Stories for May 2023

Tuesday, May 16th 2023 - 10:37 UTC
Pelé's mausoleum opened, but number of visitors is restricted

Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, also known as Pelé, now has his mausoleum from fans from all over the world to visit. The Memorial Necrópole Ecumênica was opened Monday for as many as 60 daily tourists.
Tuesday, May 16th 2023 - 10:25 UTC
Sunak pledges further help to Ukraine

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Monday promised additional military help in the form of missiles and drones to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting in London. Zelensy is on a support-gathering tour of Europe which included previous stops in Italy, Germany, and France.
Tuesday, May 16th 2023 - 10:19 UTC
Petrobras creates diversity management position

Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras Monday announced the creation of a diversity, equity, and inclusion managerial position, Agencia Brasil reported.
Tuesday, May 16th 2023 - 03:01 UTC
Brazil and UK agree to speed up poultry trade with de-bureaucratization

Brazil's vice president and Minister of Development, Industry, Commerce, and Services, Geraldo Alckmin, announced the UK’s endorsement for the de-bureaucratization of chicken exports from Brazil, in which poultry meat exporters will have zero cost when it comes to the issuing of market Certificates of Origin.
Tuesday, May 16th 2023 - 02:55 UTC
UK Government and British Overseas Territories leaders meet

Following on the success of the Coronation of Charles III, representatives of the UK Overseas Territories had ample time to make political contacts with British members of Parliament, cabinet ministers and other officials, in anticipation of the Joint Ministerial Council on May 11/12.
Tuesday, May 16th 2023 - 02:49 UTC
One Web Low Earth Orbit satellite ground station in St Helena to operate in partnership with Sure

The Low Earth Orbit satellite firm OneWeb is set to place a ground station on the island of St. Helena and take capacity on the island’s trunk of the Equiano subsea cable. Reported in the St Helena Independent, One Web has signed a 10-year ground station agreement with local telco Sure.
Tuesday, May 16th 2023 - 02:00 UTC
Australia approves new coal mine: 2,5 million tons in five years

Despite elected on a climate action platform the Australian government has approved a new coal mine for the first time since it was elected, reports the BBC from Canberra. The government was bound by national environment laws when considering Central Queensland's Isaac River coal mine, a spokeswoman said.
Monday, May 15th 2023 - 10:50 UTC
Shortage of drinking water in Montevideo getting critical

Montevideo Mayor Carolina Cosse will ask the National Emergency System (Sinae) to step in as the shortage of drinking water in the Uruguayan capital gets more and more serious. The city and the Metropolitan area is feared to run out of drinking water in between 20 to 30 days due to lack of rainfall.
Monday, May 15th 2023 - 10:49 UTC
Three governors reelected in Argentina

The governors of the Argentine provinces of La Pampa, Salta, and Tierra del Fuego were reelected Sunday. Meanwhile and following a Federal Supreme Court ruling, San Juan and Tucumán had to postpone their gubernatorial elections, but the former voted for local authorities anyway, while the latter adjourned the process altogether.
Monday, May 15th 2023 - 10:45 UTC
Petro downplays risk of coup d'état

After a group of retired military officers made dubious statements, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said this weekend that a situation like the one Peru went through is unlikely to happen in his country and that he feared no coup d'état.