MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for November 21st 2024
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Thursday, November 21st 2024 - 10:00 UTC
Drones and images from space to count elephant seals in South Georgia
A team of researchers are using drones and satellite images from space to count southern elephant seals on the sub-Antarctic Island of South Georgia. Using remotely piloted aerial systems (RPAS) to capture detailed ‘on the ground’ photos; the team will compare these with satellite imagery taken from space. This work will update the last island-wide census, conducted nearly 30-years ago.
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Thursday, November 21st 2024 - 09:55 UTC
The Gibraltar Chapter of Abraham Accords launched by Picardo and Sir Liam Fox
The Gibraltar Chapter of the Abraham Accords Group was launched last week at the Rock, when Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo KC MP, welcomed Sir Liam Fox, Chairman of the Abraham Accords. Sir Liam was previously UK Secretary of State for International Trade from 2016 to 2019 and Secretary of State for Defense from 2010 to 2011. to No 6 Convent Place.
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Thursday, November 21st 2024 - 09:44 UTC
Argentina gets IDB and WB loans
Argentina's Libertarian Government has been granted loans from the World Bank (WB) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) worth around US$ 4 billion, the Economy Ministry in Buenos Aires announced Wednesday. “The IDB and the World Bank approve financing for more than 4 billion dollars for projects in our country,” the ministry said in a statement.
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Thursday, November 21st 2024 - 09:35 UTC
Successful trial of the Spear Missiles in Typhoons and F-35B fighters
Royal Navy and Royal Air Force pilots will benefit from a cutting-edge new cruise missile, following the first successful guided firing trial of the SPEAR missile. SPEAR, which is a next generation turbojet-powered miniature cruise missile, successfully completed the trial after being fired from a BAE Systems-operated Typhoon jet at Vidsel range in Sweden.
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Thursday, November 21st 2024 - 09:27 UTC
Guyana oil output breaking all oil exploration and production records
The impoverished South American country of Guyana is emerging as a major international oil producer and exporter. The former British colony is expected to become not only South America’s top oil producer but a key driver of world petroleum supply growth. The country has also become one of the fastest growing economies in the region, according to the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank
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Thursday, November 21st 2024 - 09:15 UTC
Argentina is Italy's point of reference in Latin America
Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni said during his trip to Buenos Aires where she had dinner Tuesday with President Javier Milei and met again one-on-one at Casa Rosada on Wednesday that “Argentina is our point of reference in Latin America.”
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Thursday, November 21st 2024 - 09:03 UTC
Chubut court releases Punta Tombo Massacre perpetrator on parole
Chubut agribusinessman Ricardo La Regina was handed down a three-year sentence by a three-judge court in the city of Rawson for the 2021 killing of a colony of Magellanic penguins in the Punta Tombo reservation.
