Stories for February 22nd 2019

Friday, February 22nd 2019 - 21:59 UTC
“Massive humanitarian implications:” Venezuelan exodus reaches 3.4 million

The larges exodus in Latin America’s history just got larger, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said. UN agencies sounded the alarm on Friday over the humanitarian needs after the number of refugees and migrants from Venezuela reached 3.4 million people.
Friday, February 22nd 2019 - 19:45 UTC
MSC Orchestra collides with MSC Poesia at Buenos Aires Port

Two MSC cruise ships collided at the Port of Buenos Aires. One of the ships somehow lost control and hit another causing some damage. It was all caught on video.
Friday, February 22nd 2019 - 10:56 UTC
Who is Padrino López, Maduro’s strong man

After the strong support of the armed forces to the president, Nicolás Maduro, highlighted the figure of Vladimir Padrino López, the Defense Minister of that country, who responded to the president of the United States, Donald Trump, after his remarks on Monday about the danger that ran the military that was next to the Venezuelan leader.
Friday, February 22nd 2019 - 10:40 UTC
Islanders' manufacturer Britten Norman, expanding its new aircraft final assembly plant

Omani-owned UK aircraft manufacturer Britten Norman has signed leases on two additional hangars at its Solent Airport base, on the south coast of England. Airport owner Fareham Borough Council has recently built several new hangars at the site to expand its business park.
Friday, February 22nd 2019 - 10:15 UTC
Falklands: Visiting MPs call for clarity on future British role

Two British Members of Parliament have called on Parliament to clarify the future role of the British military in the Falkland Islands. A total of eight representatives have made the journey to the region as part of a visit organized by the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme (AFPS).
Friday, February 22nd 2019 - 10:01 UTC
Rare giant tortoise surfaces in the Galapagos Islands after a century

Conservationists in the Galapagos Islands have found a giant tortoise from a species thought to have become extinct more than a century ago. The adult female tortoise was found on the island of Fernandina in the west of the Pacific archipelago and is believed to be a Fernandina Giant Tortoise, also known as Chelonoidis phantasticus, a species last sighted in 1906.
Friday, February 22nd 2019 - 09:48 UTC
Maduro closes the border with Brazil; Guaidó leads caravan to Colombian border

President Nicolas Maduro ordered the closure of Venezuela's border with Brazil on Thursday in an increasingly fraught power struggle. Guaido set out in a convoy of vehicles to personally pick up US aid being stockpiled on the other side of the Colombian border, defying Maduro's military to stop him.
Friday, February 22nd 2019 - 09:42 UTC
Pools with orcas and belugas expose Russia's murky trade in supplying aquariums

Dozens of orcas and beluga whales captured for sale to ocean aquariums have brought Russia's murky trade into the spotlight, but efforts to free them are blocked by government infighting.
Friday, February 22nd 2019 - 09:31 UTC
“Hear the cry of the little ones who plead for justice,” Pope Francis tells Vatican summit fighting sex abuse

Pope Francis on Thursday opened a landmark Vatican summit on fighting child sex abuse, calling for “concrete measures” and handing top Catholic bishops a roadmap to tackling paedophilia in the church.
Friday, February 22nd 2019 - 09:24 UTC
Brazilian oil production challenges OPEC' attempts to balance the market and prices

While everyone is talking about how surging U.S. crude oil production will offset a large part of the ongoing OPEC/non-OPEC production cuts, there are other oil producers not taking part in the OPEC+ deal and poised to see their output jump this year.