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Stories for May 2024

  • Tuesday, May 7th 2024 - 10:37 UTC

    Paraguayan health authorities warn of another disease transmitted by mosquitoes

    Oropouche causes a condition similar to that of dengue

    Paraguayan health authorities said the number of dengue cases was declining. Still, they told the population to look out for oropouche, another mosquito-borne virus that causes symptoms similar to those of dengue. Instead of the Aedes Aegypti, or pouches is carried by the Culicoides Paraensis mosquito.

  • Tuesday, May 7th 2024 - 10:26 UTC

    Bird Flu in the Falklands: 23/24 season experience and planning for 24/25

    There is evidence to suggest that some birds have been exposed to HPAI over this season and have developed antibodies

    On Thursday 2 May the Wildlife Disease Response Group, which includes representatives from Falkland Islands Government, Falklands Conservation, Falkland Islands Tourist Board, Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, UK Ministry of Defense and other relevant stakeholders, met to discuss the 23/24 summer season specifically about the HPAI situation in the Falklands and the response to it.

  • Monday, May 6th 2024 - 23:28 UTC

    Milei: Malvinas not a priority

    The Libertarian leader praised Thatcher and stressed that the Falklands/Malvinas matter will be a long-term State issue

    Argentine President Javier Milei insisted on praising former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and acknowledged that the Falkland Islands were rightfully to remain under British rule.

  • Monday, May 6th 2024 - 21:59 UTC

    Call warning of a bomb at AMIA HQs a hoax

    It was the second such call this year at the AMIA headquarters

    A bomb threat at the Buenos Aires headquarters of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) Monday afternoon was determined to be a hoax, according to Federal Police sources and authorities from the Jewish welfare group alike. The detonation of an explosive device at the old AMIA building on July 18, 1994, left 85 people dead and triggered a saga of investigations that have yielded almost no conclusive results to this day.

  • Monday, May 6th 2024 - 20:34 UTC

    After EU June elections, agreement with Mercosur can be reached: “A matter of time and timing”, EU negotiator

    For Rupert Schlegelmilch, the agreement with Mercosur “is a complicated process but it is a also matter of time and timing”

    The Mercosur/European Union trade and cooperation agreement, “is a complicated process but it is also a matter of time and timing”, according to Rupert Schlegelmilch, chief EU negotiator of the accord who recently visited Mercosur country and associate members to meet government officials and business groups to confirm EU's determination to finish the deal.

  • Monday, May 6th 2024 - 20:26 UTC

    UK growth to remain sluggish this year, 0,4% and improving in 2025, OECD report

    UK growth to remain sluggish this year, 0,4% and improving in 2025, OECD report

    The United Kingdom GDP growth is projected to remain sluggish at 0.4% in 2024 before improving to 1.0% in 2025, reflecting the waning drag from past monetary tightening, according to the latest report from OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

  • Monday, May 6th 2024 - 20:24 UTC

    Rich Chinese beef consumers are becoming more aware of traceability and Amazon deforestation

    Respondents would pay 22.5% more for Brazilian meat if it came with assurances that it was sourced from cattle raised in zero-deforestation areas.

    A survey conducted in Beijing and Shanghai between two renowned academic groups in China and Brazil, revealed that some Chinese consumers are willing to pay more for beef, provided it is not linked to deforestation in the Amazon and have a budding interest in traceability.

  • Monday, May 6th 2024 - 18:52 UTC

    No diplomatic conflict between Argentina and Spain following Minister's remarks about Milei

    Adorni stressed the matter should not escalate any further

    Spain's Government Monday ruled out any diplomatic conflict with Argentina after Transport Minister Oscar Puente's derogatory remarks last week against Javier Milei, whose spokesman Manuel Adorni said in Buenos Aires that “for us, it is a settled issue.”

  • Monday, May 6th 2024 - 15:50 UTC

    Uruguay: National Party leader arrested for fabricating assault claims against candidate Orsi

    Orsi (left) told reporters that he and his lawyers will go to the “bottom” of the issue because they suspect that this media stunt was put together by someone who is “behind” Papasso (right).

    In Uruguay, the unfolding saga surrounding the allegations against former Canelones department (province) mayor and current Presidential pre-candidate for the Broad Front (Frente Amplio), Yamandú Orsi, has taken a dramatic turn as Romina Celeste Papasso, a leader of the National Party (Partido Nacional), was arrested on Monday for fabricating false accusations against Orsi. Furthermore, an arrest warrant has been issued for Paula Díaz, the trans woman who initially filed the criminal complaint against Orsi.

  • Monday, May 6th 2024 - 10:49 UTC

    Rio Grande do Sul floods getting worse every day

    Key parts of the city of Porto Alegre have been shut down due to flooding (Pic EFE)

    According to the latest report from Civil Defense, the number of casualties in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul since the first storms hit on April 29 have already reached 78 people, with 105 others still missing and 175 injured.