Author: Colquetora

Brussels/London (16/6 – 33.33) The defeat of the Russian Federation is a foregone conclusion. It is a reality. It is a must. Victory for Ukraine is non-negotiable. It is an absolute necessity. As ironclad as Brussels, London, Berlin or Washington. As ironclad as the Normandy battlefield, Waterloo, Verdun, or many other spots on the planet. We, the ones living in this generation that saw the war erupted right in front of our eyes, owe it to the young men and women in the Ukraine who gave their lives for this conviction. An excessive number of sceptics advocate for surrender. We…

Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday met with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Fortaleza, Brazil, with both sides speaking highly of the China-Brazil comprehensive strategic partnership. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, conveyed President Xi Jinping’s cordial greetings and expressed his appreciation for Brazil’s adherence to the one-China principle and for supporting China’s legitimate stance. Wang said that China has firmly supported Brazil in accelerating its economic and social development, and firmly supported Brazil in playing a greater role in international and regional affairs. China…

Oil majors operating in Guyana’s waters are “moving ahead aggressively” with production plans despite Venezuela’s threats to take over the region in an escalating border conflict, according to President Irfaan Ali. Speaking from Georgetown, Ali said Guyana’s troops are prepared to defend the nation’s territory after Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro revived a long-dormant dispute over the Essequibo, a swathe roughly the size of Florida where major oil discoveries have been made in recent years. Companies operating there were not intimidated by orders from the Venezuelan leader to leave the region, he added. “There’s absolutely no slowing down” in production plans, Ali…

Russia needs fresh meat for its meat grinder of a war in Ukraine. So it’s using cannibals. In the best traditions of the late Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Kremlin uses convicted criminals of all sorts as soldiers and pardons those who fight in its war against Ukraine as “Heroes of the Special Military Operation.” Two convicted killers, who ate the flesh of their victims, have recently joined the heroes’ cohort and were reportedly pardoned by Russian authorities and released, several Russian media outlets reported. Sibir.Realii, a Russian branch of Radio Liberty, reported that Denis Gorin, a cannibal from…

IMA – Peru’s copper production rose 1.9% in October compared with the same month last year, totaling 240 097 metric tons for the month, the Andean country’s mines and energy ministry said on Monday. Peru is the world’s second-largest producer of copper after neighboring Chile. The ministry said in a statement the increase was due largely to strong performance at the Antapaccay mining firm, controlled by Glencore, where output jumped by nearly 36%, as well as at Grupo Mexico’s Southern Copper, where production was up by almost 7%. In the year through October, output of the metal, which is key to industry worldwide, rose slightly more than 14% to…

MANILA, Nov 4 (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Saturday his country, the Philippines and the United States were cooperating to protect the freedom of the South China Sea as he committed to help enhance Manila’s security capabilities.  “In the South China Sea, trilateral cooperation to protect the freedom of the sea is under way,” Kishida, on an official visit, said in an address before the Philippine congress in the capital Manila. Kishida and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr agreed on Friday to start negotiations on a reciprocal troop access deal to strengthen military cooperation as China becomes increasingly assertive in the region. The…

LIMA, Nov 22 (Reuters) – Peru has lost 56% of its tropical glaciers in the last six decades due to climate change, according to a new government inventory released on Wednesday. Peru holds 68% of the world’s tropical glaciers and warming temperatures have led to melting and the creation of new mountain lagoons that risk overflowing and flooding, the National Institute of Research of Mountain Glaciers and Ecosystems said. The report uses satellite imagery until 2020 and shows that 2,084 glaciers are covering 1,050 square kilometers (405 square miles) in Peru, compared to the 2,399 square kilometers of ice and…

LIMA, Peru — Japanese Princess Kako on Friday arrived in Peru on an official visit to commemorate 150 years of diplomatic relations between both countries. Kako, 28, will spend six days in the South American country, where she will lead a ceremony to celebrate the start of bilateral relations in 1873, when both countries signed a treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation. She is expected to visit several landmark sites, including Cuzco, the Andean city that was the capital of the Inca Empire between the 15th and 16th centuries. From there the Princess will head to Qoricancha, or “The Golden Temple”…

Germany has suggested splitting off the more controversial parts of the draft regulation aiming to prevent and combat child sexual abuse material online, according to the country’s position paper dated Thursday (12 October) and seen by Euractiv. The proposed regulation aims to prevent and combat online child sexual abuse material (CSAM), making it a requirement for digital platforms in the EU to detect and report such material. However, some elements of the proposal – in particular, detection orders which some argue break encryption and violate users’ privacy – have proved controversial and difficult to move past. The German position paper…

The Minister of Public Works and Communications in Paraguay, Claudia Centurión, has said that, through the 2028 Road Infrastructure Plan, approximately US$5.5 billion will be invested into the country’s infrastructure in the next five years. She added that this would take place through the Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC) and would generate a significant number of jobs. The investment amounts to an average of 4% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country. During the ‘Infrastructure Development: Betting on the Growth of Paraguay’ conference, Minister Centurión emphasised that the current government’s primary objective is to transform Paraguay…