Stories for August 2022

Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:37 UTC
South Georgia consultation period for Special Protected Area Management Plan

The Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands has announced the opening of the consultation period for the Specially Protected Area Management Plan and Regulations.
Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:32 UTC
Argentina and Chile lobby for a Marine Protected Area west of Antarctica Peninsula

Argentine and Chilean relations have not been traditionally smooth given the several borderline disputes both in land and in the sea, but there is a chance that this rivalry turns into a biodiversity milestone, with the joint proposal to create a Marine Protected Area in waters next to west Antarctica Peninsula and south of the Scotia arc, a project in which the Chilean Antarctic Institute and Argentina's Antarctic Institute have been working on since 2012.
Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:23 UTC
Many Mexicans showed persistent sequelae from COVID-19

A survey from Mexico's Health Ministry released this week has shown that over one-third of patients who have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 still have recurrent problems known as “persistent sequelae” despite having overcome the disease.
Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:00 UTC
Freight costs between Santos and Shanghai skyrocket 400% in two years

Sea freight cost between Santos, Brazil and Shanghai, China have risen 400% in two years. The hike was one of the main consequences of the covid-19 pandemic on Brazilian logistics, according to a study by a task force of the National Waterway Transportation Agency (Antaq) released last week
Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 23:10 UTC
Argentina's Lower House has a new Speaker

Cecilia Moreau Tuesday became the first woman ever to be the Speaker of Argentina's House of Deputies after the resignation of Sergio Massa was accepted so that he can be appointed “superminister” of Economy, Agriculture, and Production.
Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 21:10 UTC
Bolsonaro worried about prison time if not reelected

“I shoot to kill nobody takes me, prisoner, I prefer to die,” Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was quoted as saying when confronted with the possibility that criminal charges against him would proceed if he is not reelected in October and loses his immunity.
Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 18:19 UTC
US drone strike kills Osama bin Laden's successor as Al-Qaeda chief

An Al-Qaeda leader who was believed to have been involved in the so-called 9/11 attacks has been killed in a drone attack by US forces. Upon announcing the outcome of the mission, President Joseph Biden said about Ayman al-Zawahiri, that “this terrorist leader is no more.”
Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 16:47 UTC
US House Speaker Pelosi lands in Taiwan despite China's threats

A United States Air Force aircraft carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her entourage landed Tuesday evening in Taipei, despite China's threat that it would be regarded as an invasion of an island Beijing still regards as a province gone rogue after the 1949 civil war.
Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 09:48 UTC
Increased levels of fluorinated chemicals in Antarctic snow cores, scientific research

Scientists have recorded markedly increased levels of ‘fluorinated forever chemicals’ in Antarctic snow which are thought to have originated from the use of CFC-replacements.
Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 09:36 UTC
Peru reports first death of patient with monkeypox

Peruvian health authorities Monday confirmed the first death of a patient with monkeypox in the continent's country second worst hit by the outbreak, while neighboring Bolivia confirmed the first infection.