Stories for 2022

Monday, August 1st 2022 - 07:00 UTC
Biden tests positive again for COVID-19 after just a few days

US President Joseph Biden has tested positive again for COVID-19, the White House reported. According to his head physician, he “continues to feel well” and is asymptomatic but will nonetheless work from isolation.
Monday, August 1st 2022 - 06:52 UTC
Pelosi not to cancel Asian tour but mum about Taiwan

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who is second in line to the presidential succession, has announced she would carry on with her plans to lead a delegation of lawmakers from her country on an Asian tour, but there was no mention of Taiwan.
Saturday, July 30th 2022 - 10:18 UTC
Argentine authorities highlight actions taken against human trafficking

Argentine Ministers Santiago Cafiero (Foreign Affairs) and Martín Soria (Justice and Human Rights) Friday highlighted the implementation of the Fund for Direct Assistance to Victims of Trafficking, during a series of roundtables at the San Martín Palace marking World Day against People Trafficking.
Saturday, July 30th 2022 - 10:09 UTC
IDB changes mind, and is again prepared to extend development loans to Argentina

Only last Monday Mauricio Claver-Carone, president of the Inter American Development Bank, IDB, published a letter in the Wall Street Journal blasting “Argentina's tumultuous financial record”, adding that IDB ”cannot rubber-stamp loan requests, without prudently ensuring it has a development impact.”
Saturday, July 30th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Calm before the storm feeling over Rep. Pelosi's planned Taiwan trip

As US Lower House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is said to be planning a trip to Taiwan, China's Armed Forces have been reported to be preparing for war and might even try to shoot down the Democratic Congresswoman's aircraft.
Saturday, July 30th 2022 - 09:54 UTC
Bolsonaro insists on privatization of the port of Santos by end of the year

The Brazilian port of Santos the largest and busiest of South America, is in the short list of government assets to be privatized by the end of the year, according to a decree published in the Federal Gazette, and signed by president Jair Bolsonaro.
Saturday, July 30th 2022 - 09:52 UTC
Brazil's incipient fish farming industry doubles export revenue in first half 2022

Brazil's incipient fish farmed exports in the second half to 2022, doubled in value and increased 14% in volume compared to Jan/July 2021. In effect sales reached US$ 14,3 million, from US$ 7,2 million y-to-y, with volume increasing to 4,931 tons from 4,327 tons.
Saturday, July 30th 2022 - 09:41 UTC
Praise for FIDF from UK Forces, “one of the best equipped reserve forces”

The Falkland Islands are the UK's most remote overseas territory, being more than 8,000 miles away from Britain. The isolated nature of the Islands means that the troops stationed there must be almost self-sufficient.
Saturday, July 30th 2022 - 09:06 UTC
Despite the political upheaval, Argentine farmers are expecting plentiful corn and wheat crops

Despite the political upheaval in Argentina, which seems to have temporarily quietened, whether preparing for an even worse storm, or heading for a reasonable path of rationality yet to be seen, the country one of the world's most efficient breadbasket, is again managing extraordinary crops of corn and wheat.
Saturday, July 30th 2022 - 08:21 UTC
WHO concerned over hepatitis “of unknown origin” among children

The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed its concern over an outbreak of hepatitis “of unknown origin” among children. The agency also reported said it was working “side by side” with authorities in the affected countries to understand the cause of this infection.