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Stories for August 2023

  • Thursday, August 3rd 2023 - 10:22 UTC

    Mutation of dengue mosquito resistant to pesticides

    The peak activity of Aedes aegypti females is in February and March. Spraying poison outside that period only favors genetic resistance to the chemicals

    Argentina's National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (Conicet) has identified in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) and in the country's northwestern provinces genetic mutations in the Aedes aegypti mosquito (carrier of the dengue virus) that turned them resistant to normally lethal doses of pesticides, the national news agency Telam reported amid a dengue outbreak, which has resulted in 129,150 cases and 65 deaths over the past 12 months.

  • Thursday, August 3rd 2023 - 10:14 UTC

    Total Falklands/UK trade in four quarters to end of Q1 2023 reached £124 million

    Falkland Islands was the UK’s 146th largest trading partner in the four quarters to the end of Q1 2023 accounting for less than 0.1% of total UK trade.(Pic Arvid Olai Mjønes)

    Total trade in goods and services (exports plus imports) between the UK and Falkland Islands was £124 million in the four quarters to the end of Q1 2023, an increase of 6.9% or £8 million in current prices from the four quarters to the end of Q1 2022.

  • Thursday, August 3rd 2023 - 10:07 UTC

    Random executions reported in Brazilian State of São Paulo

    The Public Security Secretariat has maintained there is no evidence of these allegations

    Brazilian Military Police (PM) forces have allegedly committed extra-judiciary executions during Operation Shield in the past few days in the city of Guarujá, on the coast of São Paulo, Agencia Brasil reported Wednesday. The officers randomly killed people identified as former prison inmates or with a police record, according to residents of the neighborhoods where the deaths occurred.

  • Thursday, August 3rd 2023 - 10:05 UTC

    The world must help Brazil preserve the Amazon, says Lula

    Lula wants to convince the world that investing is cheap if it is to keep the forest standing

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Wednesday insisted that “The world must help” his country preserve the Amazon after deforestation in that natural area went down by 33.6% in the first semester of 2023, following Lula's Jan. 1 inauguration.

  • Thursday, August 3rd 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    Saudi Arabia in talks to join the BRICS bank, probably in this month's summit in South Africa

    “In the Middle East, we attach great importance to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and are currently engaged in a qualified dialogue with them,” the NDB

    The New Development Bank (NDB), also known as the “BRICS bank,” is in talks with Saudi Arabia on admitting Riyahd as its ninth member, which would strengthen the NDB's funding options amid the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to media reports.

  • Thursday, August 3rd 2023 - 07:05 UTC

    Petrobras processing more oil in domestic refineries, as export volumes drop 22%

    Petrobras exported, in the second quarter of this year, 411.000 bpd of oil, which represented a decrease of 22.6% in comparison with the same period last year.

    Brazil's giant oil and gas corporation Petrobras this week presented its second-quarter report, which showed a drop in oil exports in a scenario of increased processing at domestic refineries.

  • Thursday, August 3rd 2023 - 06:56 UTC

    Power couple in Canada splits

    Mr Trudeau, 51, and Ms Gregoire Trudeau, 48, have been married since 2005 and have three children together.

    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau have separated, he announced on Instagram on Tuesday. “Sophie and I would like to share the fact that after many meaningful and difficult conversations, we have made the decision to separate,” Mr Trudeau said in his post.

  • Thursday, August 3rd 2023 - 06:45 UTC

    Falklands Office in London looking for Junior Ambassadors

    Falklands Government Office in London.

    The Falklands government in the UK is looking for young ambitious Junior Ambassadors to help the office in London, FIGO, represent the Islands in the UK.

  • Wednesday, August 2nd 2023 - 16:40 UTC

    Venezuelan activists handed down 16-year jail sentences

    The six activists were convicted of “conspiring” against President Maduro

    Venezuelan trade unionists and activists Reynaldo Cortés, Alfonzo Meléndez, Alcides Bracho, Néstor Astudillo, Gabriel Blanco, and Emilio Negrín were sentenced Tuesday to 16 years in jail for “conspiring” against President Nicolás Maduro, it was reported in Caracas. The defendants were arrested between July 4 and 7, 2022, while staging protests in demand of wage increases and improvements in working conditions.

  • Wednesday, August 2nd 2023 - 16:40 UTC

    Falklands new funding for businesses to grow sustainably and environmentally

    Thermal Grants will be facilitated to both business owners and domestic property owners. For business owners FIDC will part fund up to 50% of costs up to £4,000 to install a renewable heating system

    The Falkland Islands Development Corporation (FIDC) unveiled recently a new suite of loan and grant options to enable Falklands businesses to grow in a sustainable way and with the environment in mind.