International

Sunday, May 5th 2024 - 11:23 UTC
IAATO appoints John McKeon as Executive Committee and Chair

The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) has appointed John McKeon as Executive Committee (EC) Chair and welcomed Brandon Harvey and Jørn Henriksen to the top team during this year’s annual meeting.
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Saturday, May 4th 2024 - 10:59 UTC
Japanese PM discusses Mercosur FTA with Paraguay's President

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met Friday in Asunción to strengthen bilateral ties as well as to further discuss a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). Peña, who holds the group's rotating presidency, expressed in a statement his “fervent desire” to “move forward with a free trade agreement between Mercosur and Japan.”
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Saturday, May 4th 2024 - 10:55 UTC
Milei's Office condemns slanderous statements by Spanish official

The Government of Argentina was angered Friday after Spain's Transport Minister Oscar Puente said President Javier Milei was “ingesting substances.” Casa Rosada replied with a communiqué outlining the alleged involvement of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's wife in a case of corruption that nearly led to his resignation and insisted Madrid should remain focused on those affairs.
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Friday, May 3rd 2024 - 10:59 UTC
Mondino says all Chinese people look the same and becomes social media laughingstock

Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino took heavy social media flak Thursday after her remarks in a newspaper interview that all Chinese people looked the same. Therefore nobody could know whether or not the staff at the controversial base in the Neuquén province were scientists.
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Friday, May 3rd 2024 - 09:48 UTC
World Press Freedom Day 2024: environmental journalism, an increasingly dangerous profession

The world is going through an unprecedented environmental emergency which poses an existential threat to this and future generations. People need to know about this – and journalists and media workers have a key role in informing and educating them.
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Thursday, May 2nd 2024 - 10:16 UTC
Colombia breaks up with Israel over Gaza deployment

Colombian President Gustavo Petro Wednesday announced that his country would be severing diplomatic ties with Israel as of Thursday over the latter's military deployment in Gaza at the behest of its “genocidal” head of government. Petro also insisted that “if Palestine dies, humanity dies.”
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Thursday, May 2nd 2024 - 06:18 UTC
Iconic war Aircraft to be exhibited at the Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust

The Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust is delighted to announce the impending arrival of two additional aircraft for exhibition. Currently located at Marchwood, these aircraft are scheduled to arrive in the Falklands in early June 2024, with plans for their transportation to Stanley on or around June 14th, Liberation Day, weather permitting.
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Thursday, May 2nd 2024 - 06:02 UTC
Uruguay's UN human rights test: high standard record, strong media freedom and freedom of expression

The United Kingdom's Permanent Representative to the WTO and the UN in Geneva, Simon Manley, CMG, delivered on May first a statement at Uruguay's Universal Periodic Review at the Human Rights Council.
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Thursday, May 2nd 2024 - 05:47 UTC
“Stop the boats” policy, First volunteer asylum seeker off to Rwanda

British media is reporting that the UK has sent its first asylum-seeker to Rwanda under a voluntary scheme, just a week after the UK government adopted a controversial law allowing irregular migrants to be deported to the East African nation.
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Thursday, May 2nd 2024 - 04:53 UTC
Scotland's political system in the process of nominating a new First Minister

Potential successors to outgoing Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf who announced his resignation on Monday, after a let down from the Greens, and fearing two no confidence votes, have been meeting to consider bids for the leadership of SNP. They are John Swinney and Kate Forbes who have yet to confirm their aspirations.
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