Stories for August 2022

Monday, August 15th 2022 - 09:47 UTC
Three companies agree with Argentina to develop offshore Tierra del Fuego gas deposit

Argentina and a consortium of three international oil companies signed an agreement by which the Fenix gas field at the San Sebastián Bay will be developed in two years time with an investment of US$ 700 million. The agreement includes a decree which reinstates benefits for the hydrocarbons industry, particularly new undertakings as contemplated in Law 19,640.
Monday, August 15th 2022 - 09:40 UTC
Queen's congratulations and good wishes on Falklands' Day, 14th August

On the occasion of Falklands Day, (14th August), Her Majesty The Queen has sent her good wishes to the people of the Falkland Islands, and congratulations to the Chair of the Legislative Assembly, particularly on the 40th anniversary of the Liberation.
Monday, August 15th 2022 - 09:35 UTC
Man kills himself after firing shots in the air before SCOTUS building

A man in Washington DC Sunday drove his car outside the US Supreme Court and started firing gunshots in the air before committing suicide just before 4 am. The building at East Capitol Street NE and 2nd Street SE is also one block from Capitol Hill.
Monday, August 15th 2022 - 08:57 UTC
Argentine diplomatic offensive on Malvinas question in the region

This week Argentina's Malvinas, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Secretary, Guillermo Carmona is off to Brazil where he has scheduled several conferences and to request greater support for Argentina's claim over the Falkland Islands.
Monday, August 15th 2022 - 08:47 UTC
Partners want to sever all Cartes partnerships

Chilean business associates of disgraced former Paraguayan President Horacio Cartés would be pushing to break up all commercial ties with the man declared as “significantly corrupt” by the US State Department last month.
Monday, August 15th 2022 - 08:30 UTC
Rushdie recovering slowly; repercussions jump worldwide

Author Salman Rushdie's son Zafar Sunday in a statement Sunday said in a statement Sunday that his father was still in critical condition after Friday's stabbing.
Monday, August 15th 2022 - 08:22 UTC
More US lawmakers land in Taiwan - what will China do?

Five US lawmakers landed in Taipei Sunday in yet another trip by Parliamentarians from that country after a recent visit headed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi heated tensions with Beijing, which regard the island as a Chinese rogue province.
Monday, August 15th 2022 - 08:19 UTC
Cairo church fire leaves 41 dead, 55 injured

At least 41 people, 15 children among them, were killed Sunday at the Martyr Abu Sefein Coptic Orthodox church in Cairo's working-class neighborhood of Imbaba in the Giza area. There were also reports of some 55 other people injured.
Saturday, August 13th 2022 - 10:18 UTC
Prospects not good for Rushdie after stabbing

Indian-born writer Salman Rushdie might lose an eye and his liver has been damaged, his agent Andrew Wylie said after the author was stabbed in New York state earlier Friday. The novelist is reportedly on a ventilator and unable to speak.
Saturday, August 13th 2022 - 10:06 UTC
Paraguayan VP to resign after joining US list of those “significantly corrupt”

Paraguayan Vice President Hugo Velázquez Friday announced in a radio interview that he would be resigning his job and stepping down from the presidential race after being added by the United States to the list of people “significantly corrupt,” where he joined former President Horacio Cartés.