International

• Monday, November 18th 2024 - 21:59 UTC

  Argentina becomes newest founding member of Lula's alliance against hunger

  

  Javier Milei's Argentina became after last-minute negotiations the 82nd country to join the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty, Brazil's initiative launched during the two-day G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro. With Buenos Aires' decision, no G20 country stayed out of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's partnership which is also made up of the African Union and the European Union, in addition to 9 financial institutions, 24 international organizations, and 31 philanthropic and non-governmental entities, totaling 148 founding members.

• Monday, November 18th 2024 - 14:51 UTC

  Lavrov arrives in Rio for G20 Summit as world tensions escalate

  

  Russia’s Foreign Ministry Sergey Lavrov arrived Sunday in Rio de Janeiro to head his country's delegation attending the two-day G20 Summit starting Monday in the former Brazilian capital while President Vladimir Putin stayed in Moscow as winds of World War III blew again during the weekend after US President Joseph Biden gave his nod to Kyiv using US-built missiles.

• Monday, November 18th 2024 - 14:15 UTC

  “F**k you,” Brazilian First Lady tells Elon Musk

  

  During a G20 social event this past weekend, Brazilian First Lady Janja da Silva cursed against billionaire Elon Musk in an outburst that made waves ahead of the world's leader's Summit starting Monday in Rio de Janeiro. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's wife was speaking through a microphone to an audience when a ship horn nearby interrupted her: “It’s Elon Musk,” she said. “I’m not afraid of you, f**k you, Elon Musk,” she added.

• Monday, November 18th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  With Milei, Macron insists France not signing EU-Mercosur FTA

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron told his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei once again during their meeting Sunday at Casa Rosada that his country would not sign the European Union (EU)-Southern Common Market (Mercosur) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) “as is.”

• Monday, November 18th 2024 - 09:59 UTC

  China's Xi Jinping all for deeper relations with Chile

  

  Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Chilean counterpart Gabriel Boric Font in Lima on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting in the Peruvian capital that he hoped to expand cooperation between both countries with free trade and open industrial policies. The Asian leader also highlighted that Chile was the first South American country to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.

• Monday, November 18th 2024 - 09:18 UTC

  Presidents of Bolivia and Paraguay arrive in Rio for G20 guest appearances

  

  Presidents Luis Arce Catacora of Bolivia and Santiago Peña of Paraguay landed Sunday night in Rio de Janeiro to participate as a guest of the G20 Summit, to be held between Nov. 18 and 19 in the former Brazilian capital.

• Monday, November 18th 2024 - 08:25 UTC

  Guterres says “spirit of consensus” needed

  

  United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the “Argentine case” ahead of the two-day G20 Summit starting in Rio de Janeiro Tuesday and called for a “spirit of consensus” to move forward.

• Saturday, November 16th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  HMS Protector with Chilean navy paid homage to British losses at battle of Colonel, November 1914

  

  Crew members Sailors from Ice Patrol HMS Protector, A173, and their Chilean allies paid homage to British sailors lost in one of the first great naval actions of World War 1. One hundred and ten years to the day that the Royal and German Navies clashed three dozen miles off the coast of Chile, the icebreaker ship’s crew joined Chilean sailors for a service of remembrance in the city which gave the battle its name: Coronel.

• Saturday, November 16th 2024 - 10:37 UTC

  Peru signs key FTA with Hong Kong

  

  Just one day after the opening of the China-financed megaport in Chancay just a few miles north of Lima, Peru signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Hong Kong to further deepen its commitment to Pacific Ocean trade. The understanding was achieved in the framework of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Summit in the South American country's capital.

• Friday, November 15th 2024 - 11:23 UTC

  Falkland Islands celebrates the birthday of His Majesty King Charles III

  

  On behalf of the people of the Falkland Islands, the Members of the Legislative Assembly wish to extend our warmest congratulations to His Majesty King Charles III on the occasion of His 76th birthday, Thursday 14 November.