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Stories for October 2024

  • Friday, October 11th 2024 - 19:03 UTC

    Japanese organization of atom bomb survivors granted 2024 Nobel Peace Prize

    Hibakusha (survivors) have been campaigning for decades to ban nuclear weapons globally

    Given its commitment to a nuclear-free world, the Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, Norway's Nobel Committee in Oslo announced Friday. It was the first time in 50 years that a Japanese recipient has been awarded the prize.

  • Friday, October 11th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

    Montevideo's airport to undergo major technological improvement

    The new ILS system will be in use at Carrasco's 07/25 runway

    Montevideo's Carrasco International Airport is undergoing a US$ 20 million technological update that will allow instrument landings (ILS) with zero visibility, it was announced at the Uruguayan capital Thursday. Hence, flight delays are expected to be cut down, it was explained.

  • Friday, October 11th 2024 - 10:44 UTC

    South Korean woman granted 2024 Nobel Literature Prize

    “I’d like to have tea with my son,” said Han when told about her being granted the € 970,000 cheque

    South Korean author Han Kang has been granted this year's Nobel Prize for Literature, Sweden's Royal Academy of Sciences announced Thursday. She was chosen for her novel The Vegetarian, which has already been awarded the prestigious Man Booker International Prize in 2016, which was also a first for a Korean.

  • Friday, October 11th 2024 - 10:19 UTC

    Hurricane Milton leaves at least 12 dead in Florida

    “It's going to take several billion dollars” to build back from Milton, Biden said

    At least 12 people have been confirmed dead Thursday in the U.S. state of Florida, where Hurricane Milton made landfall as a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph from the Gulf of Mexico into the Atlantic Ocean, leaving millions without power and causing severe damage. According to PowerOutage.us, 2.63 million homes were still without power in Florida Thursday night.

  • Friday, October 11th 2024 - 09:51 UTC

    Brazil ups penalties for femicide

    Our government is committed to the National Mobilization for Zero Feminicide,” Lula explained

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Thursday signed into law a new bill raising prison terms for femicide to up to 40 years, Agencia Brasil reported, which makes it the highest penalty provided for in the Penal Code, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Friday, October 11th 2024 - 09:30 UTC

    Argentine inflation stands at 3.5% in September

    Thursday's figures represented a slowdown from August's 4.2%, the Indec said

    Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) announced Thursday that September's Consumer Price Index (CPI)stood at 3.5% for a yoy total of 209%. So far in 2024, inflation reached 101.6%, with housing, utilities, and fuels accounting for the largest increases. Thursday's figures represented a slowdown from August's 4.2%. The Core CPI, which records inflation excluding seasonal and regulated prices, stood at 3.3%.

  • Friday, October 11th 2024 - 09:05 UTC

    Brazilian Air Force completes third Operation Cedar Roots flight

    The FAB's KC-30 stops over to refuel at Lisbon on her way to and from Beirut

    Brazil's Air Force (FAB) Thursday completed its third airlift mission bringing back nationals of the South American country out of war-torn Lebanon. The third flight landed at the Guarulhos Air Base in Sao Paulo carrying 217 passengers for a total of 672 evacuees, Agencia Brasil reported. The FAB expects to bring back around 3,000 of the 21,000 Brazilians living in Lebanon at a pace of approximately 500 passengers each week.

  • Thursday, October 10th 2024 - 10:48 UTC

    Keir Starmer: “Falklands are British and will remain British; it's personal for me”

    PM Starmer addressing House of Commons

    British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer made a conclusive statement of support for the Falkland Islands during the Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, hoping to put an end to speculations over the future of British Overseas Territories following on the decision to hand the Chagos archipelago sovereignty (British Indian Ocean Overseas Territory) to the Republic of Mauritius.

  • Thursday, October 10th 2024 - 10:03 UTC

    Italian Deputy PM pledges to help pull through EU-Mercosur FTA

    “Italy and Brazil will cooperate in every way because it is in the interest of our people,” Tajani said

    Italy's Deputy Prime Minister and top diplomat Antonio Tajani told a group of Brazilian businesspeople in Sao Paulo Wednesday that his country was facing “a great opportunity” to strengthen its economic and commercial presence in Latin America, particularly through the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement that is still pending ratification.

  • Thursday, October 10th 2024 - 09:11 UTC

    Milei's veto of college funding bill survives Congressional challenge

    Overriding his veto would have meant “giving in to the old policy and return to the Country Risk we had with Kirchnerism,” Milei explained

    Despite lacking a majority of its own, Argentina's ruling La Libertad Avanza (LLA) Wednesday succeeded at the Lower House in keeping enforceable President Javier Milei's veto from last week against the newly approved university funding bill by garnering a total of 84 votes with help from occasional allies such as a few rogue UCR lawmakers, thus rendering the opposition's 164 votes insufficient after key abstentions to override the presidential decision.