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Mon, 30 May 2022 08:44:00 GMT
Surprise runner-up to take on Petro in Colombia's presidential runoff
Leftwing candidate and former M19 guerrilla leader Gustavo Petro, 62, won Sunday's presidential elections in Colombia, as all polls had foreseen. But he will face 77-year-old populist Rodolfo Hernández at the runoff in three w...

Mon, 30 May 2022 08:27:00 GMT
House of Commons Speaker and Minister Milling at Goose Green Liberation ceremony
On Sunday, marking the 40th Anniversary of the Liberation of Goose Green, East Falkland, and despite a brisk wind blowing snow across the monument, a service of commemoration was held to remember those who gave their lives in t...

Mon, 30 May 2022 08:05:00 GMT
British Antarctic Survey field season has finished; RRS Sir Attenborough returns to UK after seven months 
RRS Sir David Attenborough departed Rothera Research Station for the final time earlier in May and is now making its way back to the UK, marking the end of the BAS Antarctic summer field season.

Mon, 30 May 2022 07:47:00 GMT
Royal Navy and Air Force will support Qatar during the World Cup
The United Kingdom Ministry of Defense has announced it will support Qatar with military capabilities to counter terrorism and other threats to the international football tournament.

Sat, 28 May 2022 10:20:00 GMT
Senator Petro ahead in all polls for Sunday's elections in Colombia
The 62-year-old Senator Gustavo Petro is poised to win Sunday's presidential elections in Colombia, according to all surveys, in what would be a historic turn to the left for the only NATO associate country in South America.

Sat, 28 May 2022 10:15:00 GMT
FTA with China would not make Uruguay dependent, Lacalle tells BBC
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said in an interview with the BBC that in case or reaching a Free Trade Agreement with China, it would not generate dependence, because in his country politics and economics were separate is...

Sat, 28 May 2022 10:12:00 GMT
Two cases of monkeypox confirmed in Argentina
Argentine health authorities Friday confirmed the first two cases of monkeypox in the country. Both men had been in Spain recently but are not connected.

Sat, 28 May 2022 10:10:00 GMT
Falklands' Government publishes Budget for 2022/23: “stability and continuity”
Stability and continuity are at the heart of the Falkland Islands Government Budget for 2022/23. The Budget recognizes these two themes are essential in the time of continued uncertainty stemming from the global COVID-19 pandem...

Sat, 28 May 2022 10:10:00 GMT
Bolivia to import diesel to relief drivers in the west
Bolivia's state-run oil company YPFB will import 2.5 million liters of diesel fuel from Chile to reverse the current shortage, it was announced.

Sat, 28 May 2022 10:10:00 GMT
China forecasted to reduce soy oil consumption because of the lockdowns
Plunging demand for soy oil in China is expected to cut consumption of the oilseed in the world’s biggest user as lockdowns to prevent the spread of COVID have shuttered restaurants and canteens, according to traders and anal...



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