Stories for March 2022

Friday, March 4th 2022 - 18:37 UTC
Some US$ 400 million of top brand cars sink off the Azores in 3,000 meters deep water

Some US$ 400 million of top brand cars (Porsche, Bentley, Lamborghini) have been definitively lost when the carrier Felicty Ace with 4,000 units from the Volkswagen Group went down, close to the Portuguese Azores islands, nearly two weeks after a fire broke out in the vessel.
Friday, March 4th 2022 - 12:02 UTC
Ukrainian invasion triggers dramatic change in German post war policy

By Ed Turner, Reader in Politics, Co-Director, Aston Center for Europe, Aston University - If you’d asked experts just a fortnight ago what the key features of Germany’s approach to foreign and defense policy were, there would have been several strands. Alignment with the west, and of course membership of the EU and Nato would have been a feature.
Friday, March 4th 2022 - 10:20 UTC
“Real threat of nuclear danger” after Russian attack: Putin's forces control Europe's largest nuclear power plant

A Russian bombardment hit the Energodar nuclear power plant in the Zaporizhzhia region, Europe's largest in southeastern Ukraine, last night. The attack unleashed a fire that threatens to cause a disaster ten times larger than Chernobyl in 1986, the city's mayor, Dmitry Orlov, reported via his Telegram account. “The reckless actions of President Putin could now directly threaten the safety of all of Europe,” United Kingdom's prime minister, Boris Johnson, warned in a statement.
Friday, March 4th 2022 - 09:52 UTC
Brazil's President, British PM in favor of ceasefire in Ukraine

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Thursday held a telephone conversation during which both heads of government agreed on the need for a ceasefire in Ukraine, it was reported.
Friday, March 4th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Non-Ukranian fighters to face criminal charges, Russian Army warns

As the Ukrainian President has called for fighters from all over the world to join his country's version of the International Brigades, Russia's Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov Thursday announced those “mercenaries” would not be entitled to prisoner-of-war (POW) status, if caught.
Friday, March 4th 2022 - 09:30 UTC
Ukraine war: Humanitarian corridors agreed upon after 2nd round of talks

Thursday's second round of talks between Russia and Ukraine in Belarus achieved very little regarding a possible ceasefire, but both parties have at least agreed to organize humanitarian corridors
Friday, March 4th 2022 - 09:25 UTC
Peru: Alberto Fujimori hospitalized due to heart failure

Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori was rushed into a Lima hospital Thursday due to a heart problem consisting of “atrial fibrillation” and “arrhythmia,” according to his physician.
Friday, March 4th 2022 - 09:10 UTC
YPF Luz officially opens Cañadón León wind farm in Argentine Patagonia

Argentina's YPF Luz - the electricity division of the traditional state-owned oil company - has officially opened its third wind farm, Cañadón León, which is expected to supply 123 MW of renewable energy to the national system, it was reported Thursday.
Friday, March 4th 2022 - 09:05 UTC
Argentine FA wants Ukrainian league players allowed to work for other clubs

Argentine Football Association (AFA) President Claudio Tapia Thursday announced a petition was to be filed before the sport's world governing body FIFA so that players registered to compete within Ukraine's professional league be allowed to play elsewhere despite transfer regulations.
Thursday, March 3rd 2022 - 23:06 UTC
Argentina orders evacuation of Kyiv embassy

Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero Thursday announced his country was evacuating its embassy in Kyiv as the Russian onslaught keeps advancing towards Ukraine's capital.