Politics

Friday, November 5th 2021 - 08:55 UTC
UK green-lights use of Merck's COVID-19 pill

The United Kingdom Thursday became the first country in the world to authorize the use of molnupiravir, a pill developed by US laboratories Merck, to treat COVID-19.
Friday, November 5th 2021 - 08:46 UTC
Brazilian Air Force will receive several SAAB J-39 fighters later this month

By the end of the year, the Brazilian Air Force will have received several J-39 Gripen combat fighters from Sweden's SAAB aerospace, avionics and defense consortium, part of the agreement signed in 2014 by Brazil for the purchase of 36 of these jets, following a complicated bidding process.
Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Argentina's trade balance with Brazil ends up positive for 2nd straight month

Argentina's trade balance with Brazil yielded positive results for the second straight month in October 2021. However, numbers for the first 10 months of the year are still in the red.
Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Two dead and three injured in a gun battle with Mapuche radical groups in southern Chile

Chilean Home Secretary Rodrigo Delgado confirmed on Wednesday the death of two members of the Mapuche community following a shoot out with Marines and Carabineros in the Biobío Region which is under an exceptional emergency state precisely because of continued acts of violence.
Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 09:45 UTC
UK flagged fishing vessel released by French court; London and Paris officials to meet to de escalate dispute

A UK trawler impounded by French authorities over a fishing licenses' dispute with Britain was released on Wednesday by a French court overturning an earlier demand that it pays a €150,000 bond.
Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 09:43 UTC
“Tommy” soldier silhouettes to commemorate Remembrance and Falklands' war 40th anniversary

More than 100 'Tommy' soldier silhouette figures have been installed at Victory Green in the Falkland Islands' capital Port Stanley as part of the Remembrance Observance Day and the 40th anniversary of the South Atlantic conflict next year.
Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 09:42 UTC
People's Tribunal to hold governments accountable for the killings of journalists

In an unprecedented effort to achieve justice in the killing of journalists, three leading press freedom groups have launched a People's Tribunal to hold governments accountable. The Tribunal, a form of grassroots justice, relies on investigations and high-quality legal analysis involving specific cases in three countries and was launched in The Hague.
Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 09:42 UTC
Ice Patrol HMS Protector sailing to Falklands and Antarctica; she called at St Helena and Rio

The Royal Navy's ice patrol ship HMS Protector on her trip to the Falkland Islands and Antarctica sailed past an old work colleague during a fuel stop in Rio de Janeiro earlier this week.
Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 09:40 UTC
Venezuelan aircraft banned in the US carries Evo Morales to Buenos Aires

Former Bolivian President Evo Morales landed in Buenos Aires aboard a Venezuela-registered aircraft blacklisted by the United States Treasury Department.
Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 09:39 UTC
Falklands' annual service of Remembrance will take place Sunday 14 November

Gilbert House in the Falkland Islands has announced the arrangements for Sunday, 14 November 2021, Remembrance Sunday. The Annual Service of Remembrance, this year commemorating the 103rd anniversary of the end of the First World War, will be held in Christ Church Cathedral commencing at 9.30 am.