Stories for 2022

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.
Monday, November 7th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
World Meteorological Organization: Grim forecast at the launching of COP27

Earth's warming weather and rising seas are getting worse, with the situation deteriorating faster than ever, the World Meteorological Organization revealed in a new report.
Monday, November 7th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Royal Navy's Type 26s delayed by a year at an extra cost of £233m

UK Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace told MPs in a statement that Initial Operating Capability (IOC) for the Type 26s – dubbed the workhorses of the warship fleet – will now be reached in October 2028 instead of the planned October 2027, and with a cost growth of £233million.
Monday, November 7th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Falklands forecasting record hake catch, plus 62,000 tons

The Falkland Islands Department of Natural Resource has announced that the reception of application forms for the Illex packs for the 2023 season must be completed by 16th November 2022.
Monday, November 7th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Brazil soaring exports of corn and soybeans

Brazil maize exports reached almost 32 million tons in the first ten months of the year, which is more than double the volume shipped in the same period in 202, (14,5 million tons), according to the country's National Association of Cereal Exporters, ANEC.
Monday, November 7th 2022 - 09:52 UTC
“Macri is the enemy,” Máximo Kirchner tells Peronist convention

Argentine Deputy Máximo Kirchner said during a Justicialist Party (PJ) Convention in Mar del Plata that “the adversary of the Argentine society, and not only of Peronism, is former president [Mauricio] Macri.”
Monday, November 7th 2022 - 09:48 UTC
Peruvians want Castillo to resign

Residents of Peru's largest cities including the capital, Lima, took to the streets during the weekend demanding the resignation of President Pedro Castillo Terrones, who has been involved in several corruption scandals since taking office over a year ago.
Monday, November 7th 2022 - 09:40 UTC
Runasur launched in Buenos Aires

Delegations from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela Sunday formally signed Runasur's “Declaration of Buenos Aires,” launching the group promoted by former Bolivian leader Evo Morales.