Health & Science

Monday, May 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Canadian yacht rescued by ARA east of Falklands

A Canadian solo navigator whose boat suffered a rollover and was heading to the Falkland Islands for repairs was rescued by an Argentine Navy vessel and is ready to return to his hometown of Victoria, according to the latest reports from Argentina and Canada.
Saturday, May 3rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Erupting volcano ash blanket in Chile moves to Argentina

The Chilean Navy has begun the evacuation of 2.000 people who were forcibly displaced from their villages in southern Chile after a volcano considered dormant for thousands of years became active belching fire and ash, and generating minor earth tremors that continued on Saturday.
Thursday, April 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
UN warns on biodiversity loss impact for medicine

Finding treatments for cancer, thinning bone disease and kidney failure are at risk due to biodiversity loss, a ground-breaking new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) book cautioned.
Thursday, April 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Poor countries have yet “to benefit from trade liberalization”

Landlocked and least developed countries (LDCs) have been further marginalized as a result of trade liberalization, which has led to increased growth in many parts of the world, a senior United Nations official has said.
Sunday, April 20th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina; Smoke cloud engulfs Buenos Aires for 5th day

President Cristina Fernandez surveyed more than 200 raging brush fires by air, vowing to prosecute anyone who lit the blazes that have sent smoke billowing across the capital, clouding highways and grounding jetliners.
Saturday, April 19th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Choking Buenos Aires with no relief unless weather changes

With no forecasts of change, smoke blanketing Buenos Aires and extending to neighboring Uruguay has thickened forcing local authorities to close airports, major highways and declare a yellow alert in many hospitals.
Friday, April 18th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
March global surface temperature among highest on record

The global surface (land and ocean surface) temperature was the second warmest on record for March in the 129-year record, 0.71Â° C above the 20th century mean of 12.7Â° C. The warmest March on record, 1.33Â° C occurred in 2002.
Friday, April 18th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Scrub fires smoke covers Buenos Aires and Montevideo

Argentine government and farmers caught up in a month-long confrontation over an export tax increase, clashed again Thursday because of the extensive burning of grasslands that has thrown a blanket of smoke over the capital Buenos Aires and has even reached parts of neighboring Uruguay.
Friday, April 11th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Rio do Janeiro admits dengue epidemic and tourism losses

For the first time Brazilian authorities admitted that the dengue epidemic in Brazil is having a serious impact on the tourist industry, particularly in Rio do Janeiro where bookings have been plummeting.
Wednesday, April 9th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Japanese Girl, 11, to cycle across South America

An 11-year-old girl from Saitama Prefecture is due to set off on a seven-month journey by bicycle across South America with her parents.