Politics

Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 18:53 UTC
Russian gov't claims US-Ukraine “new” flag has shown its true colors

While Ukraine's envoy to the United Nations Sergey Kyslytsya posted on Twitter an image of the United States flag turned blue and yellow to symbolize solidarity between the two countries, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova insisted Thursday it actually Kyiv's subordinate status.
Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 15:32 UTC
Uruguay: Lacalle Pou's former bodyguard “spied” on the President’s ex-wife on his request

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou and his wife, Lorena Ponce de León, separated earlier this year. Two months later, on July 3rd, the then head of security for the president and his family –currently in prison accused of falsifying passports among other crimes–, Alejandro Astesiano, asked the deputy executive director of the National Police, Jorge Berriel, to inquire in “confidential mode” about a personal trip of the woman who still presents herself as the first lady of Uruguay on her social media.
Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 10:55 UTC
The Argentine World Cup victory song has references to the Falklands war and the lads killed in combat

The unofficial song Argentina adopted to celebrate victory in the 2022 Qatar World Cup has become the top global viral song and has been streamed 1,5 million times on Spotfy.
Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 10:19 UTC
Food banks and now “warm banks” in UK as recession deepens

Food banks in a UK plunged in recession and industrial action have mushroomed to help feed people struggling with low incomes. Now, as the cost of living balloons, so-called warm banks have opened to cater to people unable to heat their homes due to skyrocketing energy bills.
Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 10:02 UTC
Uruguay brings forwards Covid-19 vaccination as cases soar

Uruguay's Health Minister Daniel Salinas Wednesday announced that the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 due to start in March 2023 had been moved forward in light of an increasing number of infections.
Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 09:52 UTC
Zelenski tells Biden formula for peace needed without compromising sovereignty

Presidents Joseph Biden and Volodymyr Zelenski Wednesday discussed at the White House concrete steps to achieve peace with Russia without compromising Ukraine's sovereignty.
Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 09:52 UTC
Australia patching up relations with China. Aussie foreign minister in Beijing

After years of strained relations, Australia and China have given the first steps to normalization with the visit of Aussie Foreign Minister Penny Wong to Beijing. Ms Wong is the first Australian minister to visit China since 2019 and is leading Canberra's first formal talks in Beijing since 2018.
Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 01:24 UTC
Suspect in murder of Paraguayan prosecutor in Colombia captured in Venezuela

Venezuelan authorities captured in Caracas a sixth suspect in the murder of Paraguayan anti-mafia prosecutor Marcelo Pecci in May, when he was spending his honeymoon on a beach in the Colombian Caribbean, Colombian police reported on Wednesday. His crime has been linked to several judiciary processes, such as Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastian Marset, who allegedly ordered the death of the prosecutor.
Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 01:20 UTC
Venezuela: opposition majority calls for the termination of Juan Guaidó's “interim government”

An opposition majority called this Wednesday for the cessation of functions of the “interim government” of Juan Guaidó in Venezuela by considering that, after four years of his self-proclamation, the mechanism was weakened without achieving the objectives of political change set out. This represents a change for dozens of countries that formaly still recognize the parliamentary leader and host opposition ambassadors in their territory.
Wednesday, December 21st 2022 - 10:55 UTC
Ex UK ambassador Mark Kent celebrates Argentina's World Cup but regrets Carmona's attitude

The head of Argentina's Malvinas, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands, Guillermo Carmona had a Twitter exchange with former UK ambassador in Buenos Aires Mark Kent, who congratulated and celebrated the Argentine team's win of the Football World Cup in Qatar.