Stories for 2024

Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 09:07 UTC
Israel takes down key terrorist leaders in separate strikes

Two key leaders of terrorist organizations technically at war with Israel were killed Tuesday with precision long-range rockets hitting the places where they were staying. Hamas' Ismail Haniyeh was in Tehran, where he had attended Masoud Pezeshkian's presidential inauguration hours earlier while Hezbollah's “senior advisor” Fuad Shukr (alias Hajj Mohsin or Muhsin Shukr) reported to leader Hassan Nasrallah, and was wanted by the US for his role in the 1983 bombing of the Marine barracks in the Lebanese capital.
Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 09:01 UTC
Baroness Chapman, new FCDO Minister for Latin America and the Caribbean

Baroness Jennifer Chapman of Darlington has been appointed UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on 18 July 2024.
Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 08:59 UTC
Falklands democracy, Select Committee on petition for VSAT License fee on August first

On Thursday August first, at 10 AM in the morning, the Select Committee on the Petition to abolish or reduce the VSAT License Fee for using Starlink, or reduce the fee to a reasonable and proportionate level will be held at the Court and Assembly Chambers, Town Hall.
Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 08:20 UTC
Falklands Ranger Guides meet the Speaker of the House of Commons

On Tuesday 30th July, a group of Ranger Guides from the Falkland Islands visited the Houses of Parliament to meet with the Speaker of the House of Commons, The Rt. Hon Lindsay Hoyle MP.
Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 08:00 UTC
Labour anticipates a tax increase to fill a £22bn Tory “hole” in UK public finances

UK Labour chancellor Rachel Reeves anticipated that the government of PM Keir Starmer will have to raise some taxes in October's Budget, following the claim on Monday that the previous Tory government left a £22bn “hole” in the public finances.
Tuesday, July 30th 2024 - 22:16 UTC
Peru's gov't recognizes González Urrutia as winner of Venezuelan elections

The Peruvian government of President Dina Boluarte Tuesday recognized opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia as the legitimate president-elect of Venezuela, despite the announcement by the National Electoral Council (CNE) on Sunday in Caracas that Nicolás Maduro had been voted by 51.2% of the people for the 2025-2031 term against 44.2% for the challenger. “Clearly Edmundo Gonzalez is the elected president of Venezuela; this position is shared by numerous countries, governments, and international organizations,” said Foreign Minister Javier Gonzalez Olaechea.
Tuesday, July 30th 2024 - 21:42 UTC
María Corina Machado's arrest ordered, Venezuelan opposition warns

The Venezuelan government under President Nicolás Maduro has ordered the arrest of opposition leader María Corina Machado, a prominent figure in the Plataforma Unitaria Democrática (PUD). This move, denounced by leaders within PUD, comes amid a turbulent post-election period marked by accusations of irregularities and widespread unrest.
Tuesday, July 30th 2024 - 19:31 UTC
OAS report says Venezuela's elections results untrustworthy given CNE bias

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's reelection is not to be taken at face value, according to the Organization of American States (OAS). The continental entity's election observation department found on Tuesday that the National Electoral Council (CNE) in Caracas is known to be pro-government biased.
Tuesday, July 30th 2024 - 10:56 UTC
Angered Venezuelans take to the streets to protest against Sunday's alleged fraud

Venezuelans took to the streets Monday bringing down four statues of former Bolivarian leader Hugo Chávez Frías and storming key places nationwide in an apparent drive to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro, who they claimed, had won Sunday's elections through fraud.
Tuesday, July 30th 2024 - 10:52 UTC
Guterres urges Venezuelan authorities to be transparent regarding elections results

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres urged the Venezuelan Government of President Nicolás Maduro to show “full transparency” regarding the outcome of Sunday's elections and “publish in due time the results and the breakdown by polling stations.”