Stories for December 2022

Monday, December 12th 2022 - 19:34 UTC
Protesters in Peru seize Arequipa airport in demand of Castillo's release

Supporters of deposed President Pedro Castillo Terrones have seized the airport at the Peruvian town of Arequipa in a move to demand the resignation of Vice President Dina Boluarte, who was sworn in as the new head of state following the Peru Libre leader's impeachment after he announced he was dissolving Parliament.
Monday, December 12th 2022 - 19:25 UTC
Lybian suspect handed over to US to stand trial for 1988 bombing

The arrest of a Lybian secret service operative suspected of having assembled and triggered the bomb that killed 270 people aboard PanAm's Flight 103 as it went off when the aircraft was overflying the Scottish town of Lockerbie on Dec. 21, 1988, has been confirmed Sunday.
Monday, December 12th 2022 - 19:20 UTC
Argentina: Prosecutor who got CFK convicted assaulted at a restaurant

Argentine Prosecutor Diego Luciani, who earlier this month got Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) convicted of corruption in the National Highway Directorate (DNV) case, was assaulted during the weekend while dining at a Mar del Plata restaurant.
Monday, December 12th 2022 - 18:36 UTC
United Kingdom calls for global community to continue fight against corruption

At the International Anti-Corruption Conference in Washington DC, the United Kingdom delegation emphasized the need for the global community to continue fighting illicit finance and corruption.
Monday, December 12th 2022 - 18:34 UTC
November record breaking booking month for Norwegian Cruise Line

Norwegian Cruise Line announced in a press release that November was a record-breaking booking month, “the best booking day in the cruise line’s history, and November 28 was the best booked Cyber Monday, allowing NCL to achieve a record booking week for the week ending November 25,”
Monday, December 12th 2022 - 18:32 UTC
Cruise industry full of optimism; Norwegian Prima chosen the best vessel in the Ocean category

The best new cruise ship of 2022 has gone to Norwegian Prima, in the Ocean category of the Cruise Critic Editors' Pick Award. The vessel has 3099 guests and 1,506 crew, with a three level race track and slides that are 10-stories tall.
Monday, December 12th 2022 - 18:29 UTC
US sanctions Chinese companies and owners for human rights abuses and illegal fishing

United States imposed sanctions on Chinese companies, including Nasdaq-listed Pingtan Marine Enterprises, Ltd., over what Washington says are human rights abuses linked to Beijing's illegal fishing.
Monday, December 12th 2022 - 18:29 UTC
EU/UK Epica project to determine Antarctica age by drilling the ice core

Scientists have returned to East Antarctica this month to locate the oldest ice on Earth. The team is part of an EU-funded research consortium from 10 European countries whose aim is to drill an ice core to capture 1.5 million years of Earth’s climate history. The project, Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice, will answer important questions about big shifts in the past record of Earth’s climate.
Monday, December 12th 2022 - 18:00 UTC
Continued UK extreme weather, snow and ice, have caused multiple travel disruptions

Extreme weather conditions in the United Kingdom have caused travel disruption, with delayed trains, motorway accidents and flights from Heathrow cancelled on Sunday morning.
Monday, December 12th 2022 - 16:15 UTC
Social leaders linked to government coalition murdered in Colombia

Unknown assassins killed in the last 72 hours two Colombian social leaders linked to the leftist Historic Pact, the government coalition of President Gustavo Petro, in the department of Bolivar, located in the north of the country, members of that group reported Sunday.