Stories for 2023

Friday, August 4th 2023 - 08:17 UTC
Bank of England rate up to 5,25%, highest in fifteen years; no prospects of abating

The Bank of England raised on Thursday its main interest rate to 5.25%, the highest in 15 years, as the country strives to control persistently high inflation. The quarter percentage point hike was the bank's 14th in a row.
Friday, August 4th 2023 - 08:04 UTC
Lula's lawyer formally becomes a member of Brazil's Supreme Court

Brazilian president Lula da Silva's lawyer, Cristiano Zanin, 47, took a seat for life on the country’s Supreme Court on Thursday. Zanin helped Lula overturn convictions stemming from Brazil’s sprawling “Car Wash” corruption investigation and was freed after 580 days of incarceration.
Friday, August 4th 2023 - 07:37 UTC
Self-determination is the right of Falkland Islanders

By Teslyn Barkman (*) - In March 2013, Falkland Islanders took to the polls in an internationally observed referendum in which 99.8% of voters, on a turnout of 92%, voted in favor of remaining a self-governing Overseas Territory of the UK. We spoke for our future.
Friday, August 4th 2023 - 07:26 UTC
Falklands by election next 21 September to complete the eight member Legislative Assembly

The by-election for the Camp constituency of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly seat is anticipated to take place on Thursday, September 21, Attorney General Simon Young has told Penguin News.
Friday, August 4th 2023 - 05:12 UTC
EU countries recover beer production to pre pandemic output levels

The European Union countries recovered their beer output levels to almost those preceding the pandemic years, producing nearly 34.3 billion liters of alcoholic beer in 2022, Eurostat said on Thursday.
Thursday, August 3rd 2023 - 10:50 UTC
Relief in Brazil, Central bank lowers benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points

Wednesday relief for the Brazilian government, the central bank decided on a more aggresive rate-cutting reducing its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points and signaling more of the same in the months ahead due to an improving inflation outlook.
Thursday, August 3rd 2023 - 10:44 UTC
Falklands suffering spread of respiratory and gastrointestinal virus; prevention measures

The Falkland Islands hospital KEMH have seen a low number of COVID-19 cases in the community, in addition to COVID-19 we have other respiratory and gastrointestinal viruses that are causing problems as well. The KEMH will be reverting back to some of their previous COVID–19 measures in an attempt to slow the spread through their team to ensure they can continue to provide their services.
Thursday, August 3rd 2023 - 10:35 UTC
Lula supports several countries joining BRICS, “if they comply with our rules”

Brazilian President Lula da Silva said on Wednesday that he supports more countries joining the BRICS group of large developing nations, (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) when the group holds its summit in Johannesburg from Aug. 22 to 24.
Thursday, August 3rd 2023 - 10:31 UTC
Police operation in Rio de Janeiro favelas leaves 10 killed

A police operation in Rio de Janeiro slums known as favelas aimed at “locating and arresting members of criminal groups” has left 10 people killed, according to local media reports, thus bringing to 45 the number of deaths in similar operations by security forces nationwide in the last six days.
Thursday, August 3rd 2023 - 10:22 UTC
Mutation of dengue mosquito resistant to pesticides

Argentina's National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (Conicet) has identified in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) and in the country's northwestern provinces genetic mutations in the Aedes aegypti mosquito (carrier of the dengue virus) that turned them resistant to normally lethal doses of pesticides, the national news agency Telam reported amid a dengue outbreak, which has resulted in 129,150 cases and 65 deaths over the past 12 months.