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Fri, 24 Jun 2022 00:28:00 GMT
Paraguay launches probe into Emtrasur 747's Ciudad del Este stop
Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benítez has instructed the Anti-corruption Minister René Fernández to request the Prosecutor's Office to launch a probe into the stop in Ciudad del Este in May of the Venezuelan-flagged Boeing...

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 00:20:00 GMT
Brazil: Inflation and GDP projections up from March figures
Brazil's Central Bank (BCB) Thursday announced it projected a 1.7% increase in the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by the end of 2022, thus improving a previous forecast released in March, which mentioned merely 1%.

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 21:51:00 GMT
Five dead, many injured in Buenos Aires building fire
At least five people belonging to a Jewish family died Thursday and 35 others were injured during a fire in a Buenos Aires uptown apartment building, it was reported.

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 20:56:00 GMT
Maradona's medical team to stand trial for aggravated manslaughter
Eight healthcare professionals, including two physicians, have been formally charged with negligence in the death of Argentine iconic footballer Diego Armando Maradona, it was announced at the San Isidro Courthouse in the nort...

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 17:43:00 GMT
RRS Sir David Attenborough centre stage at "Poles Apart" gallery in National Maritime Museum
Britain’s new polar research ship, RRS Sir David Attenborough, is centre-stage in a new gallery, ‘Poles Apart’, which opened at the Royal Museums Greenwich National Maritime Museum. The exhibition serves as a lasting remi...

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 17:35:00 GMT
A grateful Heathman family remembers when their farm, close to Stanley became a base for British forces
To mark the 40th anniversary of the Falkland Islands conflict, a group of young paratroopers has journeyed to the South Atlantic. In the Islands, they have retraced the footsteps of their predecessors and learned about their re...

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 17:34:00 GMT
WHO admits that antibiotic resistance is winning the innovation battle
Development of new antibacterial treatments is inadequate to address the mounting threat of antibiotic resistance, according to the annual pipeline report by the World Health Organization. The 2021 report describes the antibact...

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 17:29:00 GMT
Antarctic Treaty members agree to protect Shackleton's Endurance wreck 3.000 meters deep in the Weddell Sea
A 500m perimeter is being implemented to aid the protection of Endurance, the ship famously lost in the Antarctic by explorer Ernest Shackleton. The vessel's position on the Weddell Sea floor was finally identified in March, 10...

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 17:10:00 GMT
London ignores European legislation: UK Supreme Court, final arbiter in human rights issues
Britain will not abandon the European Convention on Human Rights but a new Bill of Rights will establish UK Supreme Court in London as the ultimate arbiter on human rights issues. The announcement was done by Dominic Raab, UK D...

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 09:59:00 GMT
Argentina again requests UN Secretary General's good offices in the Malvinas sovereignty dispute
Ahead of his address to the United Nations Special Decolonization Committee, C24, this Thursday, demanding sovereignty talks with the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands sovereignty, Argentine foreign minister Santiago Caf...



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