Politics

• Saturday, October 5th 2024 - 10:37 UTC

  Falklands Appoints Cambridge Management as Telecommunications Consultants

  

  The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) has announced that it has appointed Cambridge Management Consulting (Cambridge MC) as telecommunications consultants. The appointment comes following an international tender process that received multiple bids.

• Saturday, October 5th 2024 - 10:25 UTC

  Following White House pressure, dockworkers strike “to cripple US economy” suspended

  

  A United States dockworkers strike involving 45,000 striking at East and Gulf coast ports reached a deal Thursday to suspend a three-day strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract.

• Saturday, October 5th 2024 - 08:48 UTC

  UK charters flight to leave Lebanon on Sunday as conflict escalates

  

  More than 250 British nationals have left Lebanon on flights chartered by UK Government. Any remaining British nationals who want to leave are urged to register immediately, or to use commercial routes.

• Saturday, October 5th 2024 - 06:33 UTC

  UK/Mauritius 3 October deal to protect national security, safeguarding operation of strategic military base

  

  The agreement demonstrates the UK government’s commitment to safeguarding global security and averting threats to peace and prosperity in the Indian Ocean and wider Indo-Pacific. It sees Mauritius assume sovereignty over BIOT, with the UK authorized to exercise the sovereign rights of Mauritius on Diego Garcia.

• Friday, October 4th 2024 - 22:16 UTC

  Edmundo González vows to return to Venezuela “as soon as possible” to restore democracy

  

  Opposition leader Edmundo González, widely recognized by the international community as the winner of Venezuela's July 28 elections, has reaffirmed his commitment to returning to his country before January 10, the date set for the presidential inauguration. Speaking at the La Toja Atlantic Forum in Galicia, González stated, “I will return to Venezuela as soon as possible, when we restore democracy in our country.”

• Friday, October 4th 2024 - 10:05 UTC

  Mondino hails UK-Mauritius understanding on Chagos

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino celebrated Thursday's announcement regarding the imminent handover of the British Indian Ocean Territory of Chagos to Mauritius after a dispute of nearly six decades and hinted that a similar path should be followed to ”recover the Malvinas (Falkland).”

• Friday, October 4th 2024 - 09:41 UTC

  Arrest warrant against Evo Morales issued and repealed

  

  Bolivia's Judiciary issued an arrest warrant against former President Evo Morales in connection with a human trafficking case involving a minor but the measure was halted later, despite which the indigenous leader claimed he felt persecuted and threatened.

• Friday, October 4th 2024 - 09:11 UTC

  Venezuela offers humanitarian help to war-torn Lebanon

  

  President Nicolás Maduro Thursday said Venezuela would be helping Lebanon through the current crisis due to Israel's offensive. During a meeting with Beirut's Ambassador in Caracas Elías Lebbos at the Miraflores Palace, the Chavista leader said that humanitarian brigades would be sent to the war-torn area and ratified the South American nation's support to Beirut against Tel Aviv.

• Thursday, October 3rd 2024 - 23:21 UTC

  British Indian Ocean Territory of Chagos to be handed over to Mauritius

  

  The Government of Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer agreed Thursday to hand over sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory Chagos Islands to Mauritius after two years of talks to bring to an end a dispute lasting some six decades. As per the new understanding, the UK and the United States get to keep using the military base in Diego García Island, British Foreign Secretary David Lammy explained.

• Thursday, October 3rd 2024 - 18:47 UTC

  Milei vetoes university funding bill, sparks another feud with the opposition

  

  Despite Wednesday's demonstrations against it nationwide, Argentine President Javier Milei vetoed the bill on funding public universities passed by Congress last month on the grounds that “it would seriously hinder the sustainability of public finances.” After the measure was announced, opposition lawmakers pledged to convene next week in a move to reverse it through Parliamentarian mechanisms.