Stories for August 8th 2022

Monday, August 8th 2022 - 21:29 UTC
Fuel deposit fire in Cuba reaches 4th day - one firefighter dies

A gruesome fire in Cuba has reached its fourth day. A fuel deposit has been burning since Friday in Matanzas, in western Cuba, in what has already been described as the biggest industrial disaster in the country's history.
Monday, August 8th 2022 - 21:04 UTC
Punta Shopping mall waiting for technical reviews to decide when to reopen

Managers at the Punta del Este shopping mall (Punta Shopping) that went down in flames over the weekend said they were waiting for a technical assessment before deciding when to reopen and which parts.
Monday, August 8th 2022 - 20:39 UTC
Travel resumes to Easter Island, albeit under strict protocols

Travel resumed to Easter Island last week after COVID-19 restrictions. Last weekend, the second regular flight was performed, thus reopening one of the most iconic tourist routes after sanitary measures halted all commercial airline services.
Monday, August 8th 2022 - 10:26 UTC
Chilean authorities tackle sex crimes against children

Chilean authorities released this past weekend a report according to which some 18,000 children were victims of sexual crimes during the first semester of 2022.
Monday, August 8th 2022 - 10:15 UTC
Pelosi’s ‘solidarity’ trip poorly timed and the US “strategic ambiguity”

By Gwynne Dyer – Nancy Pelosi’s brief visit to Taiwan this week caused great — if somewhat confected — anger in Beijing, but the Chinese Communist regime was not her main target. The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives has long supported Taiwan, and she will be aware that both the government and the people are in need of reassurance at the moment.
Monday, August 8th 2022 - 10:02 UTC
Pilcomayo river under environmental threat in northern Argentina

Authorities in the Argentine province of Salta have issued a recommendation not to bathe, fish, or drink water from the Pilcomayo river pending studies undertaken by the Secretariat of Water Resources after the collapse of a dam in Bolivia.
Monday, August 8th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Uruguay confirms second case of monkeypox

Uruguay's Health Ministry (MSP) confirmed Saturday the second case of monkeypox had been detected in the country while other three possible infections were under study.
Monday, August 8th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Petro sworn in as President of Colombia: times of change ahead

Gustavo Petro was sworn in Sunday as Colombia's first-ever leftwing president, thus succeeding the conservative and highly unpopular Iván Duque.
Monday, August 8th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
German consul in Rio arrested over husband's murder

Germany's Consul in Rio de Janeiro Uwe Herbert Hahn has been arrested over the death of his Belgian husband of 23 years, who fell from his Ipanema apartment after suffering a sudden illness, it was reported.
Monday, August 8th 2022 - 09:51 UTC
The impact of cyber attacks in Ukrainian war, but “China a greater menace than Russia”

While Russia's invasion of Ukraine rages on, conventional hardware grabbing the headlines has come in addition to cyber attacks hitting forces where it hurts. Ciaran Martin, the former CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre, says Russia started its illegal campaign by successfully targeting Ukrainian satellite communications.