Stories for February 5th 2022

Saturday, February 5th 2022 - 23:49 UTC
Endurance22 expedition nosed its course for Antarctica in search of the whereabouts of Shackleton's shipwreck

Today, February 5th at 0700 GMT, a chunky, cherry-red ice breaker nosed its way out of Cape Town’s famous Table Bay, and shaped a course for Antarctica, 3000 nautical miles to the South West.
Saturday, February 5th 2022 - 15:45 UTC
Omicron subvariant found in 57 countries, WHO says

The World Health Organization has released a report this week saying a new sublineage of the SARS-Cov-2 Omicron variant has already been detected in 57 countries. According to some researchers, the new version is more contagious than the original Omicron.
Saturday, February 5th 2022 - 15:42 UTC
Argentine Judge rules Mapuche group entitled to State-owned land

Bariloche Federal Judge María Silvina Domínguez has ruled that State-owned lands must be handed over to members of a local Mapuche community in a decision many fear might constitute dangerous case-law for future claims, it was reported Friday.
Saturday, February 5th 2022 - 15:41 UTC
Moody's warns Argentina's unwritten IMF deal does not avert default

Credit rating consultants Moody's Friday issued a report according to which Argentina's ”long history of failure when implementing International Monetary Fund (IMF) programs” meant the risk of default had not been averted.
Saturday, February 5th 2022 - 14:03 UTC
Ambassador Stanley holds talks with Argentine Cabinet Chief Manzur

Following Argentine President Alberto Fernández's remarks to his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin in Moscow, according to which the South American country needed to be freer from the United States and the International Monetary Fund, Washington's envoy to Buenos Aires held a meeting Friday with Cabinet Chief Juan Manzur.
Saturday, February 5th 2022 - 13:53 UTC
Despite Western boycott, Beijing Winter Olympics begin

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are underway despite a diplomatic boycott and after a ceremony held at the National Stadium - built for the 2008 Summer Games - amid strict health protocols to prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Saturday, February 5th 2022 - 13:28 UTC
Argentina closer to producing Sinopharm vaccine locally

Argentine President Alberto Fernández and directors of the Chinese laboratory which produces the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine met Friday in Berlin in another stop of the head of state's tour.
Saturday, February 5th 2022 - 11:44 UTC
Paraguayan Central Bank reports inflation in Jan. 2022 reached 1.5%

Paraguay's Consumer Price Index (CPI) grew 1.5% in the month of January of 2022, for a yoy inflation of 7.9%, which surpassed the 6.8% recorded in the last month of 2021. It was also significantly above the same period of the previous year.
Saturday, February 5th 2022 - 10:22 UTC
Argentina expects more support from the EU on the “Malvinas issue” after Brexit

Since the Falkland Islands ceased to be a European Union (EU) Community overseas territory after the Brexit, Argentina seeks more support from the bloc in the negotiation claim with the United Kingdom on the South Atlantic British territory. It was explained by the Argentine Secretary of Malvinas, Antarctica, and South Atlantic, Guillermo Carmona in an interview with EFE.
Saturday, February 5th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Falklands: Update on Humanitarian Project Plan 2 to identify remains of Argentine combatants

On Friday Falkland Islands lawmakers, MLAs John Birmingham and Roger Spink met, via video link, with Laurent Corbaz from the International Committee of the Red Cross and members of his team to discuss the progress made in HPP2 (Humanitarian Project Plan 2) work.