Stories for December 22nd 2022

Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 10:14 UTC
EU and US satellites together with BAS calibrating ice at Weddell Sea

An ambitious flying campaign out of British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera Research Station over the Weddell Sea this month (December) aims to calibrate the data collected from two important satellites that monitor Antarctic sea ice.
Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 10:12 UTC
Indec reports Argentina's unemployment in 3Q at 7.1%

Unemployment in Argentina in the third quarter of 2022 was 7.1%, according to a National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) report released Wednesday.
Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 10:09 UTC
Quito opens first subway line in a peculiar way

Ecuadorian authorities Wednesday celebrated the opening of Quito's first subway line, which will for now not be operational. In other words, trains will not be running until a later date, but the stations are open for people to get used to the new system. “Static induction,” they call it.
Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 10:07 UTC
Bird flu spreading fast in northern Chile

Chile's Agriculture and Livestock Service Wednesday reported 1,030 bird deaths due to avian flu in northern regions of the country, at the same time Europe goes through the worst-ever outbreak of the disease.
Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 10:02 UTC
Uruguay brings forwards Covid-19 vaccination as cases soar

Uruguay's Health Minister Daniel Salinas Wednesday announced that the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 due to start in March 2023 had been moved forward in light of an increasing number of infections.
Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Technical issue impacting Falklands' government departments

The Falkland Islands Government released on Wednesday the following statement: ”The public will be aware that KEMH (Stanley Hospital) have been experiencing technical difficulties this Wednesday.
Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 09:57 UTC
Pelé health takes turn for the worse

The latest reports from Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein Hospital regarding Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé, were anything but encouraging Wednesday.
Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 09:52 UTC
Zelenski tells Biden formula for peace needed without compromising sovereignty

Presidents Joseph Biden and Volodymyr Zelenski Wednesday discussed at the White House concrete steps to achieve peace with Russia without compromising Ukraine's sovereignty.
Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 09:52 UTC
Australia patching up relations with China. Aussie foreign minister in Beijing

After years of strained relations, Australia and China have given the first steps to normalization with the visit of Aussie Foreign Minister Penny Wong to Beijing. Ms Wong is the first Australian minister to visit China since 2019 and is leading Canberra's first formal talks in Beijing since 2018.
Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 01:24 UTC
Suspect in murder of Paraguayan prosecutor in Colombia captured in Venezuela

Venezuelan authorities captured in Caracas a sixth suspect in the murder of Paraguayan anti-mafia prosecutor Marcelo Pecci in May, when he was spending his honeymoon on a beach in the Colombian Caribbean, Colombian police reported on Wednesday. His crime has been linked to several judiciary processes, such as Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastian Marset, who allegedly ordered the death of the prosecutor.