International

Wednesday, January 18th 2023 - 10:08 UTC
Thunberg released from German Police custody

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was released from a German Police precinct Tuesday after she was identified together with all the other demonstrators joining her in a protest in the town of Lützerath, which was to be demolished to expand a coal mining project in a country needing energy sources following Russia's response to western sanctions due to the war in Ukraine.
Tuesday, January 17th 2023 - 19:59 UTC
Alberto Fernández: Argentina was the “second fastest growing economy in the world after China”

The President of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, highlighted Tuesday the growth of the Argentine economy in the last two years and valued the Government's progress in infrastructure.
Tuesday, January 17th 2023 - 10:39 UTC
Scarce encouragement for the ocean freight industry from the Chinese New Year

In a severe display of the weak demand undermining the containerized ocean freight industry, the latest data from Xeneta reveals carriers blanked more than six times the number of sailings on the main Asia to US West Coast corridor leading up to Chinese New Year as they did in the equivalent period of 2019, just before the global ´pandemic.
Tuesday, January 17th 2023 - 10:31 UTC
BAS and WWF “Walrus Detectives” project with satellite surveying to understand the Arctic marine mammals

This week British Antarctic Survey and World Wide Fund, WWF, are inviting the public to become ‘walrus detectives’ and get involved in the Walrus from Space project to help with vital research to enable a better understanding of these Arctic marine mammals.
Tuesday, January 17th 2023 - 10:23 UTC
Spanish court greenlights extradition of Uruguayan torture doctor

Spain granted the extradition of Uruguayan physician Carlos Suzacq Fiser to face criminal charges in the South American country for his alleged participation in torture sessions during the military dictatorship (1973-1985), during which he advised the inquisitors when to stop or when to continue without killing the victim.
Monday, January 16th 2023 - 10:23 UTC
“Anthropogenic noise impairs cooperation in bottlenose dolphins”, University of Bristal study

Dolphins working collaboratively are less successful in the presence of sound generated by humans, a University of Bristol-led team of researchers have shown. The findings, published in Current Biology, imply that dolphins cannot minimize the impact of human-made noise, even by adjusting their own vocal behavior.
Monday, January 16th 2023 - 10:01 UTC
Argentine passenger among those killed in Nepalese airliner crash

An Argentine 57-year-old woman was confirmed to be aboard the Yeti Air ATR 72 twin-engined European-built turboprop airliner that crashed Sunday while trying to land in Pokhara, a tourist town in central Nepal.
Saturday, January 14th 2023 - 18:01 UTC
Iran hangs alleged British spy

Former Iranian Deputy Defense Minister Ali Reza Akbari (1997-2005) has been hanged after being found guilty of spying for the British government, it was reported in Tehran Saturday by the Mizan news service, although the exact moment of the execution was not revealed.
Saturday, January 14th 2023 - 10:45 UTC
HMS Protector scans active underwater volcanoes on Antarctic edge for tsunami research

Royal Navy personnel are helping scientists warn of potentially catastrophic tsunamis by researching huge underwater volcanoes on the edge of Antarctica. Navy icebreaker HMS Protector has used her state-of-the-art sensors to scan peaks in the South Sandwich Islands – one of the world’s most remote territories.
Saturday, January 14th 2023 - 10:37 UTC
Covid-19 Kraken variant detected in Gibraltar

The Government of Gibraltar as advised by Public Health Gibraltar can confirm that the Kraken variant of COVID-19 has been detected from samples taken last week.