International

• Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 09:00 UTC

  PM Sunak announces a 'turning point' for European history and landmark for the defense of the UK

  

  British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday April 23 announced the biggest strengthening of the UK’s national defense in a generation, with a fully funded plan to grow the defense budget to 2.5% of GDP by 2030. 

• Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 08:50 UTC

  Astute class submarine HMS Agamemnon, a name closely linked to Admiral Nelson

  

  Britain's sixth of seven Astute-class submarines being built has officially been named Agamemnon at BAE Systems' Submarines site in Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria. She takes her name from the ancient Greek king and is due to be launched later this year, ahead of being commissioned into the Royal Navy.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2024 - 14:49 UTC

  Ten dead as Malaysian Navy helicopters collide mid-air

  

  A tragic accident occurred on Thursday morning in Malaysia as two navy helicopters collided mid-air during a rehearsal for a military parade, resulting in the loss of all 10 crew members on board.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2024 - 10:30 UTC

  Rwanda bill finally approved in Parliament; ex-minister reveals she preferred the Falklands option

  

  Westminster finally passed on Monday night the controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, following a marathon scuffle between the Lords and the House of Commons.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2024 - 09:35 UTC

  Chile's Council of Former Foreign Ministers discusses Venezuela and Hezbollah

  

  Chile's Council of Former Foreign Ministers convened Monday to discuss the current state of affairs with Venezuela and Hezbollah's threat to the region, among other topics, it was reported in Santiago.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2024 - 06:32 UTC

  Namibia en route to becoming another Guyana oil discovery success story

  

  Portugal's oil company Galp Energia shares skyrocketed on Monday after the company announced that the first phase of its exploration in the Mopane field in offshore Namibia could contain some 10 billion barrels of oil.

• Monday, April 22nd 2024 - 06:09 UTC

  Milei reinstates ambassador Foradori, who signed the Falklands 2016 Joint Communiqué

  

  An Argentine professional diplomat, who was vilified by the Kirchnerite political establishment for having signed during the mandate of ex-president Mauricio Macri (2015/2019), a Joint Communiqué with Foreign Office minister Alan Duncan in September 2016, has been reinstated as ambassador, head of the different organizations that function in Geneva, Switzerland.

• Sunday, April 21st 2024 - 16:15 UTC

  Wreckwatch Magazine special issue calls for 'decolonization' of San José treasure ship

  

  Wreckwatch, the foremost publication dedicated to maritime archaeology, has released a groundbreaking special issue shedding light on the controversial history and future of the San José, a Spanish galleon lost off the coast of Cartagena, Colombia, in 1708.

• Friday, April 19th 2024 - 22:20 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego Governor angered by Falklands presence at tourism fair in Sao Paulo

  

  Governor Gustavo Melella of the Argentine Province of Tierra del Fuego which technically includes the the Falkland/Malvinas and other South Atlantic islands sent this week notes of protest regarding the “WTM Latin America” tourism fair in Sao Paulo where the British Overseas Territories have a desk. Melella sent letters to Brazil's Ambassador in Buenos Aires and the Argentine Embassy in Brasilia.

• Friday, April 19th 2024 - 21:14 UTC

  Brazil's Finance Minister hopes G20 will tax the super‑rich to tackle world's debt crisis

  

  During his trip to Washington DC to attend International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) engagements, Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said he hoped the G-20 would approve later this year a new taxation for the planet's super-rich so that the global economy could adjust amid an unprecedented debt crisis, Agencia Brasil reported.