Stories for October 2022

Tuesday, October 11th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Minor accident disrupts operations at a Sao Paulo airport for a day

São Paulo's Congonhas Airport saw thousands of travelers cramming through the halls as operations were delayed for an average of 9 hours Sunday after a small-size aircraft suffered an accident that prevented the main runway from being used.
Tuesday, October 11th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Assange isolated inside prison after testing positive for COVID-19

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, housed at Belmarsh prison in the UK awaiting extradition to the United States, has been reported to have tested positive for COVID-19 while his wife harbors fears over his well-being.
Monday, October 10th 2022 - 19:07 UTC
Bolsonaro not welcome at Catholic celebration

Catholic authorities in the Brazilian city of Belém condemned the political use of the Cirio festivities, arguably the largest worship celebration in Latin America, ahead of the presidential runoff scheduled for Oct. 30.
Monday, October 10th 2022 - 19:05 UTC
Bolsonaro and Lula score separate TSE victories

Former President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva's team has been banned from further using campaign ads linking the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro to cannibalism.
Monday, October 10th 2022 - 18:59 UTC
Scientists reach world's tallest tree, where did they find it?

A group of scientists has found the world's tallest tree, a towering specimen the size of a 25-story building in the Amazon rainforest, it was reported this weekend.
Monday, October 10th 2022 - 18:55 UTC
Nobel Economics Prize split among 3 US scholars

The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond, and Philip H. Dybvig of the United States “for their research on banks and financial crises,” it was announced in Stockholm Monday.
Monday, October 10th 2022 - 10:50 UTC
China increasingly aggressive on the Falklands: “UK stubbornly clings to its colonial sin”

The following is the lead editorial of China Daily's 6 October edition, a newspaper belonging to the Chinese Communist Party editorial and refers to the recent Organization of American States declaration in support of Argentina's claims of Falkland Islands sovereignty.
Monday, October 10th 2022 - 10:43 UTC
Chilean Senator outraged at Argentine ministers' Antarctica trip

A Chilean opposition Senator has voiced his concern over the recent presence of Argentine Ministers Jorge Taiana, Daniel Filmus, and Carla Vizotti in Antarctica, as both countries' claims over the territory overlap
Monday, October 10th 2022 - 10:34 UTC
Argentine gov't facing cabinet reshuffle

Argentine President Alberto Fernández is facing a cabinet reshuffle after two other ministers followed up on Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta's resignation last week as Minister of Women, Gender, and Diversity.
Monday, October 10th 2022 - 10:31 UTC
Madrid mayor pledges not to allow Peronism 'fiscal populism' into Spain

The mayor of Spain's capital Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, and a rising star among the conservative Popular Party has condemned the Spanish Socialist government accusing it of following Argentine Peronism populist policies, underlining that “here in Spain people want to be free”