Politics

Saturday, March 5th 2022 - 09:59 UTC
Financial sanctions on Russia expected to hit harder on its ally Venezuela

Measures and sanctions targeting Russia's economy and banking system because of its military invasion of Ukraine, are having a great impact in world trade but the situation is anticipated will be particularly worse for some Latin American countries close to Moscow and the Vladimir Putin regime.
Saturday, March 5th 2022 - 09:48 UTC
HMS Spey, first Royal Navy to visit Pitcairn Islands since New Year's eve 2018

Royal Navy sailors delivered Covid vaccines to the descendants of the Bounty when patrol ship HMS Spey visited the tiny Pitcairn Islands in the Pacific. The islands – which are in the middle of the South Pacific and home to only around 50 people – are one of Britain’s most isolated Overseas Territories, famous as the last resting place of HMS Bounty and its mutineers.
Friday, March 4th 2022 - 18:43 UTC
Gibraltar will place a plaque to commemorate Falklands' war anniversary

The Gibraltar Heritage Trust and the Friends of Gibraltar Society (FOGHS) have filed a planning application to place a plaque to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Falkland’s War and Gibraltar’s contribution to the war effort.
Friday, March 4th 2022 - 18:40 UTC
Fertilizer emergency in Brazil: plan to cur dependency and promote production

Brazil will be launching this month an ambitious national plan to stimulate investment in the country's fertilizer industry, cutting on foreign dependency now worsened by the Ukrainian war and shipping difficulties.
Friday, March 4th 2022 - 12:02 UTC
Ukrainian invasion triggers dramatic change in German post war policy

By Ed Turner, Reader in Politics, Co-Director, Aston Center for Europe, Aston University - If you’d asked experts just a fortnight ago what the key features of Germany’s approach to foreign and defense policy were, there would have been several strands. Alignment with the west, and of course membership of the EU and Nato would have been a feature.
Friday, March 4th 2022 - 10:20 UTC
“Real threat of nuclear danger” after Russian attack: Putin's forces control Europe's largest nuclear power plant

A Russian bombardment hit the Energodar nuclear power plant in the Zaporizhzhia region, Europe's largest in southeastern Ukraine, last night. The attack unleashed a fire that threatens to cause a disaster ten times larger than Chernobyl in 1986, the city's mayor, Dmitry Orlov, reported via his Telegram account. “The reckless actions of President Putin could now directly threaten the safety of all of Europe,” United Kingdom's prime minister, Boris Johnson, warned in a statement.
Friday, March 4th 2022 - 09:52 UTC
Brazil's President, British PM in favor of ceasefire in Ukraine

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Thursday held a telephone conversation during which both heads of government agreed on the need for a ceasefire in Ukraine, it was reported.
Friday, March 4th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Non-Ukranian fighters to face criminal charges, Russian Army warns

As the Ukrainian President has called for fighters from all over the world to join his country's version of the International Brigades, Russia's Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov Thursday announced those “mercenaries” would not be entitled to prisoner-of-war (POW) status, if caught.
Friday, March 4th 2022 - 09:30 UTC
Ukraine war: Humanitarian corridors agreed upon after 2nd round of talks

Thursday's second round of talks between Russia and Ukraine in Belarus achieved very little regarding a possible ceasefire, but both parties have at least agreed to organize humanitarian corridors
Friday, March 4th 2022 - 09:25 UTC
Peru: Alberto Fujimori hospitalized due to heart failure

Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori was rushed into a Lima hospital Thursday due to a heart problem consisting of “atrial fibrillation” and “arrhythmia,” according to his physician.