Stories for January 2023

Friday, January 27th 2023 - 09:54 UTC
WHO Committee to declare end of Covid-19 emergency?

An Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization convening Friday might decide to declare the end of the “public health emergency” stemming from Covid-19. The committee's decision is to be announced on Jan. 30.
Friday, January 27th 2023 - 09:51 UTC
Presidents Lula and Macron discuss democracy and the environment

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva Thursday discussed the future of democracy and the current environmental crisis over the telephone with his French colleague Emmanuel Macron in a conversation that lasted more than one hour, Agencia Brasil reported.
Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 18:33 UTC
Massa signs deal with FAO chief Qu Dongyu

Argentina's Superminister of Economy and Production Sergio Massa signed an agreement with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Director General Qu Dongyu during the latter's trip to Buenos Aires for the VII Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) Summit.
Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 18:06 UTC
Díaz-Canel visits Maduro on his way back home from Celac Summit

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Thursday said his meeting the day before with his Venezuelan colleague Nicolás Maduro was highly successful. Díaz-Canel made a stop on his way back from the VII Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) Summit in Buenos Aires.
Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 10:58 UTC
Peru: Boluarte asks for multinational endorsement to early elections

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte Wednesday asked the international community to endorse the holding of early elections in Peru, which she had already entrusted Congress with devising. She also said every possible solution should be within constitutional boundaries.
Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 10:21 UTC
Yanomami people crisis to be treated as genocide

Brazil's Federal Police is to investigate the sanitary crisis among the Yanomami people as a crime of genocide, Justice Minister Flávio Dino said Wednesday.
Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 10:15 UTC
UN High Commissioner due in Venezuela to address the human rights crisis

United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights Volker Türk is arriving Thursday in Caracas from Colombia for talks with the Nicolás Maduro administration about human rights, where the latest reports have been anything but favorable.
Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 10:11 UTC
Celebrating “Burns supper” at BAS Rothera Research Station Antarctica

Some 140 people, including 50 Scots, have gathered for the biggest-ever Burns supper held in Antarctica. Workers at the British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera Research Station in Antarctica celebrated the life of Robert Burns at what is believed to be the world’s most southerly knees-up on Saturday 21 January.
Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 10:06 UTC
Falklands Veterinary Service reports Avian pox amongst Gentoo penguins

The Veterinary Service section from the Falkland Islands Department of Agriculture has announced that it has received a reported outbreak of avian pox amongst Gentoo penguins in the Falklands.
Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 10:02 UTC
Argentine banks short of storage capacity to pile the rapidly depreciating Pesos

Argentina has been plagued by economic and financial instability for years and years, and its overall situation has worsened considerably in recent years, with the country once again defaulting on its debt in 2020 and having been forced to turn to capital controls to protect its national currency.