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Tuesday, January 2nd 2018 - 10:44 UTC
Royal Mint coins to celebrate Frankenstein, the Armistice, Women's vote and RAF

The United Kingdom will make new coins this year to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein’’ as well as commemorate a century since women started gaining the right to vote. Designs on special two-pound coins will also honor the end of the First World War and the creation of the Royal Air Force in 1918, the U.K.’s Royal Mint said in a statement.
Thursday, December 14th 2017 - 06:05 UTC
Falklands, next call for Indian Navy sailboat with an all-women crew

The Indian Navy sailboat INSV Tarini left New Zealand on Tuesday for the next leg of its journey towards Falkland Islands, after completing the second leg of its circumnavigation voyage, an official statement said. Tarini, with its all-women team of Indian Naval officers, had arrived in New Zealand on November 29.
Saturday, December 9th 2017 - 20:22 UTC
Da Vinci's record US$ 450 million “Salvator Mundi” exhibited at Louvre Abu Dhabi

The Louvre Abu Dhabi is getting Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi,” which sold last month at a Christie’s auction for US$ 450 million, the most ever paid for a work of art. Christie’s said the artwork will be going to the museum, but declined to say whether the Louvre Abu Dhabi bought the painting. The Louvre Abu Dhabi said in a tweet Wednesday: “Da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi is coming to #LouvreAbuDhabi.”
Wednesday, December 6th 2017 - 08:44 UTC
Russia banned from Winter Olympics: “systematic manipulation” of the anti doping system

Russia has been banned from the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics after the IOC found evidence of an “unprecedented systematic manipulation” of the anti-doping system that has led to a series of suspensions for the country’s athletes in recent months.
Tuesday, November 28th 2017 - 10:03 UTC
Dr Matt McDowell will be soon visiting the Falkland Islands

An academic based at the University of Edinburgh will be soon visiting the Falkland Islands to study the recent history of sport on the Islands, and in international competitions.
Tuesday, November 28th 2017 - 09:37 UTC
Huge payments linked to the 2022 Qatar World Cup investigated by Brazil and FBI

The transfer of US$22 million made by Qatar and allegedly linked to the soccer 2022 World Cup is being investigated by the Brazilian justice ministry and the FBI, according to a report in the French news website Mediapart on Sunday.
Wednesday, November 22nd 2017 - 20:24 UTC
Three former football officials are banned for life by FIFA’s Ethics Committee

Julio Rocha, Rafael Esquivel and Richard Lai had all pleaded guilty to bribery and corruption charges brought by the United States Department of Justice in its massive international criminal probe into FIFA.
Friday, November 17th 2017 - 08:20 UTC
Falklands' ice hockey team will play a Canadian side that arrives with a letter of support from PM Trudeau

On November 18 & 19, Costa Rica’s first ever international ice hockey tournament will take place in the hills of Heredia, where it is much cooler than in the Central Valley, at the Castillo Country Club, home of the Castillo Knights.
Friday, November 17th 2017 - 07:14 UTC
Peru's 2018 Russia World Cup qualifier celebration felt as a minor seism in Chile

Peru went crazy after its national team defeated New Zealand on the final match to qualify for the 2018 world cup in Moscow next year. Thirty million Peruvians had been waiting thirty six years to be back in the beautiful game's world stage, and celebrate they did.
Saturday, November 11th 2017 - 12:30 UTC
Falklands ice hockey team in international tournament in Costa Rica

Costa Rica will be hosting the first Castillo International Ice Hockey Tournament with the participation of a home team, and three international sides, including one form the Falkland Islands. The competition is scheduled to take place at the Castillo Country Club in San Rafael de Heredia, on 18/19 November.