Stories for September 5th 2022

Monday, September 5th 2022 - 10:20 UTC
Argentina creates “soybean dollar” to boost Central Bank reserves

Argentina's Superminister of Economy Sergio Massa Sunday announced the creation of the so-called “soybean dollar” at a special parity of AR$ 200 / US$ 1 on the condition that exports be liquidated at the earliest.
Monday, September 5th 2022 - 10:14 UTC
Uruguayan President stopping for a bite goes viral

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou was photographed while caught by a patron as he sat at the bar of a Montevideo restaurant in the exclusive Carrasco area Saturday to have a “Hungarian” sandwich and a beer.
Monday, September 5th 2022 - 10:03 UTC
Falklands' Veteran hero paratrooper who acted on a BBC show on the war dies in air crash

An inquest has been opened into the death of Chris Waddington, the Falklands War Veteran who was tragically killed in a plane crash in Herefordshire reports the HerefordTimes. The Parachute Regiment veteran, who served for more than 20 years in the British Armed Forces, was killed five days before his 60th birthday when the plane he was flying hit the ground at Shobdon Airfield, near Leominster.
Monday, September 5th 2022 - 10:03 UTC
CFK case: Assailant's phone reported restored to default values

Argentine Federal Judge María Eugenia Capuchetti, who is in charge of the case of attempted murder Thursday evening against Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), Sunday imposed the seal of secrecy on the entire dossier after it was leaked to the press that the assailant's cell phone had been reset to default values.
Monday, September 5th 2022 - 09:47 UTC
Argentina's eight month fisheries landings down 29%; squid the bright spot

Argentina has released primary figures of fisheries landings in the first eight months of the year, (Jan/August 31) which show a significant overall drop compared to a year ago, 564,685.6 tons and 796,813.1, that is 29,13% less. However squid has done very well, hake hubbis landings also increased while shrimp and croaker the most common species experienced a considerable fall.
Monday, September 5th 2022 - 09:39 UTC
Greenpeace dropped a chain of boulders in UK's MPA South West Deeps to prevent industrial trawling

Greenpeace UK activists have dropped boulders into the English Channel at the South West Deeps (190 kilometers south of Land's End Cornwall) to prevent industrial trawling. The South West Deeps is one of the UK’s Marine Protected Areas and Greenpeace says the boulder barrier will stop industrial bottom trawlers from dragging weighted nets across the sea floor.
Monday, September 5th 2022 - 09:35 UTC
Brits dumping their pets because of rising cost of living

The UK's Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, RSPCA, has revealed it received more than 100 reports of animals being abandoned every single day throughout 2021 and sadly these figures are on the rise this year.
Monday, September 5th 2022 - 09:29 UTC
World's largest offshore wind farm is Hornsea project 2, in Yorkshire

The world's largest offshore wind farm is now fully operational, 55 miles off the coast of Yorkshire. The Hornsea 2 project with 165 turbines can generate enough electricity to power about 1.3 million homes - that's enough for a city the size of Manchester.
Monday, September 5th 2022 - 08:33 UTC
IMF Approves Two-Year US$18.5 Billion Flexible Credit Line for Chile

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a two-year arrangement for Chile under the Flexible Credit Line (FCL) in the amount of SDR 13.954 billion (about US$18.5 billion; 800 percent of quota).
Monday, September 5th 2022 - 05:02 UTC
Liz Truss promises to cut taxes and boost energy supplies, but won't say how until she's at 10 Downing Street

Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Secretary Mary Elizabeth Truss, who this week most probably will become the United Kingdom´s next prime minister has pledged to act within a week to tackle the cost-of-living situation, fueled by soaring energy bills and food prices, arguing she understands the magnitude of problems faced by the country.