Stories for August 2016

Monday, August 22nd 2016 - 10:59 UTC
With Olympics over, Rousseff and Temer begin last chapters of survival game

With the Rio Olympics over, Brazil’s attention returns to its long-running political drama as the country’s Senate starts the final phase of suspended President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment trial, a proceeding widely expected to permanently remove her from power.
Monday, August 22nd 2016 - 07:09 UTC
La Nacion attacked for publishing that La Sanmartiniana “is returning from Malvinas to Argentina”

Buenos Aires daily La Nación is in the midst of a controversy and has suffered a barrage of criticisms following its announcement that the yacht “La Sanmartiniana”, closely linked to Kirchnerism militant activities, “currently in the Malvinas Islands will return to Argentina”.
Saturday, August 20th 2016 - 06:06 UTC
Scientists spot bright purple googly-eyed squid on Southern California ocean floor

Scientists scanning the rocky ocean floor off Southern California have spotted a bright purple, googly-eyed stubby squid. The creature, a stubby squid, was discovered by the Exploration Vessel Nautilus team after they placed a camera on a remote-operated vehicle and came across the iridescent cephalopod with giant round eyes.
Saturday, August 20th 2016 - 05:54 UTC
July was the northern hemisphere hottest month in history of record- keeping

July is typically the hottest month for the globe in the northern hemisphere, and last month didn’t disappoint. But this time around, it was not only the hottest July on record, but the hottest month in the history of record-keeping.
Saturday, August 20th 2016 - 05:40 UTC
Peru Supreme Court overturns sentence against ex president Fujimori for alleged diversion of public funds

Peru’s Judiciary overturned an eight-year sentence against former president Alberto Fujimori for alleged diversion of public funds to tabloids to facilitate his second re-election in 2000. The Supreme Court said in a ruling “there isn’t enough material evidence” to declare any criminal responsibility of Fujimori, who is serving another 25-year sentence in prison for crimes against humanity.
Saturday, August 20th 2016 - 05:29 UTC
UK strongly supports innovative solutions for the Chilean mining sector

The British Embassy in Chile participated at the mining conference Medmin to strengthen the importance of British innovative solutions for the mining sector in a country which is highly dependent on minerals and is the world's leading exporter of copper.
Saturday, August 20th 2016 - 01:50 UTC
Falklands allows return of abandoned Argentine yacht rescued in Islands waters last October

The Argentine flagged yacht “La Sanmartiniana” which was rescued in October 2015 while abandoned and adrift, by a Falkland Islands Fisheries Protection Vessel and towed to Stanley, where it has remained since waiting for claimants, has finally been released, after the Argentine group FIPCA complied with all the formalities for its recovery.
Saturday, August 20th 2016 - 01:45 UTC
UN acknowledges role in the Haiti imported cholera epidemic that killed thousands

For the first time since a cholera epidemic believed to be imported by the United Nations peacekeepers began killing thousands of Haitians nearly six years ago, the office of Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has acknowledged that the United Nations played a role in the initial outbreak and that a “significant new set of U.N. actions” will be needed to respond to the crisis.
Friday, August 19th 2016 - 13:22 UTC
Argentine judge opens investigation on death of one of Spain's greatest modern poets

An Argentine federal judge has opened an investigation into the death of Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca, who is believed to have been executed in 1936 by forces loyal to General Francisco Franco. Garcia Lorca’s fate remains a mystery after the site near the Spanish city of Granada where he was believed to have been buried was excavated in 2009 without finding human remains.
Friday, August 19th 2016 - 13:17 UTC
US Federal Reserve reiterates concern with stubbornly slow rate of inflation

United States Federal Reserve officials believed last month that near-term risks to the U.S. economy had subsided and that an interest rate increase could soon be warranted. But they did not indicate when they would likely raise rates.