Stories for 2022

Wednesday, February 9th 2022 - 09:15 UTC
Saskatchewan to lift all Covid-19 restrictions following protests

The Canadian province of Saskatchewan will lift as of midnight next Sunday all originally imposed as a responde to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced Tuesday. The new measures are a consequence of protests demanding a new approach at the disease, which is currently less severe as opposed to the economic consequences stemming from lockdowns and other limitations imposed on people.
Wednesday, February 9th 2022 - 09:07 UTC
Documents Trump had taken home illegally retrieved

The White House has retrieved 15 boxes containing documents former US President Donald Trump unlawfully took to his Florida Mar-a-lago residence, it was reported.
Tuesday, February 8th 2022 - 21:57 UTC
Rainstorm causes landslide which leaves at least 11 dead in Colombia

Heavy rains in the municipality of Dosquebradas, in the Colombian department of Risaralda, have resulted in a landslide that has killed at least 11 people and left many others injured, it was reported Tuesday.
Tuesday, February 8th 2022 - 21:54 UTC
Bolivia to change Hydrocarbons Law to increase gas output

Bolivia's Deputy Minister of Exploration and Exploitation Daniel Mayta Jiménez Tuesday said that following the discovery of the Margarita 10 well and in a move to foster investment and encourage production, the Hydrocarbons Law 3058 -enacted May 17, 2005- needed changing.
Tuesday, February 8th 2022 - 21:46 UTC
Two people needed hospitalization due to oil spill off Peru's shore

Two people have been hospitalized as a result of the effects of contaminated Pacific Ocean waters stemming from the Repsol oi spill off Callao, Peruvian authorities said Tuesday.
Tuesday, February 8th 2022 - 09:58 UTC
Argentine President already in Barbados for PM meeting

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday landed in Barbados for a meeting Tuesday with Prime Minister Mia Mottley amid strong COVID-19 restrictions for reporters. It is the South American head of state's last stop of an international tour which included Russia and China.
Tuesday, February 8th 2022 - 09:56 UTC
Chile starts applying 4th dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Chile Monday began applying the fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to its population after Jan. 10 additional boosters were injected to people with comorbidities, health care staff and those over 55 years of age as infections due to the Omicron variant was on the rise.
Tuesday, February 8th 2022 - 09:54 UTC
Punta Arenas cruise season: 27 vessels on tours of Antarctica

The Punta Arenas port management company, in the extreme south of Chile, has offered a timetable of cruise vessel activities during the first two weeks of February. According to the program, eleven calls are scheduled in the two weeks to 15 February. Until Sunday 6 February six cruise vessels were effectively called.
Tuesday, February 8th 2022 - 09:53 UTC
Nicaragua decries El Salvador invaded its territorial waters

The Nicaraguan Government of President Daniel Ortega Monday decried military naval forces of El Salvador had violated its maritime spaces for reasons yet to be determined, since there is no bilateral territorial dispute between the two Central American countries.
Tuesday, February 8th 2022 - 09:49 UTC
French and EU investigation into major fisheries incident that caused the death of tons of blue whiting

France's fisheries minister has called for an investigation after a major incident with tons of dead fish drifting off the country's Atlantic coast. Video footage filmed by environmental activists shows a mass of dead fish floating on the sea surface.