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Sat, 20 Aug 2022 08:43:00 GMT
Paraguay's VP has a change of mind: will not resign
After announcing last week that he would resign, Paraguayan Vice President Hugo Velazquez conveyed to reporters Thursday his decision to remain in office until proof against him is submitted.

Sat, 20 Aug 2022 08:31:00 GMT
Low-cost flights between Asunción and BA's Ezeiza announced
Commercial aviation services linking Buenos Aires' Ezeiza International Airport with Asunción' Silvio Pettirossi by a budget airline have been announced for next month.

Sat, 20 Aug 2022 08:22:00 GMT
Argentina rejects UK's new Maritime Security Strategy, "updated colonialism on the Malvinas Question"
The announcement last week from the UK of its new Maritime Security Strategy as can be expected did not go unnoticed by Argentina and its policy claims over the South Atlantic Islands, including mainly the Falkland Islands.

Sat, 20 Aug 2022 08:12:00 GMT
UK launches new National Maritime Security Strategy; complements the £4 billion shipbuilding industry support
Last week, on 15 August, the UK launched a new maritime strategy that sets out how the UK will enhance its capabilities in technology, innovation, and cyber security.

Sat, 20 Aug 2022 08:01:00 GMT
On Humanitarian Day, UK will fund £36 million to help people in Ukraine, East Africa and Syria
The UK has announced £36 million (approx. US$ 42 million) in UK humanitarian funding to help people in Ukraine, East Africa, and Syria.

Sat, 20 Aug 2022 07:50:00 GMT
HMS Scott, in four weeks, has record scanned an Atlantic Ocean area similar to that of Portugal
The Royal Navy survey ship HMS Scott is on course to smash her record scanning the oceans after just the first four weeks of an epic 15-month deployment.

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 22:20:00 GMT
China under yellow alert over drought
Chinese authorities have declared a yellow alert as the country continues to be hit by a persistent drought following weeks of high temperatures that have dried up parts of the Yangtze river, it was announced. On Beijing's scal...

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 22:13:00 GMT
Monkeypox spreading fast, reaches 37 cases in Bolivia
Monkeypox infections have soared in Bolivia at an average of two daily infections for a total of 37 cases by Thursday, it was reported in La Paz. The spread has also reached 3 of the country's 9 departments after 100% of the in...

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 20:42:00 GMT
Glasgow museum returns art objects to India seized in the late 1800s
The Glasgow Life agency, managers of the city's museum, issued a statement announcing a delegation from India's government had been welcomed Friday for the returning to that country of a set of works of arts seized in the late ...

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 20:40:00 GMT
Nicaraguan authorities raid Catholic curia
Nicaraguan police Friday raided the home of the Catholic Bishop Matagalpa, Rolando Alvarez, who has been under house arrest for the past two weeks for being overly critical of President Daniel Ortega, whose regime he was accuse...



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