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Stories for 2023

  • Saturday, May 20th 2023 - 11:20 UTC

    Brigadier Dan Duff, takes command of BFSAI at MPC in Falklands

    The Royal Navy, Commodore Jonathan Lett hands over command of MPC to British Army Brigadier Dan Duff

    This week the Falkland Islands and Mount Pleasant Complex bid farewell to the outgoing Commander of British Forces South Atlantic Islands, BFSAI, Jonathan Lett, who has been on the job since November 2020, and welcomed Brigadier Dan Duff, British Army.

  • Saturday, May 20th 2023 - 11:15 UTC

    Fiftieth anniversary of Stanley Power Station in the Falklands

    Photographed on celebration day is the Power Station Staff with their cake made by Michele Evans.

    The Falkland Islands Power and Electrical Section are delighted to be able to celebrate 50 years of service for Power Station ‘B’. On 19 May 1973 Power Station ‘B’ was opened by then Governor Mr E G Lewis CMG OBE, and in attendance were members of the public, alongside Power Station staff and those who built the station.

  • Saturday, May 20th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

    Asylum requests on the rise in Uruguay

    Uruguay has 16,000 cases to analyze, Mondelli explained

    According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the number of asylum requests in Uruguay has increased to 16,000 from 13,113 in mid-2022, it was reported in Montevideo.

  • Saturday, May 20th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Poll: Uruguayan President still has 46% approval

    The newest data showed a two-percentage-point increase in approval and a one-point increase in disapproval of Lacalle Pou

    According to a study by pollsters, Cifra published this week in Montevideo, Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou still has a 46% approval rating and a 43% negative image after over three years in office.

  • Saturday, May 20th 2023 - 10:43 UTC

    Lula, Japanese PM discuss bilateral trade and climate change

    After Kishida, Lula met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met Saturday in Hiroshima with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ahead of the G7 Summit to discuss further cooperation between the two countries, Agencia Brasil reported. Both leaders agreed to expand bilateral trade and combat climate change, among other issues.

  • Saturday, May 20th 2023 - 10:43 UTC

    Argentina to buy 4 P-3s from Norway

    The P-3 Orion is a military version of the Lockheed Electra C passenger 4-engined turboprop aircraft

    Argentina's Defense Ministry agreed to purchase four long-range Lockheed Martin P-3 Orion aircraft from Norway at a cost of US$ 67 million to increase the South American country's patrolling capabilities in the South Atlantic, it was reported Friday in Buenos Aires.

  • Saturday, May 20th 2023 - 10:23 UTC

    Moscow declares Greenpeace an “undesirable organization,” forcing it to close its Russian branch

    The “undesirable” or “foreign agent” labels have been applied to dozens of foreign NGOs in Russia since the classifications first came into use in 2015

    Russia on Friday declared the environmental group Greenpeace an “undesirable organization.” The designation criminalizes the work of organizations that bear the brand and puts employees at risk of criminal prosecution.

  • Saturday, May 20th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

    U-20 football World Cup ready for kick-off in Argentina

    Hosts Argentina will play against Uzbekistan at Santiago del Estero's stadium

    As the under-20 football World Cup is to kick off Saturday in Argentina with four matches on the opening day, one Iraqi player has been accused by a female staffer of the La Plata hotel where the delegation is staying of having touched “her intimate parts,” it was reported.

  • Saturday, May 20th 2023 - 10:04 UTC

    Falklands: Construction works at Stanley Police Station

    The Royal FI Police Station

    The Royal Falkland Islands Police would like to remind the public that construction work is underway to renovate the western extension of the Police Station, it is anticipated to last for up to 12 weeks.

  • Friday, May 19th 2023 - 18:44 UTC

    Family alleges negligence as eight-year-old migrant girl dies in US Border Patrol custody

    “They killed her, they didn't want to help her until she fainted, and then they said they couldn't call an ambulance,” the father's victim asserted. Photo: AP.

    On Wednesday, an eight-year-old girl died while under the custody of the US Border Patrol in a border town in the state of Texas, after crossing the southern border with her family. In recent hours, details have emerged about the tragic incident in which family members denounced that the girl reported she couldn't breathe, a situation that authorities ignored.