Politics

• Tuesday, July 26th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  Pope asks for forgiveness for atrocities against native Canadian children

  

  Pope Francis has apologized in Canada for the deaths and abuses against children from native communities at Catholic residential schools.

• Tuesday, July 26th 2022 - 08:05 UTC

  Foreign Secretary Liz Truss: “not a word of Russia's Putin can be trusted”

  

  British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said the hit on the Black Sea port of Odessa was “completely unwarranted”, adding that “not a word” Russian President Vladimir Putin says can be trusted.

• Monday, July 25th 2022 - 23:30 UTC

  Uruguayan FM hopes other Mercosur countries will join Chinese FTA talks

  

  After meeting Monday with members of a Chinese delegation who are in Montevideo since Saturday, Uruguayan Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo said he hoped the other members of Mercosur would soon join the Free Trade Agreement negotiations because the Asian giant was “open to cooperation both with Mercosur and with the particular member country.”

• Monday, July 25th 2022 - 23:22 UTC

  Argentine younger generations naturalizing emigration is almost inevitable

  

  About 47% of Argentines believe that a family member or an acquaintance will leave the country shortly, according to a report by Córdoba's daily La Voz del Interior published Sunday.

• Monday, July 25th 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  Kirchnerite Senator wants more repression on parallel dollar traders

  

  Hardline Kirchnerite Senator Juliana Di Tullio has demanded Argentine police play a deeper role in chasing currency exchange parlors where US dollars are traded at the unofficial “blue” rate of around AR$ 337.

• Monday, July 25th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  ELN interested in peace deal with future Colombian gov't

  

  Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN) leader Eliécer Erlinto Chamorro, alias Antonio García, has said on his Twitter account that the guerrilla militias under his command were interested in reaching peace deal with future President Gustavo Petro after he takes office on August 7.

• Monday, July 25th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  The First Sea Lord warns: “We are focusing solely on the Russian bear risks missing the tiger in the room”

  

  In a wide-ranging 25-minute keynote address to the Council on Geostrategy at The Naval and Military Club in London, the First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Ben Key, outlined the lessons of events in eastern Europe and their impact on the Navy and the nation it serves, emphasizing the ever-growing importance of maritime power as means to promote peace, security, and prosperity.

• Monday, July 25th 2022 - 09:38 UTC

  Russia launches attack on Ukrainian port of Odessa despite truce

  

  Just one day after signing a truce with Ukraine to allow for the export of grains through three Black Sea ports, Russia launched an attack on Odessa to destroy a ship and a shed containing U.S. missiles, the Kremlin argued.

• Monday, July 25th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  Pope lands in Canada to seek forgiveness from native communities

  

  The Argentina-born Pope Francis Sunday arrived in Canada despite his walking impairment on a mission to seek the forgiveness of native communities for abuses perpetrated at education institutes run by the Catholic Church, which have been unearthed recently.

• Monday, July 25th 2022 - 09:05 UTC

  Brazil: Bolsonaro officially launched reelection bid

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Sunday officially launched his candidacy for reelection at the Maracanaziho stadium in Rio de Janeiro. In his speech, the head of state once again criticized the country’s Judiciary and announced a new batch of measures to help the neediest.