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Wed, 16 Nov 2022 09:48:00 GMT
Falklands' electricity price up from December first; power allowance scheme for households
Due to the continued impact of increasing fuel prices, the Falkland Islands Government announced that in accordance with Regulation 10A of the Electricity Supply Regulations 1969, there will be a change in the price of electric...

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 09:42:00 GMT
Kenji Fujimori gets suspended jail sentence
A court of law in Lima Tuesday handed down a 4.5-year jail sentence against former Congressman Kenji Fujimori and two other defendants in an influence-peddling case.

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 09:26:00 GMT
Macri apologizes for calling Germans "a superior race"
Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri publicly apologized Tuesday for saying that Germany was a "superior race," a statement which earned him strong criticism from the entire political spectrum.

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 09:24:00 GMT
Brazil signs biodiversity deal with Indonesia and Congo
Brazil's Foreign Ministry announced that the South American country had reached a biodiversity agreement with Indonesia and Congo to preserve their respective tropical rainforests, which are the largest in the world.

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 08:41:00 GMT
Venezuela to defend Essequibo case before ICJ
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Thursday announced that his administration would resort to The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) to solve the territorial dispute with Guyana over the Essequibo region.

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 19:30:00 GMT
Moderna says updated vaccine available to Uruguay has stronger antibody response
The Moderna laboratories Tuesday reported that their two bivalent Omicron-targeting new messenger RNA (mRNA) technology booster vaccines (mRNA-1273.214 and mRNA-1273.222) have a superior antibody response compared to a booster ...

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 19:18:00 GMT
World population crosses 8-billion threshold, UN says
According to an assessment from the United Nations (UN), the world's population Tuesday crossed the 8-billion-people threshold, which represented an "unprecedented growth" from the 2.5 billion humans living on Earth by 1950.

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 19:14:00 GMT
FIFA Chief calls for truce during football World Cup
FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who is in Bali attending the G20 Summit, Tuesday called for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine and recalled that the former hosted the 2018 World Cup finals and the latter is vying to co-org...

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 14:04:00 GMT
President Fernández recovers in time for Xi Jinping meeting
Argentine President Alberto Fernández overcame his bout of low blood pressure and was able to meet with his Chinese colleague Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Bali.

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 10:01:00 GMT
UK, US, EU discussing continuation of Black Sea Grain Deal with Russia
UK Foreign Secretary, High Representative of the European Union, and US Secretary of State gave a statement on global food security and Russia sanctions. The statement follows on Russia's complaints that it saw no progress on e...



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