Stories for October 2023

Monday, October 2nd 2023 - 09:18 UTC
A man dead and one injured following a collision between a boat and a whale in Australian waters

Authorities in the east coast of Australia said on Saturday one man was dead and another injured after a whale collided with their fishing boat. New South Wales state police said the incident took place at around 6 a.m. local time in the waters off La Perouse, 14 kilometers southeast of Sydney.
Monday, October 2nd 2023 - 09:16 UTC
Guatemala Chief Prosecutor raids the Electoral Tribunal to obstruct presidential election result

Guatemala's political crisis escalated last weekend as prosecutors raided the country's top electoral tribunal searching for documents related to August presidential election. Agents of the Attorney General's Office entered the headquarters of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal and confiscated the official lists of results from the polling stations.
Monday, October 2nd 2023 - 09:07 UTC
British national living wage is set to increase to £11 an hour from next April, Chancellor Hunt

The British national living wage is set to increase to at least £11 an hour from next April, Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt is expected to confirm this Monday in a speech to the Conservative Party conference. The move will benefit two million of the lowest-paid workers, according to an advance of the speech shown to BBC.
Monday, October 2nd 2023 - 09:04 UTC
Lula discharged from hospital sooner than expected

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was discharged Sunday from the hospital where he underwent hip surgery last Friday.
Monday, October 2nd 2023 - 08:08 UTC
Migration unprecedented emergency: thousands march through Central America heading for United States

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is appealing for governments in Central America and Mexico to collaborate to address the immediate humanitarian needs of people on the move as unprecedented numbers of vulnerable migrants transit through the region, while also working on long-term solutions to tackle the drivers of migration.
Monday, October 2nd 2023 - 08:00 UTC
UN environment program plans to phase out dangerous pesticides for agriculture by 2035, Bonn Declaration

New global rules for the safe handling of chemicals were adopted at a United Nations conference in the German city of Bonn on Saturday. The Global Framework on Chemicals sets out a roadmap for reducing environmental risks from chemicals and waste.
Monday, October 2nd 2023 - 07:11 UTC
Credit Suisse agrees with Mozambique to settle a US$ 1,5bn tuna bonds fraud case

Credit Suisse reached a last-minute settlement with Mozambique on Sunday in a US$1.5-billion (€1.42 billion) bribery and fraud case, its owner UBS was quoted as saying by Bloomberg news agency, a day before a London trial was due to start.
Sunday, October 1st 2023 - 10:25 UTC
Argentine presidential candidate Milei: “Should we dollarize?” or rather “Why should we keep the peso?”

Next 22 October a presidential election will take place in Argentina, South America's second-largest economy and three candidates are competing for the job, Sergio Massa, the incumbent, Patricia Bullrich, from the traditional opposition when two coalitions prevailed in the Argentine political system, and Javier Milei, a declared libertarian, economist, and if published Argentine opinion polls can be trusted, the front runner.