Stories for September 2015

Wednesday, September 16th 2015 - 08:29 UTC
UN message on 30th anniversary of the convention for the protection of the ozone layer

Not so long ago, humanity stood on the brink of a self-inflicted catastrophe. Our use of ozone-depleting substances such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) had torn a hole in the ozone layer that protects us from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation.
Wednesday, September 16th 2015 - 08:16 UTC
Cyanide spill in Argentine Andean mine triggers strong protests from local residents

Residents of a town in the Argentine northwestern province of San Juan took to the streets in protest after an industrial malfunction caused a pipe carrying potentially lethal cyanide to the nearby Veladero gold mine to fracture and spill an amount of its contents in the area on Sunday. The news reached national level on Monday.
Wednesday, September 16th 2015 - 08:04 UTC
History made as first ever plane lands at St Helena: day to remember 09/15/2015

History was made on St Helena at 13.50hrs GMT Tuesday 15 September 2015, as a Beechcraft King Air 200 aircraft arrived from Angola and touched down at St Helena’s new Airport, prior to conducting a series of calibration flights.
Wednesday, September 16th 2015 - 07:45 UTC
Chile's 24-hour workers strike grounds all civil flights; thousands of passengers stranded

A 24-hour strike by civil aviation workers in Chile grounded dozens of departing flights and affected thousands of passengers, officials said on Tuesday. The strike began at midnight with nearly 4,000 workers demanding improved labor conditions and came just days before a September 18 national holiday celebrating the country's independence, a time when many people travel.
Tuesday, September 15th 2015 - 10:30 UTC
Aerolineas Argentinas expropiation returns to haunt Cristina Fernandez

The Argentine government and its economic crimes bureau, Procelac, filed on Monday a complaint against Spanish group Marsans for an alleged move to “sell” a lawsuit filed before the World Bank’s ICSID over Aerolineas Argentinas and Austral expropriations, to Burford Capital, a speculative fund. ICSID stands for International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.
Tuesday, September 15th 2015 - 10:22 UTC
Beijing prepared to privatize huge state companies sector, but “strengthening party leadership”

Beijing has unveiled its long-awaited blueprint for restructuring its mammoth state enterprise sector, including partial privatization, as data pointed to a cooling in the world's second-largest economy.
Tuesday, September 15th 2015 - 10:13 UTC
Brazil announces measures to balance budget; it includes controversial tax on financial transactions

Brazil's government announced on Monday spending cuts and tax increases totaling 65 billion Reais ($16.9 billion) as it races to close a budget deficit that led to a downgrade of the country's credit rating last week.
Tuesday, September 15th 2015 - 10:06 UTC
Tierra del Fuego August inflation, 2.3% and 28.4% in the last twelve months

The consumer price index in Tierra del Fuego, extreme south of Argentina climbed 2.3% in August, totaling 17.4% in the first eight months and 28.4% in the last twelve months, according to the province's stats and census office.
Tuesday, September 15th 2015 - 09:58 UTC
OAS supports holding first round of presidential election in Haiti on 25 October

The Organization of American States (OAS) supports holding the first round of presidential elections in Haiti on the scheduled date of October 25, and for that reason, the Director of the Department for Electoral Cooperation and Observation (DECO), Gerardo de Icaza, on Monday travelled to the Caribbean country.
Tuesday, September 15th 2015 - 09:51 UTC
US and Switzerland anticipate further charges in FIFA's bribery investigation

United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch won’t say if outgoing president Sepp Blatter is a target of an expanding probe into FIFA corruption, but anticipated she expects more charges against “individuals and entities”.