Politics

Saturday, December 2nd 2023 - 20:46 UTC
Some thoughts on climate change at the start of COP28 in Qatar

By Gwynne Dyer - At the opening of the COP28 global climate summit in Qatar, here are some thoughts about the state of climate science. I have interviewed at least sixty leading climate scientists in a dozen countries over the past three years.
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Saturday, December 2nd 2023 - 20:14 UTC
Venezuela ignores UN ICJ ruling and will go ahead with a referendum on Guyana's Esequibo

Venezuela will press on with a weekend referendum over the fate of a vast disputed area in the Esequibo region it claims, disputing neighboring Guyana's jurisdiction, despite the UN International Court of Justice, ICJ, Friday ruling urging restraint in the dispute.
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Saturday, December 2nd 2023 - 11:55 UTC
Brazil wants to hand Mercosur chair next week with a raft of milestones

Brazil who is handing the Mercosur rotating chair to Paraguay during a ceremony and regional summit in Rio do Janeiro next 7 December´, is working overtime to finalize important milestones for the trade block during its presidency, among which discussions with UAE, closing a deal with Singapore, making official Bolivia's incorporation and equally outstanding even possibly signing the definitive agreement with the European Union.
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Saturday, December 2nd 2023 - 11:38 UTC
Foreign office minister Rutley in Falklands, “Islanders elected to belong to the British Family”

David Rutley, Foreign Office Minister for the Americas, Caribbean and Overseas Territories, is currently in the Falkland Islands where he arrived on Thursday to show UK' determination in upholding the right of self determination for the Islanders and their democratic decision to belong to the British Family.
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Saturday, December 2nd 2023 - 11:19 UTC
Spotify exiting Uruguay as of February

The global music and podcast streaming service Spotify Friday warned its Uruguayan users that the platform would be leaving the South American country shortly citing “drastic changes in the way music works” locally and that no new accounts can be opened after Dec. 28, it was reported in Montevideo.
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Saturday, December 2nd 2023 - 10:48 UTC
Peru: Lower Court rules against releasing Fujimori

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori will remain incarcerated following Friday's ruling by a lower court in Ica declaring inadmissible a Constitutional Court decision allowing the reinstatement of the pardon once granted by Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Godard (PPK) in 2017.
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Saturday, December 2nd 2023 - 10:43 UTC
Mondino insists: Argentina not joining BRICS

Argentina's future Foreign Minister Diana Mondino confirmed this week that her country would not be joining the BRICS alliance on Jan. 1 as scheduled despite a personal letter from Chinese President Xi Jinping to President-elect Javier Milei.
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Saturday, December 2nd 2023 - 08:28 UTC
First US Supreme Court judge dies aged 93

Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman ever to serve on the United States Supreme Court, died Friday in Phoenix at the age of 93. According to Supreme Court sources, the cause of death was complications of dementia. Born on March 26, 1930, in El Paso, Texas, and raised in Arizona, she is survived by her sons, Scott, Brian, and Jay; six grandchildren; and her brother, Alan. O'Connor was appointed to the court in 1981 by President Ronald Reagan after working as a public attorney and serving in all three branches of government in Arizona.
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Saturday, December 2nd 2023 - 08:14 UTC
“Falklands' status as a BOT has nothing to do with imperial gestures, but the wishes of its population”

The Falkland Islands’ status as a British overseas territory has nothing to do with imperial gestures, and everything to do with the wishes of the population, writes Dr. Nigel Haywood, in response to the article by Simon Jenkins, published in The Guardian and MercoPress a week ago.
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Friday, December 1st 2023 - 22:45 UTC
Brazil joining OPEC+ as of next year

Effective Jan. 1, 2024, South America's largest country will join the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Brazil's Minister of Mines and Energy Alexandre Silveira announced this week after participating virtually in a meeting with other colleagues from the bloc.
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