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Stories for June 2023

  • Monday, June 19th 2023 - 10:02 UTC

    Swiss voters fearing melting glaciers vote to become carbon neutral by 2050

    A full 59.1% of voters back the law, requiring Switzerland to slash its dependence on imported oil and gas and scale up the development of greener alternatives.

    Swiss voters on Sunday supported a new climate bill aimed at combating the melting glaciers and requiring the country to become carbon neutral by 2050. Leading Swiss glaciologist Matthias Huss, who has closely followed the glaciers' decline, tweeted that a “strong signal” had been sent, adding he was ”very happy the arguments of climate science were heard.

  • Monday, June 19th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    Italy blocks Chinese company from taking control of tyre giant Pirelli

    Beijing-controlled chemical giant Sinochem is Pirelli's biggest shareholder, with a 37% stake in the 151-year-old Milan-based firm.

    Italy has moved to block a Chinese state-owned company from taking control of tyre making giant Pirelli. The decision is part of measures announced by Italy's government to protect businesses considered strategically important, and as such Pirelli's independence.

  • Monday, June 19th 2023 - 09:16 UTC

    England/Wales police told to 'ramp up', stop-and-search powers

    Home Secretary Suella Braverman said the “dangerous culture” of carrying weapons “must be brought to a stop”.

    The home secretary has told police leaders to “ramp up” the use of stop-and-search powers to prevent more knife attacks and “save more lives”. In a letter to all 43 forces in England and Wales, Suella Braverman said the “dangerous culture” of carrying weapons “must be brought to a stop”.

  • Monday, June 19th 2023 - 08:40 UTC

    “Resuscitating” Ecuadorian woman dies

    Montoya suffered an “ischemic stroke” that ended her life, it was reported

    The Ecuadorian woman who made the news worldwide last week for being almost buried alive, has died Friday aged 76, it was reported. Bella Montoya had been pronounced dead on June 9 at a public hospital in Babahoyo, in southwestern Ecuador.

  • Monday, June 19th 2023 - 08:18 UTC

    Ramophosa tells Putin Ukraine war needs to end

    The conflict must be solved through diplomatic channels, Ramophosa insisted

    South African President Cyril Ramaphosa told his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin during the weekend that the war in Ukraine must “come to an end” because it “has a negative impact on the African continent and of course on many other countries around the world.”

  • Monday, June 19th 2023 - 08:09 UTC

    At least 13 killed in southeastern Brazil storm

    During the weekend, there was still the possibility of further damage such as falling trees and power poles, in addition to the destruction of houses on the coast.

    At least 13 people died and 4 others were reported missing in southeastern Brazil Sunday due to storms and floods caused by the passage of an extratropical cyclone (low-pressure system), according to local authorities.

  • Saturday, June 17th 2023 - 10:46 UTC

    Argentina wants 1955 bombings to become a crime against humanity

    Although most of the perpetrators are already dead, the State must investigate, judge, punish, and repair crimes against humanity, the Human Rights Secretariat argued

    Argentine authorities have asked the Judiciary to stage a “trial for the truth” about June 16, 1955, bombings at Plaza de Mayo during the military revolution that ousted then-President Juan Domingo Perón.

  • Saturday, June 17th 2023 - 10:22 UTC

    The Nazi eagle of battleship Graf von Spee to become a dove of peace

    The eagle with the Nazi emblem in its claws hoisted from the River Plate back in 2006

    The man-sized, 350 kilos bronze eagle holding the Nazi emblem in its claws, rescued from the remains of the German battleship scuttled in the River Plate will be turned into a dove of peace, to be located somewhere along the Uruguayan coast where the mighty River Plate becomes the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Saturday, June 17th 2023 - 10:16 UTC

    Paraguay foreign trade rebounds in May, surplus of US$ 1,261 billion

    The Central Bank of Paraguay (BCP) reveals that exports in May 2023 reached a total value of US$ 7,174.9 million, marking a significant 26.9% increase

    The latest foreign trade report from the Central Bank of Paraguay (BCP) reveals that the country’s exports in May 2023 reached a total value of US$ 7,174.9 million, marking a significant 26.9% increase compared to the same month in the previous year.

  • Saturday, June 17th 2023 - 09:54 UTC

    Is it really the end of populism

    It feels over in the UK, where Johnson is totally discredited and the Conservative Party is heading for almost certain defeat in the next election

    By Gwynne Dyer – We’re going to miss them the populist ‘big beasts’ now they’re gone. Who will now tell us that “Voting Conservative will cause your wife to have bigger breasts and increase your chances of owning a BMW M3”? (Boris Johnson)