste center, an incinerator with a 30-meter high chimney and ash collection bay, and a waste storage area.