MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for January 15th 2024
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Monday, January 15th 2024 - 10:06 UTC
Ecuador: Authorities regain control of prisons, free hostages
Ecuador's forces retook control of all the country's prisons and freed some 150 corrections officers who were being held hostage by the rioting inmates, it was reported this past weekend. However, one guard was killed during a shootout in the operation.
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Monday, January 15th 2024 - 10:01 UTC
Heavy storm leaves at least 11 dead in Rio de Janeiro
At least eleven people died and many others needed to be evacuated this weekend after heavy rains hit Rio de Janeiro causing severe flooding and damage to numerous houses that were left under water. The Federal Government decreed a maximum alert. The risk of further flooding and landslides remains very high, it was also explained.
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Monday, January 15th 2024 - 09:40 UTC
Largest cruise vessel in the world preparing in Miami for Caribbean trips
The “Icon of the Seas”, the world’s largest and most advanced cruise ship to date, has arrived in Miami, ahead of its official debut on January 27. Finnish shipbuilder Meyer Turku delivered the ship to US-based cruise company Royal Caribbean International in November last year.
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Monday, January 15th 2024 - 09:29 UTC
Norway votes to allow deep-sea mining to ensure a “green transition”
With crossings opened for longer, water supplies restored and UN staff able to safely distribute food, we can limit the scale of this catastrophe. This article was originally published in The Guardian and the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.The Parliament of Norway has voted to allow deep-sea mining to go forward in the Norwegian Sea, in an area nearly the size of Italy, and despite warnings from scientists and conservationists of its impact on the marine environment.
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Monday, January 15th 2024 - 09:22 UTC
FAO launches fishing Global Information Exchange System under the 2009 agreement on port measures
Global exchange of information on compliance with national, regional, and international fisheries laws and regulations governing sustainable fishing is now possible with the launch of the Global Information Exchange System, GIES, by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN.
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Monday, January 15th 2024 - 09:22 UTC
Nutrition survey in Falklands by Newcastle University
The Falkland Islands are of five British Overseas Territories that have been chosen to participate in a nutrition study carried out by the UK- based, Newcastle University.
