Stories for October 9th 2024

Wednesday, October 9th 2024 - 21:00 UTC
Brazilian nun chosen for UNHCR award

Sister Rosita Milesi, a Brazilian nun, lawyer, social worker, and movement builder who has championed the rights and dignity of displaced people for nearly 40 years, has been granted the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award, the United Nations announced in Geneva Wednesday. Besides Milesi, four other women were named regional winners.
Wednesday, October 9th 2024 - 13:13 UTC
Proteins show the way for 2024 Nobel Chemistry Prize winners

Sweden's Royal Academy of Science announced Wednesday that researchers David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John M. Jumper had been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their studies regarding proteins.
Wednesday, October 9th 2024 - 10:53 UTC
De Moraes allows X back in Brazil

Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes Tuesday ordered the social network X reinstated in South America's largest country after banning it for failing to comply with national laws and subsequent court decisions, Agencia Brasil reported.
Wednesday, October 9th 2024 - 10:14 UTC
Chile needs to address insecurity at medical facilities

Chile's Interior Minister Carolina Tohá admitted Tuesday that her country needed to review its security policies, particularly regarding healthcare facilities, where several incidents have been recorded. According to the National Confederation of Municipal Health Officials (Confusam), there were 7,184 aggressions against healthcare staff nationwide last year, and these figures are on the rise now.
Wednesday, October 9th 2024 - 09:13 UTC
YPF to relocate Vaca Muerta HQs to Buenos Aires

Argentina's state-run oil company YPF announced Tuesday that it would be opening an operations center in its tower in the exclusive Puerto Madero district in Buenos Aires to run Vaca Muerta. The move is expected to cut costs by 30% and save up to US$ 1.5 billion a year.
Wednesday, October 9th 2024 - 08:46 UTC
Uruguay: Montevideo-Salto route by a foreign carrier started

Paraguayan carrier Paranair Tuesday performed the maiden flight between the Uruguayan cities of Montevideo and Salto, thus marking the beginning of a new era in commercial aviation with foreign operators serving domestic routes.
Wednesday, October 9th 2024 - 08:32 UTC
Brazilian Senate gives nod to future BCB CEO

Brazil's Federal Senate Tuesday greenlighted by 66 votes to 5 the appointment of Gabriel Galípolo as the next Central Bank (BCB) CEO to succeed Roberto Campos Neto, who stems from former President Jair Bolsonaro's administration and whose term ends Dec. 31.
Wednesday, October 9th 2024 - 08:23 UTC
Bluetongue restriction zone in the UK widened

The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said it had extended the regional bluetongue restriction zone after two cases of the disease were reported along the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire border. This means following restrictions on moving animals.
Wednesday, October 9th 2024 - 08:18 UTC
Falklands: Sapper Hill Television and Radio Services Outages

Falklands residents of Stanley and Camp are advised that owing to annual power supply work, BFBS will lose power to their transmitter site behind the West Store at MPC from 8.30 am on Thursday 10 October, until 2 pm on the same day.
Wednesday, October 9th 2024 - 03:26 UTC
Where is Latin America on the map of recent innovations? The race for Bitcoin, AI, and more

Did you know that in 2022 Latin America represented 9.1% of the total global crypto? North America and Asia are those areas that are often at the center of attention, whereas Latin America is gradually becoming a serious player in the high-tech industry.