Stories for April 2022

Saturday, April 16th 2022 - 08:43 UTC
OPEC minimum oil production increase during March

OPEC oil production increased by just 57,000 barrels per day (bpd) in March from February, as African members’ struggles to pump more crude partially offset increases at the core OPEC members of the Middle East, reports Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.
Saturday, April 16th 2022 - 08:32 UTC
Further boat crossings between Argentina and Paraguay to resume Monday

After more than two years during which they were stopped amid the numerous sanitary restrictions to fight the spread of COVID-19, boat crossings between Paraguay and Argentina are scheduled to resume Monday at various points.
Saturday, April 16th 2022 - 08:26 UTC
Canadian appointed South Georgia new Visitor Management Officer

After a thorough recruitment and selection process, and in anticipation of the coming tourist season, the Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands have announced the appointment of Allison Kean as the new Visitor Management Officer.
Saturday, April 16th 2022 - 08:12 UTC
Bolsonaro's supporters fared worse off throughout C19 crisis

A local scientific study in Brazil has established that those areas where President Jair Bolsonaro had the most votes in his 2018 campaign were also the ones with higher COVID-19 mortality rates, it was reported Friday.
Saturday, April 16th 2022 - 08:06 UTC
Trying to understand the melting process of the largest ice shelf in Antarctica

A new study by scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has used computer modeling to rank the factors responsible for the Larsen C ice shelf melt according to their severity. The review is an important contribution to the understanding of the largest remaining ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula.
Saturday, April 16th 2022 - 07:33 UTC
Moskva, the first major surface combatant vessel sunk since the Falklands' war

When the Russian missile cruiser Moskva sank on Thursday, allegedly hit by two anti/ship missiles (Ukrainian version), it was the largest warship lost at sea since World War II, and the first major surface combatant ship sunk since the Falklands War in 1982. Moskva was the flagship of the Russian navy in the Black Sea and was involved in the attack and capture of Ukrainian ports.
Saturday, April 16th 2022 - 06:48 UTC
Chileans hesitant to remove facemasks outdoors

Despite the Government's green light Thursday to remove facemasks in outdoor settings, Chileans have been reported to be afraid of taking the new step toward the old normal after more than two years of pandemic restrictions.
Friday, April 15th 2022 - 21:46 UTC
Nearly 400 killed in “Biblical” South African floods

Devastating floods throughout the whole week in South Africa have left at least 395 people dead by Friday and countless families displaced from their homes. While relief work continues, weather forecasts are anything but encouraging.
Friday, April 15th 2022 - 21:15 UTC
Greenpeace ship moors in Buenos Aires

Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise will be open to the public Sunday after mooring Thursday in the port of Buenos Aires. The vessel from the environmental organization returned to land from a mission to survey fishing exploitation in Atlantic Ocean international waters near the Argentine Sea.
Friday, April 15th 2022 - 10:33 UTC
Forty years after the war, Falklands remain an Argentine obsession

By Henry Srebrnik (*) – Forty years since Argentina launched its disastrous invasion of the South Atlantic archipelago in early April of 1982, its claim to the Falkland Islands remains a national obsession, even enshrined in the country’s 1994 constitution.