International

• Monday, November 9th 2020 - 08:35 UTC

  Taiwan “locked out” of WHO Covid-19 meeting on objections from Beijing

  

  Taiwan is yet to receive an invite to a key World Health Organization (WHO) meeting this week expected to focus on the COVID-19 pandemic due to “obstruction” from China, the island's foreign ministry said, expressing its displeasure.

• Monday, November 9th 2020 - 07:08 UTC

  Queen leads UK on Remembrance Day on a scaled down service at the Cenotaph due to the pandemic

  

  Queen Elizabeth led the United Kingdom in marking Remembrance Sunday, as people around the UK privately paid their respects at home due to the coronavirus pandemic. She was joined by family members and the PM at the scaled-back service at the Cenotaph in London's Whitehall.

• Sunday, November 8th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Falklands commemorates Remembrance Day on Sunday November 8

  

  The Annual Service of Remembrance in the Falkland Islands commemorating the 102nd anniversary of the end of the First World War, will be held this Sunday November 8, beginning with a service at the Christ Church Cathedral commencing at 9.30 am, according to a release from Gilbert House.

• Saturday, November 7th 2020 - 08:52 UTC

  Brazil's top telecom companies declined to meet US envoy critical of Huawei

  

  Brazil’s top four telecom companies have decided not to meet with a visiting senior U.S. official who has advocated excluding China’s Huawei Technologies from the Brazilian 5G equipment market, according to Sao Paulo media.

• Friday, November 6th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Iran, Venezuela's close ally proclaims 'US can no longer control what's happening in the world'

  

  Iran believes the U.S. government no longer can “control what’s happening in the world” or show other countries how to protect citizens’ rights, the Iranian foreign minister said on Thursday during a visit to ally Venezuela.

• Friday, November 6th 2020 - 09:48 UTC

  Falkland Islands fly the flag for self-determination

  

  The Falkland Islands Government notes the Government of Argentina’s latest attempt to twist history in favor of their claim over our sovereignty. By marking the raising of their flag in the Falkland Islands, they only highlight the flaws in their interpretation of the history of our home.

• Friday, November 6th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru join forces to combat illegal fishing

  

  Four South American countries joined forces this week in a bid to combat illegal fishing by huge Chinese fleets off their coasts. Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru threatened measures “to prevent, discourage and jointly confront” illegal fishing near their exclusive economic zones in the Pacific.

• Friday, November 6th 2020 - 09:19 UTC

  Humpback whales are back in South Georgia, after almost extinction a century ago

  

  A new study shows the welcome return of humpback whales to the waters around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia after a century of commercial whaling decimated their populations. The study is published in the journal Endangered Species Research this week and is good news for whale conservation.

• Friday, November 6th 2020 - 09:16 UTC

  RRS James Clark Ross left Harwich for summer mission in Antarctica

  

  The RRS James Clark Ross left the Port of Harwich on Thursday beginning its five-and-a-half-month mission to deliver scientific and operational staff to Antarctica and to resupply the UK stations in Antarctica for another year.

• Friday, November 6th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  Covid-19 overshadowing emergency action to avert measles and polio epidemics, WHO and UNICEF

  

  UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) issued an urgent call to action to avert major measles and polio epidemics as COVID-19 continues to disrupt immunization services worldwide, leaving millions of vulnerable children at heightened risk of preventable childhood diseases.