Stories for 2025

Thursday, February 20th 2025 - 16:23 UTC
Price of eggs forces Trump to rehire fired bird flu experts; in NYC a dozen sells for over US$ 12

US President Donald Trump's administration is attempting to rehire officials with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) who worked on the government response to bird flu before being fired over the weekend, US media report.
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Thursday, February 20th 2025 - 10:53 UTC
Milei turns Banco Nación into a corporation

Argentine President Javier Milei signed a decree transforming Banco de la Nación Argentina into a corporation in a move to facilitate its future privatization or allow private investors to join its capital. The bank currently has assets of US$ 48 billion, deposits of US$ 33 billion, and a net worth of US$ 15 billion.
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Thursday, February 20th 2025 - 10:46 UTC
Milei’s crypto scandal deepens, now involving his sister 'The Boss'

The fallout from Argentine President Javier Milei’s involvement in a crypto scandal has expanded, now implicating his sister and closest adviser, Karina Milei. Allegations have surfaced that she was directly approached by those behind the controversial Libra memecoin, which skyrocketed and then collapsed after Milei endorsed it on social media.
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Thursday, February 20th 2025 - 10:46 UTC
São Paulo: Public health emergency decreed due to dengue fever

The Brazilian State of São Paulo Wednesday declared a public emergency due to the persistence and worsening of the dengue epidemic, Health Secretary Eleuses Paiva announced from the Butantan Institute.
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Thursday, February 20th 2025 - 10:29 UTC
Argentina settles scores with Paraguayan side of Yacyretá

The Paraguayan side of the Yacyretá Binational Entity (EBY) admitted Wednesday that Argentina now owed nothing after paying US$ 23 million earlier this week, although certain arrangements concerning US$ 50 million were still pending. Paraguay's EBY General Manager Luis Benítez also pointed out that a financial agreement would be signed next week to set the entity's accounts straight.
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Thursday, February 20th 2025 - 09:37 UTC
Lula highlights Brazil's economic improvements

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva highlighted Wednesday that his country's economy has outperformed expectations in the past two years when it reached 3.2% in 2023 and 3.8% in 2024 amid projections of +0.8% and +2.5% respectively.
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Thursday, February 20th 2025 - 09:33 UTC
Nicaragua introduces constitutional reform granting Ortega additional powers

Nicaragua's Sandinista Government introduced a constitutional reform on Wednesday, granting the ruling couple of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo additional powers. For starters, Vice-President Murillo has been designated as “co-president” and extends presidential terms from five to six years, as Ortega becomes Supreme Chief of the Army, the National Police, and the Ministry of the Interior.
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Wednesday, February 19th 2025 - 20:41 UTC
Argentina hands over regional defense leadership to Peru

Argentina's Defense Minister Luis Petri Tuesday handed over the pro tempore presidency of the XVII Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas (CMDA) to his Peruvian colleague Walter Astudillo during a ceremony at the Libertador Building (Army Headquarters) in Buenos Aires.
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Wednesday, February 19th 2025 - 15:19 UTC
Pod of 157 false killer whales stranded in Tasmania; most died and survivors have to be euthanized

Australian authorities have confirmed that 67 of the 157 false killer whales stranded on a remote beach on Tasmania’s West Coast overnight Tuesday/Wednesday have died. Parks and Wildlife’s Shelley Graham said on Wednesday afternoon that the surviving whales remain in “unfavorable” conditions, with attempts to refloat two of them unsuccessful, meaning euthanasia is a strong solution.
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Wednesday, February 19th 2025 - 15:12 UTC
Two female King Penguins, German born, join Birdland Park in Gloucestershire

Two female King penguins arrived last week at Birdland Park and Gardens in Bourton-on-the-Water in the Cotswolds, in Gloucestershire. The pair hatched in Wuppertal, Germany, in 2021 and 2023 and are believed to be the first female king penguins to be imported to the UK in 15 years. The Birdland Park hopes to boost its breeding program of King Penguins.
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