Stories for November 2022

Wednesday, November 16th 2022 - 09:42 UTC
Kenji Fujimori gets suspended jail sentence

A court of law in Lima Tuesday handed down a 4.5-year jail sentence against former Congressman Kenji Fujimori and two other defendants in an influence-peddling case.
Wednesday, November 16th 2022 - 09:24 UTC
Brazil signs biodiversity deal with Indonesia and Congo

Brazil's Foreign Ministry announced that the South American country had reached a biodiversity agreement with Indonesia and Congo to preserve their respective tropical rainforests, which are the largest in the world.
Wednesday, November 16th 2022 - 09:00 UTC
The Red Ensign Group at the Amsterdam Superyacht Forum

Evolve or repeat – the stark message of this year’s Superyacht Forum – will see members of the Red Ensign Group (REG) (*) driving forward discussions about the future of the industry.
Wednesday, November 16th 2022 - 08:41 UTC
Venezuela to defend Essequibo case before ICJ

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Thursday announced that his administration would resort to The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) to solve the territorial dispute with Guyana over the Essequibo region.
Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 19:30 UTC
Moderna says updated vaccine available to Uruguay has stronger antibody response

The Moderna laboratories Tuesday reported that their two bivalent Omicron-targeting new messenger RNA (mRNA) technology booster vaccines (mRNA-1273.214 and mRNA-1273.222) have a superior antibody response compared to a booster dose of the basic RNA vaccine.
Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 19:18 UTC
World population crosses 8-billion threshold, UN says

According to an assessment from the United Nations (UN), the world's population Tuesday crossed the 8-billion-people threshold, which represented an “unprecedented growth” from the 2.5 billion humans living on Earth by 1950.
Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 19:14 UTC
FIFA Chief calls for truce during football World Cup

FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who is in Bali attending the G20 Summit, Tuesday called for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine and recalled that the former hosted the 2018 World Cup finals and the latter is vying to co-organize the 2030 event with Spain and Portugal.
Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 14:04 UTC
President Fernández recovers in time for Xi Jinping meeting

Argentine President Alberto Fernández overcame his bout of low blood pressure and was able to meet with his Chinese colleague Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Bali.
Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 10:01 UTC
UK, US, EU discussing continuation of Black Sea Grain Deal with Russia

UK Foreign Secretary, High Representative of the European Union, and US Secretary of State gave a statement on global food security and Russia sanctions. The statement follows on Russia's complaints that it saw no progress on easing its exports of fertilizers and grain – parts of the Black Sea grain deal that Moscow views as fundamental to extending the initiative beyond next week.
Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 09:50 UTC
CFK insists Judiciary Party all out against her

Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) Monday insisted Prosecutor Diego Luciani and “The judiciary party” were “at full strength” against her. Earlier in the day, she recused Judge María Eugenia Capuchetti from the assassination attempt case.