Politics

• Wednesday, November 9th 2022 - 10:48 UTC

  Yellow Alert decreed in Chile over increasing volcanic activity

  

  Chilean authorities have issued a Yellow Alert for the communes of Villarrica, Pucón, and Curarrehue in the region of La Araucanía, and for Panguipulli, in Los Ríos after an increase in activity by the Villarrica volcano was detected.

• Wednesday, November 9th 2022 - 10:40 UTC

  Falkland Islander addresses the House of Commons from the dispatch

  

  A Law student at Stoke-on-Trent became the first Falkland Islander to address his “peers” at the House of Commons last Friday during a special session of the United Kingdom's Youth Parliament, with Sir Lindsay Hoyle presiding the meeting.

• Wednesday, November 9th 2022 - 10:34 UTC

  Lawmaker criticized that Argentine national team travels to Qatar with Uruguayan yerba mate

  

  Argentine opposition Congressman Luis Mario Pastori of the Radical Civic Union (UCR), a party forming the Together for Change (Juntos por el Cambio - JxC) coalition, Tuesday noted on social media that the Argentine national football team taking part in the upcoming World Cup finals in Qatar had not prioritized home-made products.

• 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.