Stories for November 2022

Monday, November 21st 2022 - 10:42 UTC
Princess Anne visits MPC and meets Falklands' residents at a reception

Princess Anne during her third day in the Falkland Islands was at Mount Pleasant Complex, where she was able to meet military staff from the different services and observe much of the equipment deployed to ensure the defense of the Islands and the security of the international airport, the air bridge linking with UK.
Monday, November 21st 2022 - 10:26 UTC
Lacalle Pou to seek Uruguay's joining TPP

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou announced his country would apply to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership, in a move to have access to more competitive tariffs, which has caused a stir with Mercosur and could jeopardize other negotiations with China, it was reported.
Monday, November 21st 2022 - 10:26 UTC
World Trade Union congress demands a new social contract ahead of impending economic downturn

The world is on the brink of a historic economic downturn with disastrous outcomes for working people in all regions unless governments urgently implement a new social contract, delegates have been told at the 5th ITUC World Congress, Melbourne, Australia.
Monday, November 21st 2022 - 10:19 UTC
Black Sea corridor for Ukraine grain exports renewed; Russia expects similar conditions for its fertilizers

The UN and Turkey-sponsored deal aimed at easing global food shortages by facilitating Ukraine’s agricultural exports from its southern Black Sea ports was extended for 120 days last Friday, though Moscow complained that its own demands had not been fully addressed.
Monday, November 21st 2022 - 10:14 UTC
Five people dead after shooting at gay club in US

At least five people were killed and 25 others were injured shortly before midnight Saturday at a gay bar in the US State of Colorado, where a shooting took place at 11.57 p.m. local time.
Monday, November 21st 2022 - 10:13 UTC
Brazilian 2022 exports of soybean estimated to reach 78 million tons, and corn some 40 million tons

Brazil’s soybean exports are expected to reach 78 million tons this year, 9.3% down from 86.3 million tons in 2021, according to the grain exporters’ association Anec. But the figure is 2.5 million tons higher than the previous 75.5 million tons estimate for full-year soybean shipments.
Monday, November 21st 2022 - 10:02 UTC
Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance Week, misuse and overuse of antibiotics threaten humans and animals

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO, the UN Environment Program, UNEP, the World Health Organization, WHO, and the World Organization for Animal Health, OIE, known as the Quadripartite are joining forces on the initiative to underscore the threat Antimicrobial Resistance, AMR, presents to humans, animals, plants, ecosystems, and livelihoods.
Monday, November 21st 2022 - 10:01 UTC
Biden becomes US oldest serving president

Joseph Biden Sunday became the first US President to turn 80 while in office. Despite his recent lapses, he has hinted he would seek reelection in 2024, a subject still under debate within the Democratic Party.
Monday, November 21st 2022 - 09:52 UTC
New trawler-freezer to join Falkland’s squid fisheries in 2024

Shipbuilders Nodosa from Marin in Galicia, Spain has formalized the construction of a new freezer trawler, for Orion Fishing Company Ltd., an association of Pereira SA from Vigo with the Falkland Islands Argos Group Ltd. The new trawler is scheduled to be delivered in 2024.
Monday, November 21st 2022 - 09:33 UTC
Brazil a leading power in digitalization of public services, World Bank says

A World Bank study released Sunday in Brasilia showed the largest South American country was second globally among 198 economies in the digitalization of public service structures.