Stories for November 2022

Monday, November 14th 2022 - 18:05 UTC
Former Brazilian lawmaker gets 50-year jail term

Former Brazilian federal Congresswoman Flordelis dos Santos has been sentenced to 50 years and 28 days in prison for the June 16, 2019, murder of her husband, Pastor Anderson do Carmo.
Monday, November 14th 2022 - 10:55 UTC
Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon hits record highs

Brazil's Amazon lost 903.8 square kilometers of forest during the month of October of 2022, which is tantamount to 3% more than in the same period last year, the National Institute of Special Research (INPE) reported during the weekend.
Monday, November 14th 2022 - 10:44 UTC
Hundreds attended Remembrance Sunday commemoration in the Falklands

As planned Remembrance Sunday, 13 November in the Falkland Islands was joined by a huge crowd of residents and broadcast live to the UK, since some 130 Falklands War Veterans and next of kin were in the Islands for the first time since the end of the conflict in 1982.
Monday, November 14th 2022 - 10:30 UTC
Leftwing newspaper HQs in Brazil attacked

An unidentified assailant has fired several shots with a handgun at the headquarters of the leftwing leaning Rondoniaovivo newspaper in the city of Porto Velho, in the Brazilian State of Rondônia.
Monday, November 14th 2022 - 10:25 UTC
Brazil's auto industry production and exports in solid recovery

In the first ten months of 2022, Brazil exported 406 thousand car units, representing an increase of 32.4% compared to the same period in 2021. In this context, exports to countries such as Chile, Colombia, and Mexico stood out as the main export destinations for the Brazilian automotive industry.
Monday, November 14th 2022 - 10:12 UTC
Charles leads Remembrance as King; Falklands present at the Cenotaph with a floral wreath

King Charles III led the Remembrance Sunday service at London's Cenotaph for the first time as monarch to honor Britain's war dead and in a special year, marking the 40th anniversary of the Falklands War.
Monday, November 14th 2022 - 10:08 UTC
Shipping industry addresses decarbonization goals: training of 800,000 seafarers required

A new action plan, launched at the COP27 climate conference in Egypt by United Nations organizations, ship-owners and unions, sets out recommendations to up skill seafarers to meet shipping’s decarbonization goals.
Monday, November 14th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
G20 devises “insufficient” pandemic response fund

Indonesian President Joko Wikodo Sunday announced the creation by the G20 countries of a special US$1.4 billion readiness fund for future pandemics.
Monday, November 14th 2022 - 09:58 UTC
Argentina expected wheat production down drastically because of drought

The 2022/23 wheat harvest forecast in Argentina has been cut to 11.8 million tons, down from 13.7 million tons previously, the Rosario grains exchange said in its latest report, warning it could fall further amid a protracted drought that is causing great losses for farmers and foreign currency short Argentina.
Monday, November 14th 2022 - 09:49 UTC
Democrats retain grip of US Senate after Nevada's results

US President Joseph Biden's Democratic Party retained control of the Senate after Catherine Cortez Masto's win against Republican Adam Laxalt in Nevada was confirmed during the weekend.