Stories for 2023

Monday, January 16th 2023 - 10:23 UTC
“Anthropogenic noise impairs cooperation in bottlenose dolphins”, University of Bristal study

Dolphins working collaboratively are less successful in the presence of sound generated by humans, a University of Bristol-led team of researchers have shown. The findings, published in Current Biology, imply that dolphins cannot minimize the impact of human-made noise, even by adjusting their own vocal behavior.
Monday, January 16th 2023 - 10:20 UTC
Biden declares “major disaster” in California as storms kill 19

US President Joseph Biden has declared a state of catastrophe in the State of California as unprecedented rains and mudslides leave at least 19 people dead over the past three weeks. Tens of thousands have been also been evacuated.
Monday, January 16th 2023 - 10:16 UTC
Avian flu emergency decreed in Honduras

Honduran authorities have declared a 90-day nationwide health alert following an outbreak of avian influenza among pelicans, it was announced in Tegucigalpa. About 40,000 poultry were also evaluated and no signs of the malady were detected, it was also reported.
Monday, January 16th 2023 - 10:12 UTC
Peruvian demonstrators undeterred by gov't measures

Demonstrators gathered Sunday in Lima to express their rejection of President Dina Boluarte's staying in office barely over a month after taking over from the deposed Pedro Castillo Terrones who is held in pre-trial detention.
Monday, January 16th 2023 - 10:01 UTC
Argentine passenger among those killed in Nepalese airliner crash

An Argentine 57-year-old woman was confirmed to be aboard the Yeti Air ATR 72 twin-engined European-built turboprop airliner that crashed Sunday while trying to land in Pokhara, a tourist town in central Nepal.
Monday, January 16th 2023 - 09:53 UTC
Lula makes major changes at State-run media management

President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva sacked the entire management of the Brazilian State-run media over what he thought was a sloppy coverage of the Jan. 8 riots in Brasilia.
Monday, January 16th 2023 - 09:53 UTC
Parts of Peru under state of emergency, basic rights suspended

The Peruvian Government of President Dina Boluarte has declared a state of emergency in several areas of the South American country after over a month of social unrest.
Saturday, January 14th 2023 - 19:18 UTC
Argentina may resume beef exports to Mexico

Argentina's Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries announced Friday that 22 beef processing plants had been approved for shipments to Mexico after a 20-year hiatus.
Saturday, January 14th 2023 - 18:32 UTC
Tornadoes in southern US leave at least 7 dead

A streak of tornadoes in the past few days left so far at least 7 people dead and over 30 others injured in the states of Georgia and Alabama, where a hurricane damaged buildings and tossed cars into the streets of downtown Selma, where civil rights activists once made history.
Saturday, January 14th 2023 - 18:01 UTC
Iran hangs alleged British spy

Former Iranian Deputy Defense Minister Ali Reza Akbari (1997-2005) has been hanged after being found guilty of spying for the British government, it was reported in Tehran Saturday by the Mizan news service, although the exact moment of the execution was not revealed.