Stories for June 2022

Tuesday, June 7th 2022 - 10:11 UTC
Dominican Environment Minister shot dead in his office

The Dominican Republic's Environment Minister was shot dead by a gunman who walked into his office Monday in Santo Domingo, while a meeting was going on, it was reported.
Tuesday, June 7th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Ports of Montevideo, Colonia and Buenos Aires had to be closed on Monday due to fog

After the strong reduction in visibility registered in the country this Monday due to fog and mist, which according to the Uruguayan Institute of Meteorology (Inumet) will persist until next Thursday, the ports of Montevideo, Colonia, and Buenos Aires decided to close, reported the Uruguayan newspaper El Observador.
Tuesday, June 7th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Argentina: Milei's negative image surges after human organ market remarks

The rising aura of Argentina's peculiar Libertarian Congressman Javier Milei took a turn downwards following his statements about opening up the sale of human organs because it was “a market just like any other,” a nationwide survey by the consulting firm Zuban Córdoba y Asociados has shown.
Tuesday, June 7th 2022 - 09:39 UTC
Rains bring relief to Paraguay and Paraná rivers

The Paraná and Paraguay rivers have noticeably begun their recoveries from year-long downspouts after constant rains in the past few days, Paraguayan authorities have reported.
Tuesday, June 7th 2022 - 09:24 UTC
Musk has second thoughts on Twitter deal

Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk is now having second thoughts about his announcement to buy over Twitter for US$ 44 billion, saying the company is hiding key information from him about fake posts and “spam”.
Tuesday, June 7th 2022 - 09:05 UTC
At least 49 dead in Bangladesh port blast

Following an explosion at a private container depot near Bangladesh's port of Chittagong - the largest in the country - local authorities have reported that at least 49 people were killed and hundreds more were injured.
Tuesday, June 7th 2022 - 07:49 UTC
Boris Johnson problems are not over, and there is a list of hopefuls

The Prime Minister's victory in Monday's confidence vote does not mean the end of Boris Johnson's problems. Tory MPs voted by 211 to 148 in support of the PM, but the scale of the revolt against his leadership leaves him wounded.
Tuesday, June 7th 2022 - 07:43 UTC
Falklands: Royal Marines repeat the famous 90km yomp from San Carlos to Stanley in an impressive time

BFSAI is reporting that the Paras are not the only elite British forces currently in Mount Pleasant Complex for the Falkland Islands 40th-anniversary commemorations.
Monday, June 6th 2022 - 23:40 UTC
Falklands receives the Queen's Baton for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games

The Queen's Baton for the Commonwealth Games which kicks off in Birmingham on July 28, will be making its stop in the Falkland Islands on June 6 and beginning June 7 in the City of Stanley will make a forty-kilometer relay with some forty volunteers, across the Islands.
Monday, June 6th 2022 - 23:30 UTC
PM Johnson wins vote of confidence but shadowy future still ahead

Britain's Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson survived a vote of confidence Monday by 211 to 148 but faces a new political scenario after a rebellion from within Tory ranks comparable in size to the one suffered by Theresa May.