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Stories for April 6th 2024

  • Saturday, April 6th 2024 - 11:16 UTC

    Brazil: Mercury detected in Yanomami people's hair samples

    Illegal mining has been linked to health issues among the Yanomami population

    The Rio de Janeiro-based Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) conducted a series of tests among Yanomami indigenous people in the state of Roraima in northern Brazil which detected the presence of mercury in 84% of the hair samples taken from them in October 2022, Agencia Brasil reported this week. These findings were linked to illegal gold mining in the area.

  • Saturday, April 6th 2024 - 10:41 UTC

    Milei ratifies Argentina's alignment with US

    Milei also criticized Argentina's foreign policy under Alberto Fernández (2019-2023)

    Argentina President Javier Milei announced Friday that his country's alliance with the United States had become a part of his administration's “new foreign policy doctrine” because both nations “share a tradition based on freedom, the defense of life and private property.”

  • Saturday, April 6th 2024 - 10:30 UTC

    Mexican embassy in Quito stormed by police, diplomatic ties with Ecuador severed

    Ecuador's measure was in breach of international law, AMLO stressed

    The Government of Mexico announced it was cutting off all diplomatic ties with Ecuador after local authorities stormed Friday into the Embassy in Quito to arrest former Ecuadorean Vice President Jorge Glas, who has sought asylum in the diplomatic mission.

  • Saturday, April 6th 2024 - 04:09 UTC

    Airfield resurfacing project in the Falkland Islands completed

    Workers taking part in the resurfacing of the alpha loop. MOD Crown Copyright MOD – Cpl Laura Wing.

    The British Government Defense Infrastructure Organization (DIO) has completed an £8.9 million project to resurface the alpha loop at Mount Pleasant Complex airfield on the Falkland Islands.