Politics

Wednesday, November 9th 2022 - 10:29 UTC
DeSantis reelected Governor of Florida, as vote counting still ongoing

Ron DeSantis, the Republican emerging figure who might challenge former President Donald Trump's bid to return to the White House in 2024, has been reelected as Governor of the State of Florida, it was reported late Tuesday as vote counting continued nationwide after the mid-term elections.
Wednesday, November 9th 2022 - 10:11 UTC
Nicole expected to become a hurricane and make landfall in Florida

As Tropical Storm Nicole threatens to make landfall shortly, NASA's plans to send a rocket to the moon under the Artemis 1 program might be thwarted, according to weather reports from the US State of Florida.
Wednesday, November 9th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
No discrepancies found in audit of Brazil's electronic ballot system

Brazil's Court of Audit of the Union (TCU) found no discrepancies in the ballot papers of the electronic ballot boxes that were analyzed during an audit conducted after the presidential runoffs held last week, Agencia Brasil reported Tuesday.
Wednesday, November 9th 2022 - 09:44 UTC
European countries declaration in support of safety for journalists and Freedom of the media

Lithuanian Ambassador Vaidotas Verba delivered a Group of Friends statement in response to the report by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, OSCE, Representative on Freedom of the Media. The statement was delivered in Vienna on 3 November.
Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 20:31 UTC
New Ecuadorian prison riot leaves 5 inmates dead

Another prison riot in Ecuador Monday evening has left at least five inmates dead and six others wounded at the Pichincha correctional facility in Quito also known as “El Inca,” where some 1,365 inmates are housed.
Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 09:44 UTC
US: Democratic majority in Congress at stake

The ruling Democratic Party of President Joseph Biden risks losing its Congressional majority in Tuesday's mid-term elections while many polls foresee the opposition Republicans are likely to regain some of the 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 in the Senate.
Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 09:28 UTC
Argentina to create yet another dollar exchange rate

Argentina's Superminister of Economy, Industry, and Agriculture Sergio Massa Monday announced the creation of yet a new parity between the local currency and the US dollar to be applied to regional economies.
Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 09:24 UTC
Argentine president turns to diplomacy

Argentine President Alberto Fernández has withdrawn himself from domestic confrontations within the ruling Frente de Todos (FdT) by focusing on the international agenda that launches him onto the world's center stage in the coming days.
Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 09:20 UTC
Falklands and BOTs delegates invited to the Constituency Garden of Remembrance

The Speaker of the House Sir Lindsay Hoyle installed on Monday the opening of the Constituency Garden of Remembrance at the New Palace Yard in Parliament grounds and invited representatives from the Overseas Territories to participate.
Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 08:58 UTC
Falkland Islands lists Covid-19 as endemic, in the same manner as other viral illnesses

On Wednesday 29 June the Falkland Islands King Edward Memorial Hospital, KEMH, announced that as Covid-19 infection rates continued to be low, following the initial spike in cases seen in May 2022, Covid-19 is now considered endemic in the Falkland Islands.