Stories for November 2022

Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 09:00 UTC
Five Venezuelan officers killed in military plane crash

Venezuelan authorities have confirmed that five people died Sunday morning when a single-engined Cessna Caravan turboprop from the Bolivarian Military forces crashed in the town of Puerto Ayacucho, capital of Amazonas state (south).
Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 08:58 UTC
Falkland Islands lists Covid-19 as endemic, in the same manner as other viral illnesses

On Wednesday 29 June the Falkland Islands King Edward Memorial Hospital, KEMH, announced that as Covid-19 infection rates continued to be low, following the initial spike in cases seen in May 2022, Covid-19 is now considered endemic in the Falkland Islands.
Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 08:52 UTC
British Antarctic Survey participating at the UN COP27 convention in Egypt

British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists will participate in the 27th session of the United Nations National Framework Convention on Climate Change, hosted by the Arab Republic of Egypt until 18 November 2022 at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre.
Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 08:51 UTC
Commercial flights resumed between Caracas and Bogota

A Turpial Boeing 737-400 from Caracas landed in Bogota's Eldorado International airport late Monday, thus marking the resumption of air connectivity between Venezuela and Colombia following the return to full diplomatic ties.
Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 08:39 UTC
Mar del Plata fishermen go on two-day strike over wage bargaining

Fishermen of Mar del Plata's deep-sea Monday launched a 48-hour strike in demand of wage increases of up to 100% to cope with Argentina's inflation and after negotiations with the Business Chambers Caabpa and Caipa yielded no results.
Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 03:51 UTC
Macron and Maduro bump into each other at COP27

Presidents Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela and Emmanuel Macron of France held a conversation on the sidelines of the COP27 Climate Summit at the Egyptian Red Sea por of Sharm l-Sheikh during which they agreed to work together toward mutual environmental goals.
Monday, November 7th 2022 - 20:14 UTC
CFK too smart to run for President again, says Pepe Mujica

Former Uruguayan President Pepe Mujica said Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) is too smart to run for the Casa Rosada next year, according to an interview published by Montevideo's El Observador.
Monday, November 7th 2022 - 20:00 UTC
More than half of the occupants survive plane crash in Tanzania

A Tanzanian passenger twin turboprop aircraft ditched into Lake Victoria Sunday during a landing attempt at an airport in the lakeside town of Bukoba amid stormy weather. It was later reported that 19 Precision Air ATR 42-500 aircraft occupants were killed, but many others survived.
Monday, November 7th 2022 - 10:35 UTC
Foreign Office' Travel Advice on the Falklands: US$ 200,000 medical insurance

The Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office updated last week its travel advice on the Falkland Islands, underlining that all visitors must have comprehensive travel and medical insurance, including at least US$ 200,000 for medical evacuation.
Monday, November 7th 2022 - 10:23 UTC
Will Mastodon become a serious threat for Musk's Twitter?

Mastodon is rapidly becoming one of the alternative platforms of Twitter, a social network with over 655,000 users with some 230,000 joining in the last few days, following on the takeover of the huge platform by billionaire Elon Musk.