Politics

Monday, July 11th 2022 - 09:46 UTC
Queen's Guards bearskin caps debate in Commons: petition to replace them by fake ones

This Monday 11 July, the House of Commons will debate a petition relating to the use of real bearskin hats by the Queen's Guards.
Monday, July 11th 2022 - 09:40 UTC
Argentine Cpl. paralyzed from the waist down in another welcome rite

Argentine authorities have launched an inquiry into how an Army corporal in the province of Misiones ended up with injuries in his legs just days after a second lieutenant died as the apparent result of a “baptism” party in the neighboring province of Corrientes.
Monday, July 11th 2022 - 09:36 UTC
Nicaraguan reporters placed under arrest for 90 days

A Nicaraguan judge has ruled two workers of the newspaper La Prensa are to spend 90 days in pretrial detention after being arrested for reporting on the expulsion from the country of nuns belonging to Mother Teresa's Congregation.
Saturday, July 9th 2022 - 10:30 UTC
Conviasa suspends Caracas-Buenos Aires route

Venezuela's flag carrier Conviasa has announced it will halt its Caracas-Buenos Aires route at least until September in light of the refueling problems all its aircraft face for belonging to a company blacklisted by the US Treasury.
Saturday, July 9th 2022 - 09:58 UTC
Musk backs down on Twitter buy-over deal

South African billionaire Elon Musk finally decided not to move forward with his plans to buy over Twitter and withdraw the US$ 44 billion he had once offered.
Saturday, July 9th 2022 - 09:52 UTC
Biden signs executive order to lessen effects of Roe overturning on abortion

US President Joseph Biden Friday issued an Executive Order which would mitigate the effects of the recent overturning by the US Supreme Court of the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling which had cleared the way for abortions nationwide.
Saturday, July 9th 2022 - 09:49 UTC
Russian envoy cast aside by many as G20 Summit of FMs comes to an end

Foreign Ministers of the G20 countries had a bitter day rounding up their two-day meeting Friday in Bali, Indonesia, as the case of the war in Ukraine took center stage and divided positions among attendees.
Friday, July 8th 2022 - 22:45 UTC
Lula now wears bulletproof vests during political rallies

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva began wearing a bullet-proof vest during a mass rally Thursday evening in Rio de Janeiro after a homemade explosive device containing excrements blew up, although nobody was injured.
Friday, July 8th 2022 - 22:37 UTC
Argentine Navy 2022 social campaign comes to an end

The Argentine Navy has rounded up its 2022 Socio Sanitary Fluvial Campaign with the arrival of patrol boats ARA King and ARA Río Santiago at the Buenos Aires Naval Base, it was announced this week.
Friday, July 8th 2022 - 20:36 UTC
China on war alert over US Senator trip to Taiwan

China is said to be upping its military preparations while US Senator Rick Scott is visiting Taiwan, which Beijing considers to be a rogue province. “These actions by the United States seriously violated the One China principle,” Chinese Defense Ministry Spokesman Wu Qian said Friday.