Stories for September 2022

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.
Saturday, September 3rd 2022 - 10:34 UTC
Bomb trap kills 7 in Colombia

Seven police officers were killed Friday after an explosive device went off Friday afternoon near the Colombian municipality of Neiva in the department of Huila.
Saturday, September 3rd 2022 - 10:26 UTC
Dr. Tedros hopeful about future of monkeypox

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Friday told reporters that the recent decline in monkeypox cases in North America and Europe proved that shows that the current outbreak of the malady can be stopped.
Saturday, September 3rd 2022 - 10:20 UTC
Bolsonaro regrets attack against CFK despite personal differences

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Friday said he regretted Thursday's assassination attempt on Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) despite his personal disliking of her.
Saturday, September 3rd 2022 - 10:10 UTC
US to increase military aid to Taiwan

Funding worth more than US$ 1.1 billion has been pledged from the United States to Taiwan, according to Pentagon sources quoted Friday by the press. The measure will help the island strengthen its missile and radar systems, a State Department spokesman also said.