International

• Wednesday, December 14th 2022 - 10:03 UTC

  Iran carries out 2nd execution, footballer may too be hanged soon

  

  Footballer Amir Reza Nasr Azadani has been reported to be among those who could be hanged in Iran shortly in the aftermath of the protests ensuing the death of a 22-year-old girl while in custody for not wearing her veil properly.

• Wednesday, December 14th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Accelerated action needed to ensure safe drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene, WHO report

  

  Urgent action is needed globally and locally to achieve safe and sustainably managed water, sanitation and hygiene for all in order to prevent devastating impacts on the health of millions of people.

• Wednesday, December 14th 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  China takes 52,5 million tons of Brazilian soy in eleven months of 2022

  

  In the eleven months of 2022, China imported 52.464 million tons of soybeans from Brazil, according to data from the latest Foreign Trade Secretariat (Secex), a department of the Ministry of Economy.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2022 - 21:45 UTC

  Messi's Argentina crush Croatia and advance to Qatar 2022 World Cup final

  

  Argentina's Lionel Messi and Julián Álvarez were too tough an opposition to the 2018 runners-up Croatia as Argentina breezed through to the Qatar 2002 football World Cup final with a 3-0 victory.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2022 - 09:57 UTC

  Lula, Alckmin given their diplomas by TSE

  

  Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Monday gave Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Geraldo Alckmin their credentials as President- and Vice President-elect, thus making their Oct. 30 win official.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2022 - 00:55 UTC

  Argentine offshore prospective oil drilling makes official start

  

  Argentina's Energy Secretariat Monday declared the official beginning of the so-called Argerich Project, which consists of the installation of an exploratory well 300 kilometers off the coast of Mar del Plata, marking the commencement of offshore oil exploration in the Atlantic Ocean.

• Monday, December 12th 2022 - 19:25 UTC

  Lybian suspect handed over to US to stand trial for 1988 bombing

  

  The arrest of a Lybian secret service operative suspected of having assembled and triggered the bomb that killed 270 people aboard PanAm's Flight 103 as it went off when the aircraft was overflying the Scottish town of Lockerbie on Dec. 21, 1988, has been confirmed Sunday.

• Monday, December 12th 2022 - 18:36 UTC

  United Kingdom calls for global community to continue fight against corruption

  

  At the International Anti-Corruption Conference in Washington DC, the United Kingdom delegation emphasized the need for the global community to continue fighting illicit finance and corruption.

• Monday, December 12th 2022 - 18:34 UTC

  November record breaking booking month for Norwegian Cruise Line

  

  Norwegian Cruise Line announced in a press release that November was a record-breaking booking month, “the best booking day in the cruise line’s history, and November 28 was the best booked Cyber Monday, allowing NCL to achieve a record booking week for the week ending November 25,”

• Monday, December 12th 2022 - 18:32 UTC

  Cruise industry full of optimism; Norwegian Prima chosen the best vessel in the Ocean category

  

  The best new cruise ship of 2022 has gone to Norwegian Prima, in the Ocean category of the Cruise Critic Editors' Pick Award. The vessel has 3099 guests and 1,506 crew, with a three level race track and slides that are 10-stories tall.