MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for July 1st 2022
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Friday, July 1st 2022 - 09:50 UTC
France limits terminology for veggie foods: steak and sausage only with real meat
France became the first EU country to ban words like “steak” and “sausage” applied to plant-based food. The decree becomes effective next October and states, “it will not be possible to use sector-specific terminology traditionally associated with meat and fish to designate products that do not belong to the animal world and which, in essence, are not comparable”.
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Friday, July 1st 2022 - 09:44 UTC
Peruvian Congress impeaches Interior Minister over inactions
Peru's one-house Parliament has impeached Interior Minister Dimitri Senmache out of office by 78 votes to 29 against and 8 abstentions after he was accused of being politically responsible for the escape of the former Transport and Communications Minister Juan Silva.
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Friday, July 1st 2022 - 09:39 UTC
Penguins at most risk off South Africa after predator whales seize the area
A study released this week in the peer-reviewed African Journal of Marine Science, would show that killer orcas are behind the finding of eight white sharks dead off the coast of Gansbaai, in western South Africa in 2017.
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Friday, July 1st 2022 - 09:28 UTC
Brazil, Argentina reach deal on vehicle safety standards
Brazil and Argentina have agreed to mutually recognize vehicle safety standards, for which both countries will sign an agreement in July, it was announced Thursday in Brasilia by the ministries of Economy, Infrastructure, and Foreign Affairs.
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Friday, July 1st 2022 - 09:27 UTC
Castillo resigns as member of party that took him to Peru's presidency
Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones has resigned from Perú Libre, the party under which he ran for office and beat Keiko Fujimori's Fuerza Popular in last year's runoff. Castillo's enrolment as a party member dated from Sept. 30, 2020.
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Friday, July 1st 2022 - 00:27 UTC
Musk's Twitter account grows despite his absence from social media
Billionaire Elon Musk, who has vowed to buy over the Twitter social media platform, has suddenly vanished from the space, thus raising speculations about his ulterior motives, as both his tweets and the negotiations for the transaction are on hold.
