International

Friday, January 24th 2020 - 08:42 UTC
Brazil and India discuss reciprocal trade, poultry, sugar, ethanol

Brazil wants India to cut its import taxes on chicken and chicken products, so it can cash in on India’s burgeoning demand for poultry and poultry products as incomes rise and food habits change.
Friday, January 24th 2020 - 08:40 UTC
Maduro goads opposition leader Guaidó who called on Davos for an end to the “blood gold” flow out of Venezuela

Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro goaded opposition leader Juan Guaido during a rally in Caracas on Thursday, taunting his rival for failing to unseat him. A year ago, parliament speaker Guaido launched a challenge to Maduro's authority by declaring himself acting president, a move backed by more than 50 countries.
Friday, January 24th 2020 - 08:40 UTC
Bolsonaro chief guest at India's Republic Day celebration

The government of India on Thursday defended its decision to invite Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations, with a senior official saying he is an elected leader of a democratic country.
Friday, January 24th 2020 - 08:12 UTC
UN officials do not use WhatsApp: “it's not supported by a secure mechanism”

United Nations officials do not use WhatsApp to communicate because “it's not supported as a secure mechanism,” a UN spokesman said on Thursday, after UN experts accused Saudi Arabia of using the online communications platform to hack the phone of Amazon chief executive and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos.
Friday, January 24th 2020 - 07:54 UTC
Philanthropist Soros pledges 1 billion dollars in support of civil society; criticizes Trump, Xi and Putin

US financier and philanthropist George Soros on Thursday pledged one billion dollars for a new university network project to battle the erosion of civil society in a world increasingly ruled by “would-be and actual dictators” and beset by climate change.
Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 20:46 UTC
Royal Navy admits flaws in Type 45 destroyers; Defense promises to upgraded the six vessels by mid 2020s

Two former British military leaders have challenged ministers over the current state of the Royal Navy, highlighting potentially fatal flaws in the Type 45 destroyers, reports the UK Forces Network.
Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 20:10 UTC
UK ready to depart the EU: Queen Ascent to Boris Johnson's Brexit deal

Queen Elizabeth II signed off on Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal, paving the way for the United Kingdom to depart the European Union next week. After passing the final hurdle of obtaining the Queen's approval on Thursday, the Brexit bill is officially law, and the country is expected to exit the EU on Jan. 31.
Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 19:30 UTC
Falklands' oil company lays out plans for production: 85.000 bpd at peak output

At peak oil production from the Falkland Islands offshore Sea Lion oil field, Premier Oil is hoping for 85,000 barrels of oil per day. Over 20 years they anticipate 255 million barrels of oil in a medium-case scenario.
Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 19:29 UTC
Falklands/Argentine fisheries scientific meetings unlikely to take place

A UK/Falklands-Argentina meeting of the South Atlantic Scientific Sub-Committee scheduled for January is “unlikely” to take place, the Falklands lawmaker MLA Teslyn Barkman told Penguin News. The prospect of this happening and “taking Britain out of the comfort zone enjoyed” until now, had been advanced by Mercopress.
Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 11:17 UTC
Filmus scheduled to discuss the Malvinas Question with C24 delegates and UN Secretary cabinet chief

Argentina will reaffirm its legitimate and imprescriptible sovereignty rights over the South Atlantic Islands and its maritime spaces during a meeting on Thursday in New York with members of the United Nations Special Decolonization Committee, or C24, reads a release from the foreign and worship ministry.