International

• Saturday, October 8th 2022 - 09:52 UTC

  PAHO launches mental health awareness campaign

  

  The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched a campaign in support of people with mental health problems who also suffer from society's stigmatization.

• Saturday, October 8th 2022 - 00:01 UTC

  Other brands of Covid-19 vax just as good for breastfeeding immunization, Argentine study finds

  

  Argentine researchers have conducted studies that would prove that women vaccinated with Sinopharm, AstraZeneca, and Sputnik V would pass on immunity against COVID-19 to their children through breast milk.

• Friday, October 7th 2022 - 10:35 UTC

  Argentina, Brazil, Mexico not siding with OAS on Russia statement

  

  The delegations of Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico were among those who refused to sign a statement from the Organization of American States (OAS) condemning Russia's military deployment in Ukraine as the continental group's 52nd General Assembly kicked off in Lima.

• Friday, October 7th 2022 - 10:24 UTC

  Liz Truss' Conservative party conference speech

  

  By Paula Keavenney (*) – The stakes could not have been higher as Liz Truss delivered her first party conference speech as prime minister. Against a backdrop of economic chaos, open party warfare and polling that shows she’s on course for a spectacular election loss, Truss insisted she was “determined to get us through the tempest”.

• Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 10:13 UTC

  Tension escalates as North Korea fires two more short-range missiles

  

  Just two days after launching an intermediate-range missile that triggered alarms in Japan, North Korea fired two more short-range ballistic missiles into the Pacific Ocean Thursday.

• Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 10:09 UTC

  Liz Truss after long term gas provision deals with Norway and Qatar

  

  The new government of Liz Truss is focusing in long-term gas deals with Norway, Qatar and other countries, as energy supply has become the priority of the United Kingdom and ensuring heating and lights this winter.

• Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Moscow estimates “annexed” Ukrainian territories will add 5 million tons of grains to Russian harvest

  

  Russia’s grain harvest is set to grow by some five million tons annually because of the recent incorporation of four Russian-majority Ukrainian territories, Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev said this week.

• Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  “Click chemistry” developers awarded Nobel Prize

  

  Caroline R. Bertozzi and Barry Sharpless of the United States have been awarded the 2022 Chemistry Nobel Prize together with Denmark's Morten Meldal for making difficult things easy, it was announced.

• Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 09:11 UTC

  Mortgage rates in UK on the rise, first time since 2014

  

  Mortgage rates in the UK have been going up for months, but recorded a sharp increase in response to the fall-out from the mini-budget nearly two weeks ago. First-time buyers and those looking to remortgage are affected.

• Wednesday, October 5th 2022 - 13:48 UTC

  EU unifies chargers to USB-C format; bill becomes effective 2024

  

  As it had been anticipated the European Parliament approved a law on Tuesday that will require companies to ensure that every smart-phone, tablet and camera has the same charger.