Stories for August 2022

Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 09:19 UTC
Tense moments mark ceremony at Brazil's TSE

Brazilian former Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva (PT), Dilma Rousseff (PT), Michel Temer (MDB), and José Sarney (MDB) Tuesday sat opposite the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and the members of the Supreme Federal Court as Alexandre De Moraes was sworn in Tuesday as the Superior Electoral Court's new Chief Justice.
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Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 09:15 UTC
Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak tell Scots they reject a second independence referendum

Conservative Party leadership candidates Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have rejected a second Scottish independence referendum at a hustings in Perth.
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Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 09:03 UTC
Rushdie's book back to best-selling mode after attack

Sales of Salman Rushdie's 1988 The Satanic Verses have skyrocketed after its author was stabbed Friday in New York State by a young American of Lebanese origin, who has been charged with attempted murder.
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Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 09:01 UTC
US: Biden signs Inflation Reduction Act into law

US President Joseph Biden Tuesday signed into law his Inflation Reduction Act concerning growing prices inflation, climate change, and other targets, which. He said it was one of the ”most significant laws in our history.
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Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 08:45 UTC
UK will resume visits for Chagossians descendants to their homeland

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has made public a page with brings together information on UK government support to people who were born on the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) and their descendants.
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Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 07:38 UTC
India which is to host U-17 Women's World Cup 2022 has been suspended by FIFA

Because of undue influence from third parties, FIFA the global football ruling body has suspended all activities of the Indian Football Federation, AIFF. Although India is no football power, FIFA's statutes are very strict, and very jealous of its autonomy.
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Tuesday, August 16th 2022 - 21:01 UTC
Chile's proposed Constitution unlikely to prevail

Three weeks ahead of Chile's Constitutional Plebiscite, the nays (Rejection)are still ahead, according to a survey by the consulting firm Cadem, which showed 46% of the voters would rather keep the Constitution drafted under Dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1980 instead of adopting the one penned by the Constitutional Assembly convened last year.
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Tuesday, August 16th 2022 - 20:49 UTC
FLOTUS tests positive for COVID-19

US First Lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19, after showing cold-like symptoms Monday night which prompted PCR measurings, it was announced Tuesday by White House sources.
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Tuesday, August 16th 2022 - 20:40 UTC
Removal of sunken ships from Montevideo port to last until mid-2023

Private contractors believe they will complete the removal of sunken ships from the port of Montevideo in the first half of 2023 after having taken away so far two entire units and several parts of three others to facilitate navigation in the area, it was reported.
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Tuesday, August 16th 2022 - 20:30 UTC
Brazilian port of Santos handles growing volumes of trade

The state-owned Santos Port Authority (SPA) reported over the weekend that volumes handled through the largest seaport in Brazil grew 2.3% between April and June of 2022, reaching 42 million tons of goods.
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