Stories for October 2022

Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 10:09 UTC
Liz Truss after long term gas provision deals with Norway and Qatar

The new government of Liz Truss is focusing in long-term gas deals with Norway, Qatar and other countries, as energy supply has become the priority of the United Kingdom and ensuring heating and lights this winter.
Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Moscow estimates “annexed” Ukrainian territories will add 5 million tons of grains to Russian harvest

Russia’s grain harvest is set to grow by some five million tons annually because of the recent incorporation of four Russian-majority Ukrainian territories, Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev said this week.
Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 09:57 UTC
Argentine scientists studying death of Southern right whales on the Patagonia coast

Members of Argentina's INIDEP, the Fisheries Research and Development Institute, are working in Puerto Madryn to determine the cause of the sudden increase in the death of the Southern right whale, with dead corpses along the coast of the Valdes Peninsula, a mating and rest place for the migrating cetaceans.
Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 09:49 UTC
“Click chemistry” developers awarded Nobel Prize

Caroline R. Bertozzi and Barry Sharpless of the United States have been awarded the 2022 Chemistry Nobel Prize together with Denmark's Morten Meldal for making difficult things easy, it was announced.
Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 09:38 UTC
OPEC+ puts pressure on western countries with strict output cut

The price of gas at pumps for drivers worldwide might soon go up once again after OPEC+ countries at a meeting in Vienna agreed on to deepest production cut since the Covid-19 pandemic.
Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 09:30 UTC
Brazil celebrates 34th anniversary of new constitution

Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Wednesday held a ceremony marking the 34th anniversary of the Constitution, drafted after the country's return to democratic rule.
Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 09:11 UTC
Mortgage rates in UK on the rise, first time since 2014

Mortgage rates in the UK have been going up for months, but recorded a sharp increase in response to the fall-out from the mini-budget nearly two weeks ago. First-time buyers and those looking to remortgage are affected.
Wednesday, October 5th 2022 - 19:39 UTC
Macri launches new book – 2023 candidacy imminent?

Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri launched his new book “Para qué” (What for), which will be available at stores on Oct. 18, it was announced.
Wednesday, October 5th 2022 - 19:18 UTC
Conductor Daniel Barenboim admits to neurological condition

Argentine-born conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim, KBE, has canceled his musical engagements for the coming months due to health issues, it was reported Wednesday.
Wednesday, October 5th 2022 - 19:12 UTC
Bolsonaro receives fresh support from State governors

Brazil's incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro was told Wednesday that he would be endorsed by the reelected governor of the Federal District Ibaneis Rocha, for the Oct. 30 runoff against Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva of the Workers' Party (PT), it was announced at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia.