Stories for December 10th 2024

Tuesday, December 10th 2024 - 22:36 UTC
Falklands, success of FIDF 3 Peaks Challenge; gold medal for Gurkhas

Last weekend, personnel from BFSAI, (British Forces South Atlantic Islands) took on The Falkland Islands 3 Peaks Challenge. Comprising of a 20km endurance race over Tumbledown, Two Sisters and Mount Longdon, over 250 competitors walked, 'TAB'd', or ran the stunning course.
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Tuesday, December 10th 2024 - 21:00 UTC
Paraguay's antidrug agency parts ways with DEA

Paraguay's National Anti-Drug Secretariat (Senad) decided to break off from its partnership with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), according to a note sent by Minister Jalil Rachid on Dec 6, which went public Tuesday in Asunción. Rachid said the move stemmed from the need to optimize resources and strengthen operational areas.
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Tuesday, December 10th 2024 - 19:58 UTC
Ecuador's President announces end of blackouts

Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa announced Tuesday that the end of the nationwide blackouts is in sight. “As of December 20, there will be no outages throughout the country. This decision is based on the recovery of the installed capacity, which for 10 years was irresponsibly neglected,” the head of State posted on X.
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Tuesday, December 10th 2024 - 14:26 UTC
Exploring Falkland Islands' Ecosystems: Insights from the FI-BRIL Project

By Emeritus Professor Roger Flower, UCL - ”The Falkland Islands are a rather remote, treeless archipelago in the western South Atlantic. They are now probably best known for their important biodiversity, sheep farming and productive marine fisheries.
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Tuesday, December 10th 2024 - 13:25 UTC
The atomization of Syria, following the collapse of 53 years of Assads dictatorship

By Gwynne Dyer - Take a moment, first, to celebrate the fall of a regime of surpassing evil even by the demanding standards of the Middle East. Father and son, the Assad regime oppressed and abused the Syrian people for 53 years, and now it is gone in a week. Even the American-backed regime in Afghanistan did not fall that fast.
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Tuesday, December 10th 2024 - 10:55 UTC
Peronist/Kirchnerist leaders discuss unity ahead of next year's mid-terms

Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof and Congressman Máximo Kirchner got together with former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) and former Presidential hopeful Sergio Massa at a residence in Moreno on the outskirts of the country's capital to discuss the future of Peronism / Kirchnerism vis a vis the 2025 mid-term elections. It was their first photo together after the electoral defeat against Javier Milei in 2023.
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Tuesday, December 10th 2024 - 10:25 UTC
Rebels reveal lavish lifestyle of Bashar al-Assad after palace invasion

Rebel forces in Syria have unveiled the opulent lifestyle of former President Bashar al-Assad after storming his presidential palace in Damascus. Videos circulated online show a fleet of luxury cars, including Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Aston Martins, and Mercedes-Benz vehicles, as well as boxes of Louis Vuitton items, fine art, and high-end furniture.
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Tuesday, December 10th 2024 - 09:37 UTC
Record soybeans output reported in Paraguay

The Paraguayan Chamber of Grain and Oilseed Producers and Exporters (Capeco) announced Monday that the South American country produced nearly 11 million tons of soybeans during the 2023-24 season, which generated revenues of around US$ 4 billion up to last month, a significant progress from the previous US$ 3.5 billion.
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Tuesday, December 10th 2024 - 09:23 UTC
Lula goes through head surgery to ease pain

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Monday underwent head surgery to drain a hematoma and relieve his persistent headache. He was said to be in good condition and recuperating at Sao Paulo's Hospital Sírio-Libanês' ICU ward. The procedure involved a craniotomy (a cut through the skull), it was also explained.
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Tuesday, December 10th 2024 - 09:17 UTC
State of water shortage declared in five major rivers in Brazil

Brazilian authorities Monday decreed a “state of water shortage” in the basins of five major rivers nationwide. The critical situation affects some 2,264 million km², it was explained. It was the first time in over 100 gauging these water levels that such an extreme measure has been adopted.
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