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Thu, 13 Oct 2022 08:46:00 GMT
UN condemns Russia's actions in Ukraine
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Wednesday declared Russia's annexation of the Ukrainian territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson was "illegal" and called on all member countries not to recognize the...

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 02:47:00 GMT
President of the Mexican Hunting Federation dies in Argentina after being rammed by a buffalo
The president of the Mexican Hunting Federation, Mario Alberto Canales, died in Argentina when he was rammed by a buffalo he was trying to hunt in the province of Entre Ríos, in the northeast of the country, police sources rep...

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 02:44:00 GMT
Lula promises favela dwellers they will eat 3 meals a day if he is elected
Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party (PT) Wednesday promised potential supporters that if he is elected in the Oct. 30 runoff with the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, "people will eat 3 times a day."

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 02:41:00 GMT
Mayor of Buenos Aires wants federal gov't to quit improvising
Following the President Alberto Fernández administration's creation of a so-called “Qatar dollar” for transactions abroad with credit cards, Buenos Aires Mayor and potential presidential candidate said nobody will “inves...

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 02:34:00 GMT
Parts of Uruguay on brink of agricultural emergency due to poor rains
Uruguay's Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries Minister Fernando Mattos has not ruled out declaring a national emergency due to the water deficit caused by poor rains, despite western and southern parts of the country being th...

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 10:35:00 GMT
Brazil's STF Judges against adding magistrates to the bench
Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) judges Tuesday voiced their opinion against President Jair Bolsonaro's proposal to increase the number of STF magistrates from 11 to 16, albeit under anonymity.

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 10:20:00 GMT
The Falkland Islands and forty years of progress: environment and science
Queen’s University, Belfast, will be hosting a very special academic event dedicated to "The Falkland Islands and Forty Years of Progress: environment and science", to be held on 20 October at the Elmwood Building, School of ...

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 10:15:00 GMT
Falklands' SAERI scientist invited to COP27 at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
The 27th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP-27) is a platform for 197 states, or ‘parties’ to discuss lessons learnt from the 6th Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 10:00:00 GMT
Chile's Senate greenlights CPTPP agreement
Chile's Upper House Tuesday ratified by 27 votes in favor, 10 against and 1 abstention, the country's joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) which is expected to generate annua...

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 09:50:00 GMT
Venezuela left out of UN Human Rights Council
Venezuela has been voted out of the 47-member UN Human Rights Council while starting next year Chile and Costa Rica will join the group which also features Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico, and Paraguay from Latin Ame...



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