Politics

Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 09:20 UTC
COP26 Finance Delivery Plan still short of the US$ 100bn agreed by developed countries

The UK COP26 Presidency has published a Climate Finance Delivery Plan to provide clarity on when and how developed countries will meet the US$ 100 billion climate finance goal pledged.
Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 09:13 UTC
US issues first X-gender passport

The Government of the United States has issued the first gender-neutral passport marked with an “X,” it was announced Wednesday.
Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 09:08 UTC
France takes action against British trawlers as tension escalates

French naval authorities have detained one British trawler and issued a verbal warning against another for operating off its coast, the Maritime Ministry announced.
Wednesday, October 27th 2021 - 23:43 UTC
Indigenous groups in Ecuador stage second day of protests

Groups of native Ecuadorians Wednesday staged their second straight day of protests against the government of conservative President Guillermo Lasso barely six months into his term in office.
Wednesday, October 27th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Senatorial Committee calls for indictment of Brazilian President for how he handled the COVID-19 crisis

Brazil's Senatorial Committee (CPI) investigating President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic Tuesday recommended the head of state be prosecuted for “crimes against humanity” and that he is denied access to social media for having spread false information about the disease.
Wednesday, October 27th 2021 - 09:53 UTC
Brazil envisions plans to cut down Amazon deforestation while developing other activities in the rainforest

Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture estimated this week 1 million hectares per year will suffer deforestation until the year 2030, despite Vice President Hamilton Mourão's announcement Monday that plans to avoid it would be announced at the upcoming 26th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP-26) in Glasgow.
Wednesday, October 27th 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Desperate Nicaraguans go to Honduras to get COVID-19 shots

Citizens of Nicaragua, which according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) ranks among the six countries in the region with the lowest vaccination rates, have been crossing over the border to neighbouring Honduras even on horseback and in rafts to receive a COVID-19 immunizer, it was reported.
Wednesday, October 27th 2021 - 09:47 UTC
Chilean lawmakers present a bill making “stealthing” a crime

Following on the recent approval in California of a bill describing the removal of the condom during a consensual sexual relation as sexual abuse or even a crime, Chilean lawmakers have made a similar presentation before Congress.
Wednesday, October 27th 2021 - 09:40 UTC
Future US Ambassador to Buenos Aires says Argentina needs an economic plan

Marc R. Stanley, the man chosen by US President Joseph Biden to become the next Ambassador to Buenos Aires, Tuesday said at his confirmation hearing before the Senate that the South American country needs an economic plan regarding its foreign debt.
Wednesday, October 27th 2021 - 09:20 UTC
ICC Prosecutor on 10-day mission to Colombia and Venezuela

Since Monday and until 3 November, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Mr Karim A.A. Khan QC, will undertake a 10-day mission to Latin America, which will include official visits to the Republic of Colombia and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The mission to the region builds upon the productive meetings the Prosecutor has already held, both in-person and virtually, with multiple stakeholders in relation to both situations.