Stories for October 2023

Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 21:37 UTC
BOTs Attorney Generals met in Montserrat to enhance cooperation and uphold rule of the law

Attorneys General of the British Overseas Territories met during three days in September, the first in-person conference since 2019, to enhance cooperation on a number of wide-ranging issues.
Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 19:52 UTC
Clock is ticking for the Big Meat “sunset industry”

By Gwynne Dyer -The French government has just published a decree banning the use of terms like “steak,” “spare ribs” and “ham” on plant-based foods. It’s not that the French are so stupid that they don’t know which is meat from dead cattle and which is “plant-based steak,” a label that has been used in French supermarkets for at least 40 years.
Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 19:41 UTC
Economics Nobel to Claudia Goldin for women's participation in the global labor market

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2023 to Claudia Goldin, who has provided the first comprehensive account of women’s earnings and labor market participation through the centuries.
Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 15:18 UTC
“Blue” dollar skyrockets past AR$ 1,000 threshold

The “blue” (a euphemism for the “black market” dollar) pierced the psychological AR$ 1,000 barrier Tuesday and closed the day at AR$ 1.010 after reaching AR$ 1.040 at some point, it was reported in Buenos Aires.
Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 15:02 UTC
Falklands Patrol HMS Forth returning to the Islands with a new paint scheme

HMS Forth, the Falkland Islands patrol has conducted her first major maintenance period since she was commissioned five years ago and is now leaving Gibraltar and returning to her home in the Islands.
Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 10:15 UTC
Israel: Pets welcome on Brazilian evacuation flights

Brazilian authorities will nationals of the South American country to bring along their dogs and cats as they are evacuated from war-torn Israel, Agencia Brasil reported. The pets shall not be required to produce their International Veterinary Certificate (IVC), it was also explained. Such a document is usually needed in cases of pets coming from other countries.
Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 10:13 UTC
Uruguay: Pre-trial detention of Senator ordered in sexual scandal

Uruguayan Senator Gustavo Penadés, who on June 6 resigned from President Luis Lacalle Pou's National Party (PN), has been ordered to be held under pre-trial detention for 180 days while he faces criminal charges for the alleged sexual exploitation of minors, in addition to abuse and rape.
Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 09:52 UTC
Paraguayan prison inmates hold warden and guards hostage

Luis Esquivel, warden of Paraguay's Tacumbú Prison, spoke early Wednesday from inside the penitentiary where inmates are holding him hostage together with 22 guards and said an answer from the Justice Ministry of Justice was needed for the situation to stop.
Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 08:21 UTC
TSE trial of Bolsonaro adjourned

Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Tuesday adjourned the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is believed to have abused his political power ahead of last year's elections which he eventually lost to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Agencia Brasil reported.
Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 08:00 UTC
Uruguayan Air Force to rescue 77 people stranded in Israel

A Uruguayan Air Force (FAU) Hercules C-130 aircraft was to leave for Israel Wednesday to rescue nationals of the South American country willing to leave the war-torn Middle East, Defense Minister Javier García explained Tuesday in Montevideo.