Author: Morton Obrien

Friends of the Earth asked a London court this Tuesday to rule that the British government’s funding of up to US$1.15 billion for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambique does not comply with the Paris Agreement on climate change. UK Export Finance (UKEF) has committed to providing direct loans and guarantees to banks to support the construction and operation of a $20 billion project led by French energy company TotalEnergies. A legal action against the decision by the environmental campaign group failed in a lower court, but is now appealing the decision in a three-day…

7 Dec 2022 – 7:40 p.m (Updated at 8:22 p.m.) Rome, London and Tokyo will sign an unprecedented deal in the coming days to build a sixth-generation superjet, British newspapers reported on Wednesday (7). The agreement between the two countries should be signed in the coming days Photo: Ansa / Ansa – Brazil According to “The Sun” and “Daily Mail” newspapers, “Tempest”, the so-called supersonic fighter, should start flying in 2035 – according to the objectives of the contract – to replace the Eurofighter Typhoon as a result of cooperation. Between Italy, United Kingdom, Germany and Spain. It is the…

Published on 12/07/2022 10:16 (Credit: Reproduction/Social Networks) A man living in the UK is at risk of going blind after getting a tattoo on his eye. Jamaican Anaya PetersonThe 32-year-old, who lives in Belfast, Northern Ireland, took to social media to share her health condition. In the online publication, the woman revealed the current state of her eyes after getting blue and purple tattoos. “You have developed a vision-threatening eye disease associated with fluid affecting the central part,” the medical report she shared on Instagram describes. According to the document, Anaya’s eyes are inflamed. If not treated properly, it can…

Military expert Konstantin Zhivkov believes that London and Washington may have been involved in recent drone attacks against Russian military forces. According to the expert, the Ukrainian Armed Forces used modernized Soviet-made Strysh drones with modern spare parts for the attacks. “Western intelligence services can designate a flight path that crosses the air defense zone.” Ukrainians don’t have any such data,” Chivkov was quoted as saying by the Public News Service. UK and US have space intelligence system, expert said. Also, both countries have experience of conducting such drone strikes. He believes that British experts can modernize Soviet UAVs. On…

Military expert Konstantin Zhivkov believes that London and Washington may have been involved in recent drone attacks against Russian military forces. According to the expert, the Ukrainian Armed Forces used modernized Soviet-made Strysh drones with modern spare parts for the attacks. “Western intelligence services can designate a flight path that crosses the air defense zone.” Ukrainians don’t have any such data,” Chivkov was quoted as saying by the Public News Service. UK and US have space intelligence system, expert said. Also, both countries have experience of conducting such drone strikes. He believes that British experts can modernize Soviet UAVs. On…

The program, presented by the Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL), in collaboration with two other Brazilian universities, was approved in a public announcement. Women in Science: Call for a Brazil-UK Gender Equality Partnership 2022. “The aim of the call is to influence the development of institutional policies and practices that allow for the establishment of gender equality in science and technology in higher education and research institutions in Brazil”, highlighted the British Council’s presentation. The decision was announced on November 28 and the implementation of the scheme will take place from January 2023 to January 2024. The British university developing…

Share Tweet Share Share Email By Kate Holden and Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) – Elton John will headline the prestigious music festival at Worthy Farm for the last British show of his long global farewell tour at Glastonbury next summer. John, one of the best-selling artists of all time, has never played to the music festival frenzy and says appearing on the Pyramid Stage on the final night of the 2023 event is the perfect way to say goodbye to the UK. The 75-year-old singer has been on the road for more than 50 years on the “Farewell Yellow Brick…

Sign up to our free sports newsletter for the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sports email for the latest news Headlining an exciting card at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena on Saturday, John Blachovich and Magomed Angalev battled for the vacant light heavyweight title in the main event of UFC 282. Former champion Blachowicz and rising contender Ankalaev were first set to face each other in the co-main event, with titleholder Jiri Prochaska defending the belt against Glover Teixeira – six months later. But injury led to Proszaka vacating the title in November,…

The theme of the Parthenon finally returning to Greece, their original geography, is more than complicated, but, despite the difficulties, there are signs of white smoke on the horizon. Greek Prime Minister Kiriakos Mitsotakis has already said progress is being made in the talks. On November 28, Mitsotakis met with the director of the British Museum, George Osborne, and according to the Greek newspaper “Dea Nea”, on the table was the process of returning the marble friezes of the Parthenon. The talks, classified as “confidential”, will take place in London for about a year, the newspaper said. Also known as…

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Saturday it had arrested a “wealthy Russian businessman” on suspicion of money laundering and other crimes as it cracked down on corrupt oligarchs. The agency said the 58-year-old was one of three men arrested by Cell to Combat Kleptocracy (CKC) agents on Thursday at a “multi-million pound” London home. The Russian embassy in London has requested information from the UK Foreign Office on the reasons and circumstances of the unnamed businessman’s detention and the conditions under which he is being held, Russian news agencies said. The agency said the man…