Stories for 2022

Saturday, October 1st 2022 - 10:08 UTC
Rio de Janeiro says meningitis cases on the rise

Health authorities in the Brazilian State of Rio de Janeiro have announced the number of cases of meningitis recorded so far in 2022 already exceeds those detected all throughout 2021.
Saturday, October 1st 2022 - 10:04 UTC
Annexation of Ukrainian territories to Russia formalized in Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday announced the annexation of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine following the outcome of the referendums, according to which a large majority of locals wanted to sever ties with Kyiv.
Saturday, October 1st 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Hake fishing halted for conservation purposes

Authorities from Uruguay and Argentina have agreed to halt hake capture effective Oct. 1 on a temporary basis to preserve the species, it was announced.
Saturday, October 1st 2022 - 09:59 UTC
Labour Conference votes a manifesto commitment to proportional representation

The Labour Party Conference has voted for a manifesto commitment to proportional representation for general elections. This is described as a massive moment for democracy in the UK. Now all major parties, bar the Conservatives, are united on the need for electoral reform and committed to delivering a fair electoral system where every vote counts.
Saturday, October 1st 2022 - 09:47 UTC
Fourth Committee on Decolonization approves program for UN General Assembly 77th session

The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization Committee) approved its work program for the seventy-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly, covering topics ranging from the decolonization of the 17 remaining Non-Self-Governing Territories and United Nations peacekeeping operations, to the plight of Palestinian refugees and other Arab territories, among other agenda items.
Saturday, October 1st 2022 - 09:40 UTC
Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng play, “Britannia Unhinged”

By Gwynne Dyer – “The Queen’s final act of service to the nation was to selflessly buy the economy one last fortnight,” said one tweet when all four wheels finally came off the British economy.
Friday, September 30th 2022 - 23:48 UTC
Lula and Bolsonaro trade accusations in last TV debate

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva (PT) and the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro (PL) Thursday engaged in bitter arguments during the last TV debate ahead of Sunday's elections.
Friday, September 30th 2022 - 19:05 UTC
Unemployment keeps falling in Brazil as elections loom over

Unemployment in South America's largest country has dropped to 8.9% in the quarter ending in August, following a 0.9 decrease that month, according to a study published Friday by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
Friday, September 30th 2022 - 19:03 UTC
One official dead as Paraguay's Electoral Court HQs go down in flames

One person was killed in Asunción as the headquarters of Paraguay's Superior Tribunal of Electoral Justice (TSJE) went on fire Thursday two and a half months before the primaries. Thousands of electronic ballot boxes were also engulfed by the flames-
Friday, September 30th 2022 - 18:55 UTC
Chilean President a “lapdog” of the US for Nicaragua's Ortega

Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega Wednesday dubbed Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font a “lapdog” of the US administration and insisted it had become fashionable to request the release of political prisoners in his country.