International

• Monday, August 15th 2022 - 08:19 UTC

  Cairo church fire leaves 41 dead, 55 injured

  

  At least 41 people, 15 children among them, were killed Sunday at the Martyr Abu Sefein Coptic Orthodox church in Cairo's working-class neighborhood of Imbaba in the Giza area. There were also reports of some 55 other people injured.

• Saturday, August 13th 2022 - 10:18 UTC

  Prospects not good for Rushdie after stabbing

  

  Indian-born writer Salman Rushdie might lose an eye and his liver has been damaged, his agent Andrew Wylie said after the author was stabbed in New York state earlier Friday. The novelist is reportedly on a ventilator and unable to speak.

• Saturday, August 13th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Arctic flights to shed light on sea ice and storm links

  

  Scientists are flying research aircraft through the heart of Arctic storms this summer to better understand how weather systems are affecting polar sea ice. Arctic cyclones are the main type of hazardous weather that affect the polar environment during summer. They can impact sea ice movement and trigger rapid ice loss, effects that themselves influence the development of cyclones.

• Saturday, August 13th 2022 - 09:52 UTC

  Conserving Damoy Hut, next to 'glacial skiway', Antarctica Historic Site and Monument

  

  Damoy, a small wooden hut on a rocky outcrop in Antarctica will take centre stage in UK Antarctic Heritage Trust conservation efforts this coming season. The hut in Dorian Bay, along with the glacial ‘skiway’ on Damoy Point, formed the ‘Damoy Point Air Transit Facility’, operated by BAS from 1975-1993. It provided shelter for operators and scientists travelling to and from Rothera (Station R) and other BAS sites, especially when ice prevented access by sea.

• Friday, August 12th 2022 - 21:08 UTC

  “Satanic Verses” author stabbed before a lecture in NY

  

  Indian-born writer Salman Rushdie, on whose head there has been a bounty since the 1980s for his novel The Satanic Verses, has been stabbed Friday during a conference in New York State.

• Friday, August 12th 2022 - 02:45 UTC

  Successful refueling of RAF Atlas flying from Brize Norton to Falklands

  

  A Royal Air Force Atlas C1 transport aircraft has been refueled over the South Atlantic for the first time. The Atlas was flown from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire to Ascension Island before flying on to the Falklands.

• Friday, August 12th 2022 - 02:40 UTC

  Offshore drilling on the rebound for the foreseeable future, rig providers report

  

  By Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com – After years of uncertainty and stagnation, the offshore drilling market is on the rebound and is in the early innings of an up cycle in investment and activity that will outpace the 2016-2019 cycle, major services and rig providers say. Analysts and top offshore drilling executives say that offshore rig utilization and day rates are also rising in a market that is expected to tighten going forward.

• Thursday, August 11th 2022 - 20:45 UTC

  Google sets eyes on Las Toninas for transoceanic internet cable

  

  Argentina's National Communications Agency (Enacom) has authorized Google Infraestructura Argentina SRL to install a fiber optic system called Firmina through Argentine Sea waters, which “will be the longest in the world” providing internet connectivity.

• Thursday, August 11th 2022 - 20:00 UTC

  First South American Ikea store opens in Chile

  

  Chileans rushed Wednesday to the brand-new Ikea store in Santiago, the first of the multinational conglomerate specialized in ready-to-assemble furniture, kitchen appliances, and home accessories.

• Thursday, August 11th 2022 - 19:07 UTC

  Falklands Veterans and families invited to register for a balloted flight to the Islands

  

  The United Kingdom Ministry of Defense has announced that Veterans and the families of those who died during the Falkland Islands conflict are being invited to register for a balloted flight to the Islands. There will be 100 places on the flight, funded by MOD, with seats allocated to those eligible and a partner of their choice.