Stories for August 2022

Tuesday, August 23rd 2022 - 17:21 UTC
BREAKING: US citizens urged to leave Ukraine as conditions deteriorate

United States authorities issued a security alert urging all of its citizens to evacuate Ukraine and warned Russia was about to launch strikes against civilian and government targets in the coming days.
Tuesday, August 23rd 2022 - 14:38 UTC
700 people were scammed by the promise of citizenship of an invented country in Antarctica

Twelve individuals have been arrested and 30 are under investigation in Italy for having invented the “Antarctic Theocratic State of San Giorgio” with which they swindled about 700 people by promising nationality in order to be able to pay fewer taxes, have passports, land, and even receive noble titles.
Tuesday, August 23rd 2022 - 10:24 UTC
Argentine President closes ranks with CFK over Prosecution's request

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday expressed his sympathy to Vice President Cristina Fernàndez de Kirchner (CFK) after a prosecutor requested that she be jailed for 12 years for alleged acts of corruption committed during her tenure as head of state (2008-2015).
Tuesday, August 23rd 2022 - 10:10 UTC
Brazil consolidates as China's main supplier of agriculture produce

A new agreement to facilitate exports from the Brazilian agribusiness sector to China has been described by market experts in Sao Paulo as crucial to inaugurating the “biggest era of market openness in the last ten years” between the two countries.
Tuesday, August 23rd 2022 - 10:06 UTC
Paraguay's exports in seven months reached US$ 5,8bn; Mercosur represents 63%

In the first seven months of this year, Paraguayan exports totaled US$ 5,8 billion and involved 136 countries. Data from the country’s Ministry of Finance show Brazil (36%) and Argentina (24.9%) as the main buyers, which added to Uruguay, Mercosur represents 63.1% of foreign sales.
Tuesday, August 23rd 2022 - 10:02 UTC
Brazil prepares to celebrate 200 years of independence with the embalmed heart of its first emperor

The embalmed heart of Brazil's first emperor, Dom Pedro I, has arrived in the capital Brasilia to mark 200 years of independence from Portugal to be celebrated next 7 September. The heart, which lies preserved in a flask filled with formaldehyde, was flown on board a military plane from Portugal.
Tuesday, August 23rd 2022 - 10:01 UTC
Home buyers rebellion in China: protestors in 100 cities refuse to pay mortgages on undelivered homes

China is again facing a challenging real estate situation, with homeowners in different provinces refusing to pay mortgages on their undelivered, unfinished flats. This is happening only two months ahead of the Chinese communist party congress when comrade Xi Jinping is expected to confirm a third five-year term, following on the constitutional change of 2018 that scrapped presidential term limits.
Tuesday, August 23rd 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Prosecutor's Office requests 12 years in prison for Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

Argentine prosecutors on Monday requested a 12-year prison sentence and perpetual political disqualification for Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for alleged corruption in the bidding of works when she was president (2007-2015), an accusation that her supporters consider a persecution.
Tuesday, August 23rd 2022 - 09:54 UTC
Scientists unlock mysteries of shark and ray species, in an effort to protect their future

Scientists have unlocked the mysteries of how shark and ray species move up and down the ocean water column, in efforts to better understand them and protect their future. A new study published this month provides the first ever global analysis of how the elasmobranch community (sharks, skates and rays) use the vertical dimension of the ocean.
Tuesday, August 23rd 2022 - 09:54 UTC
RRS Attenborough calls at Belfast to pick up a new crew before further scientific research

After a long season in Antarctica, Falkland Islands' flagged exploration ship RRS Sir David Attenborough has docked in Belfast for the first time, to pick up new crew members ahead of carrying out further scientific studies around the UK coastline. The state of the art vessel is owned by the Natural Environment Research Council and operated by the British Antarctic Survey.