Stories for February 2022

Wednesday, February 9th 2022 - 09:59 UTC
Brazil supports Argentine Malvinas claim but since UK is an 'important partner', authorizes RAF landings

Brazil on Tuesday defended its decision to allow British military aircraft flying to the Falkland Island to call at Brazilian airports, landings that annoyed Argentina. The complaint is not new, and Brazilian policy under different governments over the years has been one of accepting those calls.
Wednesday, February 9th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Xiaomi to assemble cell phones in Tierra del Fuego

Just a couple of days after the meeting between President Alberto Fernández and Xi Jinping, it was announced that the Chinese cell phone manufacturer Xiaomi will start producing some of its models in Tierra del Fuego and will expand its network of retail stores throughout the country.
Wednesday, February 9th 2022 - 09:41 UTC
Ukraine crisis: US finds Macron's diplomatic efforts encouraging

The Government of the United States said French President Emmanuel Macron's diplomatic attempts to cool off the Ukraine crisis had shown some encouraging signs.
Wednesday, February 9th 2022 - 09:35 UTC
Acoustic survey finds twilight zone in Southern ocean an emporium of fish, BAS report

A new study highlights there could be up to four times more fish in the mesopelagic, or ‘twilight’, zone of the Southern Ocean than previously thought. Scientists at British Antarctic Survey and Bristol University discovered that by accounting for different acoustic properties of fish, the biomass, or total weight, of mesopelagic fish is likely to be 1.8 – 3.6 times higher than they previously calculated.
Wednesday, February 9th 2022 - 09:32 UTC
South Sandwich hidden magnitude-8.2 earthquake source of mysterious 2021 global tsunami

By American Geophysical Union – Scientists have uncovered the source of a mysterious 2021 tsunami that sent waves around the globe. In August 2021, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit near the South Sandwich Islands, creating a tsunami that rippled around the globe. The epicenter was 47 kilometers below the Earth's surface—too deep to initiate a tsunami—and the rupture was nearly 400 kilometers long, which should have generated a much larger earthquake.
Wednesday, February 9th 2022 - 09:27 UTC
World food prices rebounded in January with strong demand for vegetable oils, FAO report

The gauge for world food prices went up in January, largely catalyzed by supply-side constraints for vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 135.7 points in January, 1.1 percent higher than in December. The Index tracks monthly changes in the international prices of commonly-traded food commodities.
Wednesday, February 9th 2022 - 09:23 UTC
Gibraltar associate partner of Cruise Lines International and conference sponsor next May in Southampton

The Gibraltar Tourist Board has been confirmed as a new long-term associate partner of Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) UK & Ireland. The agreement will enhance Gibraltar’s brand awareness across the region, bringing them into CLIA’s wider community of cruise lines, travel agents, and stakeholders.
Wednesday, February 9th 2022 - 09:15 UTC
Saskatchewan to lift all Covid-19 restrictions following protests

The Canadian province of Saskatchewan will lift as of midnight next Sunday all originally imposed as a responde to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced Tuesday. The new measures are a consequence of protests demanding a new approach at the disease, which is currently less severe as opposed to the economic consequences stemming from lockdowns and other limitations imposed on people.
Wednesday, February 9th 2022 - 09:07 UTC
Documents Trump had taken home illegally retrieved

The White House has retrieved 15 boxes containing documents former US President Donald Trump unlawfully took to his Florida Mar-a-lago residence, it was reported.
Tuesday, February 8th 2022 - 21:57 UTC
Rainstorm causes landslide which leaves at least 11 dead in Colombia

Heavy rains in the municipality of Dosquebradas, in the Colombian department of Risaralda, have resulted in a landslide that has killed at least 11 people and left many others injured, it was reported Tuesday.