Stories for January 2024

Wednesday, January 3rd 2024 - 22:45 UTC
Milei's radical reform suffers first legal setback after court suspends labor chapter

In a significant legal blow to President Javier Milei's ambitious labor reform agenda, a court in Argentina has temporarily suspended the recently enacted labor reform, responding to concerns raised by labor unions. This marks a judicial obstacle for Milei's rapid-fire reformist approach since taking office less than a month ago.
Wednesday, January 3rd 2024 - 10:42 UTC
IMF delegation to visit Buenos Aires for further discussions

Argentina's Cabinet Chief Nicolás Posse and Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo are to meet in Buenos Aires with a delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday, Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni confirmed Tuesday.
Wednesday, January 3rd 2024 - 10:36 UTC
Jet fuel developed from human feces in UK

A British scientific team in Gloucestershire has successfully developed jet fuel from human feces. The product has been reported to be almost identical to the conventional kerosene used in modern aviation. “We wanted to find a really low-value feedstock that was highly abundant; and of course poo is abundant,” Firefly Green Fuels CEO James Hygate explained.
Wednesday, January 3rd 2024 - 10:30 UTC
Argentina lifts restrictions on beef exports

The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei has authorized the export of seven “popular cuts” of beef which had been banned from sales abroad under Alberto Fernández, it was reported in Buenos Aires.
Wednesday, January 3rd 2024 - 10:26 UTC
Covid-19 keeps spreading across Bolivia

Bolivian health authorities reported Tuesday a 128% surge in cases of Covid-19 nationwide in addition to the detection of the JN.1 variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus -also known as Pirola- in the department of Santa Cruz.
Wednesday, January 3rd 2024 - 10:19 UTC
Argentine hemorrhagic fever not widespread but highly lethal

Sanitary experts in the city of Rosario in the province of Santa Fe recommended people in rural areas get vaccinated against Argentine Hemorrhagic Fever (AHF). The once-in-a-lifetime chemical is free of charge and indicated for people between 15 and 65 years of age because “Santa Fe is an endemic area,” the specialists warned after the death of one man infected with the malady.
Wednesday, January 3rd 2024 - 10:18 UTC
Royal Navy sailor fired for producing porn on HMS Prince of Wales

A Royal Navy sailor, Zak Blackman, has been dismissed from service for creating and selling explicit content aboard the HMS Prince of Wales, Britain's largest warship, following a three-month deployment to the US.
Wednesday, January 3rd 2024 - 10:17 UTC
Five killed in aircraft runway crash at Tokyo Haneda airport

Five crewmembers of a Japanese Coast Guard Bombardier Dash-8 turboprop aircraft that was to carry supplies to the area hit by an earthquake earlier this year died at Tokyo's Haneda airport Tuesday following a crash with a Japan Air Lines (JAL) Airbus 350 airliner at 5.46 pm local time that was landing from Shin-Chitose airport near Sapporo in northern Japan, it was reported.
Tuesday, January 2nd 2024 - 10:46 UTC
At least 30 killed in Japan tremor

At least 30 people have been killed following a 7.6 magnitude earthquake in the Japanese Prefecture of Ishikawa. Around half the casualties were recorded in the town of Wajima, where a fire destroyed several houses. Japan Railways announced that high-speed trains between Tokyo and Ishikawa were interrupted.
Tuesday, January 2nd 2024 - 10:36 UTC
Bolivia under orange alert as many rivers might overflow

Bolivian authorities have enacted an orange alert after eight rivers were determined to be at imminent risk of overflowing, which would affect eight departments nationwide, the National Meteorology and Hydrology Service (Senamhi) reported. The measure will be in force until Jan. 7.