Stories for January 2017

Monday, January 9th 2017 - 09:37 UTC
Below zero temperatures in Europe leaves two dozen people dead

A cold wave stretching across Europe has left at least two dozen people dead in the past two days, including several migrants and homeless people, with the frigid temperatures expected to continue. Four Portuguese tourists were killed and about 20 others were injured Sunday when their bus crashed off an icy highway in central France before dawn on what is locally known as “the road of death.”
Monday, January 9th 2017 - 09:12 UTC
PM May admits “hard Brexit”: leaving EU does not mean retaining bits of membership

British Prime Minister Theresa May seemingly reiterated her desire for a “hard Brexit” during an interview on Sky News on Sunday. She said that Britain is focusing on immigration control and that leaving the EU doesn't mean retaining bits of membership.
Saturday, January 7th 2017 - 08:57 UTC
Falklands Chamber of Commerce demands improved telecommunications

The Falkland Islands Chamber of Commerce ended 2016 by reiterating that the provision of modern telecommunications was absolutely crucial for the development of Falklands “business community, economy and society as a whole.”
Saturday, January 7th 2017 - 08:42 UTC
Obama's legacy, a robust jobs market with wage growth accelerating

US businesses added 156,000 jobs in December in the last release of key economic data before Donald Trump is sworn in as US president. The number of jobs created fell from an upwardly revised 204,000 in November and came in below market expectations of 175,000 new roles. The jobless rate edged up last month to 4.7% from 4.6%.
Saturday, January 7th 2017 - 08:35 UTC
Chile reports avian influenza at a turkey farm: all birds to be culled

Chile has detected avian influenza H7 at a turkey production plant run by poultry producer Agrosuper in the country's central Valparaiso region. All affected birds (350,000) will be culled. No data regarding N type were given.
Saturday, January 7th 2017 - 07:35 UTC
Half the Argentine labor force make a monthly average of US$ 565, says Indec

Half the Argentine labor force employed was making at the end of the third quarter a monthly average of 9.000 Pesos, equivalent approximately to US$ 565, while the poorest 10% averaged 2.500 Pesos (approx US$ 165) and the richest 10%, anywhere from 20.000 to 250.000 Pesos (US$ 1.250 to 15.000) a month, according the revamped Argentine stats and census office, Indec.
Saturday, January 7th 2017 - 07:14 UTC
Uruguayan bureaucrats good at cooking inflation numbers

Last December, the CPI actually contracted 0.55%, something similar to what happened twelve months before helped by a significant decrease in the power rate, estimated at 19.65% and which benefitted over a million clients. The logo of the end of the year bonus campaign is “Ute Prize” (UTE is the Uruguayan power company which works under a government monopoly regime).
Friday, January 6th 2017 - 12:02 UTC
Haiti election results confirm Jovenel Moise as next president

The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (EOM/OAS) in Haiti welcomed the announcement of the final results of the presidential election held on November 20, 2016.
Friday, January 6th 2017 - 11:34 UTC
Falklands' identification of Argentine soldiers will be done in strict confidentiality

The Argentine media has published details of the Red Cross humanitarian mission in the Falkland Islands to identify the remains of the 123 unknown Argentine soldiers buried at the Darwin cemetery, and a single word stands out, confidentiality, from the beginning to end, including a final assessment to decide what will effectively be released to the media.
Friday, January 6th 2017 - 10:45 UTC
“Celebrity Eclipse” will be returning to Argentina for the 2018/19 cruise season

Celebrity Cruises will be returning to Argentina in the 2018/19 season, and in a big way, with the Solstice class vessels, the “Celebrity Eclipse”, according to their local agents in Buenos Aires, Navijet S.A. “Celebrity Eclipse” is among the top twenty largest cruise vessels was launched in 2010, has a maximum capacity of 4.400 including passengers and crew members.