Stories for November 2022

Wednesday, November 30th 2022 - 10:13 UTC
South Georgia Museum open for business; 113 cruises booked to visit the Island

The Museum on South Georgia is fully open and offering all its services for the first time since its early closure during 2019-20 season. It was closed slightly early in March 2020 due to the global pandemic and remained closed the following summer and then a very small team managed to partially operate the museum for part of last (2021-22) season.
Wednesday, November 30th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Pervasive, heinous “Gaslighting” the word of the year for Merriam Webster

“Gaslighting”, mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful is Merriam Webster word of the year. According to Merriam Webster lookups for the word increased 1,740% in 2022 over the year before. But something else happened. There wasn't a single event that drove significant spikes in the curiosity, as it usually goes with the chosen word of the year. But gaslighting was pervasive.
Wednesday, November 30th 2022 - 09:59 UTC
Deepwater oil and gas production, the fastest growing segment of the industry

Deepwater hydrocarbon production remains the fastest-growing upstream oil and gas segment with output expected to hit 10.4 million boe/d this year from just 300,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) in 1990.
Wednesday, November 30th 2022 - 09:51 UTC
Falklands: UK Overseas Territories shadow minister reaffirms Labour's resolute support

Cardiff South and Penarth Labour MP Stephen Doughty has reported on his visit to the Falkland Islands to mark the fortieth anniversary of the Liberation of the Islands, where he paid tribute to the men of Wales who lost their lives during the 1982 conflict and reaffirmed Labour's resolute support for the South Atlantic overseas territory.
Wednesday, November 30th 2022 - 09:46 UTC
Foreign tourists spend record-high amounts in Brazil

Foreign travelers have left behind record-high amounts of money in Brazil, according to a Central Bank (BCB) report released Tuesday.
Wednesday, November 30th 2022 - 09:38 UTC
Ukraine remembers the millions condemned to starvation in 1932/33 by Russia's Joseph Stalin

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky remembered the victims of the 1932-1933 famine, or Holodomor (death by starvation in Ukrainian) when Soviet leader Joseph Stalin ordered the seizure of all grain and livestock from the newly Ukraine collectivized farms to counter rejection to the Moscow decision.
Wednesday, November 30th 2022 - 08:02 UTC
Argentine scientists foresee return of COVID-19 protocols

Argentine healthcare professionals are pushing for the return of mandatory facemasks and a speedy update of people's vaccination schemes in light of the increasing number of COVID-19 cases nationwide.
Tuesday, November 29th 2022 - 23:56 UTC
Uruguay: former presidential bodyguard allegedly spied on opposition senators; Justice investigates

The analysis of hundreds of WhatsApp chats recovered from the cell phone of Alejandro Astesiano, the former personal custodian of Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou, continues to provide investigators with crucial material in an unprecedented court case in Uruguay's political history.
Tuesday, November 29th 2022 - 23:13 UTC
Argentina's first-ever openly gay minister resigns

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday accepted the resignation of the country's first-ever openly gay cabinet member. Transport Minister Alexis Guerrera announced he would leave his post due to health-related “strictly personal matters.”
Tuesday, November 29th 2022 - 23:00 UTC
Ecuador first South Americans eliminated from Qatar 2022 Cup

Ecuador became the first Soth American team to be eliminated from the Qatar 2022 football World Cup following Tuesday's 2-1 loss to Senegal, while The Netherlands finished top of Group A by defeating the hosts 2-0 to book an appointment with the United States in the round of 16.