Author: Pacocanas

A 32-meter radio telescope in Peru was selected to join Intuitive Machines’ lunar tracking global network for space exploration. Sicaya Radio Telescope, in Huancayo, will be essential for the next lunar missions such as NASA-led Artemis program and lunar tourism. “Peru has a unique asset, one of the very few in the entire world and strategically located,” said Benjamin K. Malphrus, Professor of Space Science at Morehead State University. Also, he highlighted the high level of scientists, as well as of astronomy researchers and students. “I’ve been impressed with Peruvian students. They’re brilliant. They possibly lack some opportunity. So, our goal is to bring…

Registration is open for the 23rd annual Summer Flute Retreat and Mini Camp. The camp will run June 18-24 at the Congregational Church of Peru and sponsored by Music Suite 408 and the Illinois Valley Flute Ensemble. Partial scholarships are available for flutists and all ages and ability levels including adult players are welcome to attend.  Source: Shaw Local

LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s government expressed qualified interest in tapping the international bond market later this year in a bid to better manage liabilities, Economy Minister Alex Contreras said on Friday. The government might turn to capital markets during the first semester of this year if opportunities exist, the economy chief said during a news conference. The minister also forecast what he described as a “moderate” economic expansion in March, and then 4% growth in April. The Andean nation’s central bank estimated earlier on Friday lower economic growth this year due to the impact of months-long social unrest and torrential…

A group of protestors gathered outside the Sydney Town Hall on Tuesday to demonstrate against a newly-announced nuclear submarine agreement between Australia and its AUKUS partners, the United States and Britain. Members from the local activist group Sydney Anti-AUKUS Coalition unfurled a banner that read, “No Nuclear Subs.” Another banner read, “AUKUS Steals From Us,” and informed onlookers that the hundreds of billions of Australian dollars splashed on the eight nuclear submarines could have been used to create 320,000 homes, 4,500 schools, and 270,000 jobs for local people. With crowds of people passing by during the afternoon peak hour, the…

A Chinese envoy on Thursday called for advancing open, transparent, inclusive and sustainable intergovernmental discussion at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to address the proliferation risks posed by the AUKUS nuclear submarine cooperation. Li Song, China’s permanent representative to the IAEA, said at a meeting of the agency’s Board of Governors that the AUKUS nuclear submarine collaboration poses serious nuclear proliferation risks, undermines the international non-proliferation regime, stimulates arms race, and threatens the peace and stability of the Asia-Pacific region. In September 2021, the United States, Britain and Australia announced the AUKUS deal, under which Washington and London will…

Jon Rahm has a game for wherever he plays, whether it’s Spain or Dubai, Hawaii or California. That’s what makes the final round at Riviera so daunting for the few people left who have a chance to catch him. Rahm played bogey-free Saturday in the Genesis Invitational, pulling away from Max Homa and Keith Mitchell late in the round by keeping that clean card. One last birdie on the closing hole gave him a six-under 65 and a three-shot lead over Homa. At stake is a chance Sunday to return to No. 1 in the world, a ranking that would…

Governments in Peru in recent years have been anything but stable. The country has seen a series of presidents ousted and a number of ex-presidents sent to prison for crimes committed during their time in office. In one memorable week in 2020, the country had three presidents in the space of only five days. But even by Peru’s standards, what happened on 7 December and the week which followed was jaw-dropping both because of the speed with which events unfolded and their consequences. The man who was president is in detention after what the constitutional court said was an attempted…

Kenes Rakishev, former special envoy of the Kazakh government and current chairman of Fincraft Resources signed a memorandum of understanding, as well as a shareholder agreement with the Indian holding Monnet Group on the establishment of a joint venture in Kazakhstan for the production of ferroalloys. The company was named TB Alloys Kazakh Limited.The new plant is planned to be located in the industrial zone of the Taraz city. The company has already started pre-project work. At the first stage, the planned capacity of the enterprise will be up to 50 thousand tons of ferrosilicon per year with a gradual…