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  • Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    Celebrity Cruises cancels its 2024/25 South America program; Caribbean priority

    As a result, all cruises previously scheduled to sail between November 21, 2024 and March 1, 2025 are now cancelled.

    Celebrity Cruises announced it is cancelling its 2024-2025 program in South America and relocating to the Caribbean. The 2,850 passenger Celebrity Equinox was scheduled to offer a series of cruises to Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile between November 2024 and March 2025.

  • Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 - 07:46 UTC

    Burnt out shell of an old Ferrari from the fifties sold at US$ 2 million

    The 1954 car is a 500 Mondial Spider Series I - one of 13 ever made, with a body produced by designer Pinin Farina.

    The burnt-out shell of an old Ferrari racing car from the late fifties has sold at auction in the US for nearly $2m (£1.5m), reports BBC. It caught fire during a race in the 1960s and was not touched for decades.

  • Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 - 07:20 UTC

    WindWings: cargo vessel travelling to Brazil fitted with giant sails

    The Pyxis Ocean's maiden journey, from China to Brazil, will provide the first real-world test of the WindWings

    A cargo ship fitted with giant, rigid British-designed sails has set out on its maiden voyage. Shipping firm Cargill, which has chartered the vessel, hopes the technology will help the industry chart a course toward a greener future.

  • Monday, August 21st 2023 - 15:51 UTC

    Exclusive images from Uruguay's heroic cruise ship rescue revealed

    The movie has interviews with Salinas, Talvi, the doctor who took care of the sick people on the cruise, the passengers, and the current Health Minister, Karina Rando.

    Almost two years after the documentary “Greg Mortimer: In Search of a Land of Solidarity” (Greg Mortimer: En busca de una tierra solidaria in Spanish) was premiered in cinemas, the former Health Minister of Uruguay, Daniel Salinas, shared some new pictures from the time when the country helped people on a cruise ship stuck due to COVID-19. He posted these pictures on his X account (which used to be called Twitter).

  • Monday, August 21st 2023 - 11:01 UTC

    Dramatic report on world water resources, four billion people affected

    Water demand worldwide is more than twice what it was in 1960, and throughout the globe, demand is exceeding supply.

    One-fourth of the planet’s population in 25 countries experiences extremely high water stress annually, using nearly all of their available water supply on a regular basis, according to new data from the World Resources Institute (WRI)’s Aqueduct Water Risk.

  • Monday, August 21st 2023 - 10:37 UTC

    Cuban leader reaffirms support for Angola

    Díaz-Canel's next stop will be the BRICS Summit in South Africa

    Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel ratified this weekend during an official trip to Luanda his country's support to the Angolan government, it was reported.

  • Monday, August 21st 2023 - 08:30 UTC

    Spanish Socialists closer to forming a new coalition government

    Francina Amengol was voted as the speaker of Spain's congress. Armengol is the former leader of the Balearic Islands region, where Catalan is widely spoken

    Spanish caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is closer to forming a new government following on the election of Francina Amengol as the speaker of Spain's congress. Armengol is the former leader of the Balearic Islands region, where Catalan is widely spoken, received a majority of 178 votes in the 350-seat chamber.

  • Monday, August 21st 2023 - 07:13 UTC

    India, third world's car maker, planning flashier vehicles for wealthier drivers

    As incomes rise, Indian drivers are opting for more expensive sport utility vehicles and sedans over hatchbacks

    World car manufacturers aim to turn India into an export hub as locally produced vehicles targeting wealthier drivers become more globally competitive. India, which overtook Japan as the world’s third-largest car market after the U.S. and China last year, saw a 14% uptick in auto exports in the year through March, with 662,891 units shipped. That is still well behind Japan’s figure of 3.37 million cars for the same period, but automakers in India see room for further growth.

  • Saturday, August 19th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    IMF holds talks with Argentina's opposition economists

    For the IMF the meetings were one of the Fund's regular and routine contacts with “a wide range of political and economic references”

    International Monetary Fund (IMF) specialists Friday held separate video conferences with economic teams from Argentina's two main contenders for the Oct. 22 presidential elections: La Libertad Avanza (LLA) and Juntos por el Cambio (JxC).

  • Saturday, August 19th 2023 - 09:52 UTC

    Russia and Bolivia deepen nuclear alliance

    Bolivia is interested in joining BRICS, a bloc featuring both Russia and China in addition to Brazil, India, and South Africa

    Following talks in Moscow involving local, Venezuelan, and Bolivian military chiefs this week, the first Russian nuclear reactor vessel has arrived in La Paz, it was reported. The Aug. 16 gathering took place after Bolivia signed a “preventive and corrective maintenance” agreement with Iran for the use of drones in border control activities.