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Montevideo, June 13th 2024 - 11:20 UTC

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  • Saturday, May 25th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

    King and Prince of Wales will attend anniversary of the D-Day Landings

    The King and Queen, accompanied by The Prince of Wales, will attend the UK’s national commemorative event in Portsmouth

    Following on the announcement of U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who called an early parliamentary election for July 4, Buckingham Palace said that all members of the Royal Family were canceling most public engagements until after the vote to avoid doing anything that might divert attention from the campaign.

  • Friday, May 24th 2024 - 23:33 UTC

    ICJ orders Israel to halt Rafah offensive out of humanitarian concerns

    Tel Aviv is unlikely to comply with the ruling

    The International Court of Justice (ICJ) Friday issued a landmark ruling ordering Israel to stop its military deployment in Rafah, a spot in southern Gaza where thousands are said to have been killed since the beginning of hostilities in October last year. The highest court of the United Nations (UN) also warned that the current situation was “causing irreparable harm” nearing the genocide of the Palestinian people.

  • Friday, May 24th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    ICJ issues ruling acceptable to both Ecuador and Mexico

    “These are precautionary measures, the process is not over,” AMLO argued

    The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, The Netherlands, produced a ruling Thursday that was equally welcomed by both parties in the dispute between Ecuador and Mexico over the police raid at the Embassy in Quito to arrest former Vice President Jorge Glas, who had sought asylum to avoid incarceration after being convicted of corruption.

  • Friday, May 24th 2024 - 10:32 UTC

    The first millennial and “God's influencer” to be canonized by Pope Francis

    London born Carlo Acutis had been beatified - the first step towards sainthood - in 2020, after he was attributed with his first miracle

    BBC is reporting that a London-born teenager - whose proficiency at spreading the teachings of the Catholic church online led to him being called “God's influencer” - is set to become a saint. Carlo Acutis died in 2006, at the age of 15, meaning he would be the first millennial - a person born in the early 1980s to late 1990s - to be canonized.

  • Friday, May 24th 2024 - 10:15 UTC

    Mild avian flu cases among humans in Michigan and Texas

    Despite its name, avian flu virus is not limited to birds, and in recent months has been detected in cows in several states

    The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, are reporting a second human case of avian flu has been found as the outbreak spreads among birds and cattle in the country.

  • Friday, May 24th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

    Falklands condolences to the family of Britain's greatest swimmer

    The Great David Wilkie opened the swimming pool at the Stanley Leisure Centre

    The Falkland Islands Stanley Leisure Centre are sending condolences and thoughts to the family and the people who knew MBE David Wilkie who sadly passed on Wednesday. MBE David Wilkie opened the swimming pool here at Stanley Leisure Centre on the 4th of February 1990!

  • Friday, May 24th 2024 - 09:19 UTC

    Standing ovation in Parliament for Craig Mackinlay, “The Bionic MP”

    Last December, Mackinlay's hands and feet were amputated. And it wasn't long before he got prosthetics for his missing limbs – a welcome solution but difficult to adjust to.

    Craig Mackinlay, a conservative member of Parliament serving South Thanet, was given a standing ovation by his peers on return to his bench in Westminster. The “Bionic MP” as he likes himself to be called has prosthetic hands and feet, which were amputated following a septic shock, and the quick reply from his wife a pharmacist.

  • Thursday, May 23rd 2024 - 19:17 UTC

    Lula says recognition of Palestine's statehood “a historic decision”

    Brazil was one of the first Latin American countries to recognize Palestine's statehood back in 2010, also under President Lula

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Wednesday's recognition of Palestine's statehood by Spain, Ireland, and Norway was a “historic decision,” Agencia Brasil reported Thursday. The South American leader also said that the measure will have a positive effect on efforts to find peace in the Middle East.

  • Thursday, May 23rd 2024 - 10:58 UTC

    Falklands' Legislative Assembly note the Dissolution of Parliament at Westminster and the Elections

    Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron meeting with Members of Legislative Assembly during his recent visit to the Falkland Islands

    The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly notes the announcement by the Prime Minister, Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, that the Parliament at Westminster is to be dissolved and a General Election convened for Thursday, 4 July, 2024.

  • Thursday, May 23rd 2024 - 10:18 UTC

    Conmebol introduces extra substitution in case of head trauma

    A pink card will be used to announce that the extra substitution has been recommended by team doctors

    South America's Football Confederation (Conmebol) announced this week that a new substitution will be allowed during next month's Copa America 2024 whenever a player is going through “suspected head trauma and concussion.”