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Stories for March 7th 2024

  • Thursday, March 7th 2024 - 10:48 UTC

    Ambassador says linking Rosario to Uruguay should be a state policy

    Enciso spoke of a “moment of optimism regarding the business environment in both countries”

    Uruguay's Ambassador to Buenos Aires Carlos Enciso Christiansen insisted it was necessary to promote a state policy to improve connectivity between his country and the Argentine city of Rosario. He made those remarks en route to the ExpoAgro event in nearby San Nicolás.

  • Thursday, March 7th 2024 - 10:32 UTC

    Two schoolchildren faint as Milei gives a speech

    Speaking about Communism always brings on problems, the president joked as two students fainted during his appearance at the Catholic school he and his sister attended

    Two students fainted Wednesday in Buenos Aires as Argentine President Javier Milei inaugurated the school year at the Cardenal Copello Catholic school in Buenos Aires, which he attended with his sister and current presidential secretary, Karina.

  • Thursday, March 7th 2024 - 10:17 UTC

    Argentine lawmakers from the “political caste” get wage increase

    Martín Menem hired his nephew as his personal assistant

    Argentine Vice President Victoria Villarruel as head of the Senate and Lower House Speaker Martín Menem agreed to increase the wages of lawmakers by nearly 30% effective from January 1, it was reported Wednesday in Buenos Aires.

  • Thursday, March 7th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

    RFA Diligence: Veteran of Falklands and Gulf wars headed for scrapping

    Chartered by UK during the critical months of the Falklands War in 1982, and later purchased for £25m in 1983, this ship has been at the forefront of naval logistics and repair

    RFA Diligence, a forward repair ship, finds its storied career ending not with a bang, but with the quiet anticipation of scrapping. Commissioned in 1981, and having served with distinction through conflicts such as the Falklands War and the Gulf War, this vessel's journey from a civilian oil rig support ship to a key military asset symbolizes the adaptability and resilience required in naval warfare.

  • Thursday, March 7th 2024 - 09:49 UTC

    Haiti's PM in Puerto Rico, not resigning, for now

    The international community still recognizes Henry as Haiti's PM but gang leader “Barbecue” wants him out

    Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry has sought shelter in Puerto Rico after his aircraft was denied a landing clearance by the Dominican Republic, it was reported Wednesday. Henry is unable to return to Port-au-Prince where gang groups threaten that a bloodbath will occur should he refuse to resign.

  • Thursday, March 7th 2024 - 09:08 UTC

    Falklands appoints Explosive Ordnance Advisor; mines found on Hell's Kitchen beach

    Guy Marot OBE has agreed to take on this role, having previously worked in the Islands on similar demining programs (Pic FITV)

    Following the sitting of the Falkland Islands ExCo on Tuesday 27 February, a phased clearance proposal from Fenix Insight Limited was approved. The proposal includes the provision of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Advisor, following the discovery of a number of mines at Hell’s Kitchen beach on the designated Government Reserve, located on the Murrell Peninsula.

  • Thursday, March 7th 2024 - 08:52 UTC

    Haley drops bid, clears way for Trump to seek a rematch with Biden

    “God will be with you wherever you go,” Haley told her followers upon announcing she was stepping down from the presidential race

    Former US Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Nikki Haley Wednesday announced she was dropping her presidential bid, thus clearing the way for Donald Trump to run on behalf of the Republican Party. Many states are still to hold their primaries with Trump and incumbent President Joseph seeking to secure enough delegates to clinch their party nominations for the November ballot.

  • Thursday, March 7th 2024 - 08:39 UTC

    Gibraltar new governor takes office June: Lieutenant General Sir Benjamin Bathurst

    The new Governor arrives in Gibraltar having served most recently as the UK’s military representative to NATO and the EU.

    Lieutenant General Sir Benjamin Bathurst, KCVO, CBE, has been appointed as the next Governor of Gibraltar, in succession to Vice Admiral Sir David Steel KBE, KStJ, DL. Sir Benjamin will take up the post in June 2024, with Sir David set to depart Gibraltar towards the end of May 2024.

  • Thursday, March 7th 2024 - 08:09 UTC

    Adrianzén Olaya sworn in as Peru's new Prime Minister

    Adrianzén Olaya resigned as Justice Minister in 2015 to avoid impeachment

    Gustavo Lino Adrianzén Olaya was sworn in Wednesday as Peru's new Prime Minister (technically chairman of the Council of Ministers) following Alberto Otárola Peñaranda's resignation on Tuesday amid an influence-peddling scandal involving the hiring of a woman he called “my love” at the Defense Ministry.

  • Thursday, March 7th 2024 - 04:44 UTC

    HMS Trent seized £290.66m of cocaine in two huge blows to drug runners in the Caribbean

    This was HMS Trent’s second drugs bust in the space of three weeks, having seized £70.1m of cocaine in a separate operation in January

    A Royal Navy warship seized £290.66m of cocaine and narcotics in two huge blows to drug runners in the Caribbean. British sailors, Royal Marines and a US Coast Guard team on HMS Trent intercepted a suspected smuggling speedboat south of the US Virgin Islands.