Stories for 2024

Thursday, October 17th 2024 - 10:00 UTC
Commons tribute to Alex Salmond, twice First Minister of Scotland

On 14th October before Question Time, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle expressed the condolences of the House to family and friends of the former lawmaker and twice First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond.
Thursday, October 17th 2024 - 09:50 UTC
Liam Payne plunges three stories to his death in Buenos Aires

British pop musician Liam Payne of One Direction fame died Wednesday in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in circumstances still under investigation. He was found dead in his hotel room after plunging three stories. The location looked ransacked and filled with traces of heavy drugs. First responders said he had a severe blow to his head as a result of the fall.
Thursday, October 17th 2024 - 09:36 UTC
Biró sacked from Aerolíneas Argentinas Board

Aerolíneas Argentinas Wednesday dismissed APLA pilots union leader Pablo Biró from its board of directors given the alleged incompatibility of the two functions, it was reported in Buenos Aires. “His actions are detrimental to the company,” a shareholders assembly found. In response, Biró said he would appeal the measure before the courts.
Thursday, October 17th 2024 - 06:13 UTC
Panama Canal posts significant setback in FY2024

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) reported this week a 29.3% drop in passing ships during Fiscal Year 2024 as a result of the severe drought affecting the interoceanic crossing. A total of 9,944 transits were recorded this year, a significant setback from 14,080 crossings in 2023. A fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the following year.
Thursday, October 17th 2024 - 05:45 UTC
UK music world shocked by the death of Liam Payne in Buenos Aires

The music world reacted Thursday shocked in the United Kingdom by the death of British singer Liam Payne, former member of the band One Direction, who fell last night from a third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires.
Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 21:49 UTC
Oropouche virus detected in Brazil could belong to new variant

Brazilian scientists said this week that the samples of the Oropouche virus recently detected in South America's largest country could belong to a new variant. According to the latest study on the subject published in The Lancet, the recent increase in cases “could be linked to a new recombinant Oropouche virus, with an increased capacity to replicate.” These findings would be in line with a similar work published last month in Nature.
Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 21:07 UTC
Paraguay's gov't ups bounty for heads of EPP guerrilla leaders

Paraguayan authorities have launched a ₲ 7 billion (around US$ 894,366) reward for anyone supplying “accurate, certain, and responsible” information on members of the Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) guerrilla as the government of President Sebastián Peña intends to solve the case of three people kidnapped by the Marxist organization, including former Vice President Óscar Denis, it was announced this week in Asunción.
Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 10:55 UTC
“Gibraltar, the Falklands and other overseas territories deserve MPs” from LabourList

The suggestion, proposal, or idea or however you may wish to call it is not new. Still, the UK government’s recent decision to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, British Indian Ocean Territory, to the Republic of Mauritius has caused outrage from some and disbelief from others. Still, it has again brought to discussion if other Overseas Territories such as the Falkland Islands and/or Gibraltar need to have representation at Westminster.
Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 10:11 UTC
Uruguay: International airport at Melo inaugurated

Just a few days after the first domestic flight within Uruguay operated by Paraguayan carrier Paranair between Montevideo and Salto, President Luis Lacalle Pou Monday inaugurated the new international airport at the city of Melo, which showed the Multicolor coalition's commitment to developing and strengthening the country's air connectivity. The terminal's remodeling was part of the operations of the National System of International Airports and had a cost of US$ 12 million.
Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 10:04 UTC
Argentine state workers announce 36-hour strike

As the economic policies of Argentine President Javier Milei keep taking their toll on ordinary citizens, state workers represented by the ATE (Asociación de Trabajadores del Estado) labor union will stage a 36-hour stoppage on Oct. 29 and 30 to seek a course change. “We can't stand this government any longer,” ATE Secretary-General Rodolfo Aguiar said Tuesday. “We have to deepen the plan of struggle,” he added after a federal plenary with delegates from all over the country.