Stories for 2024

Monday, September 23rd 2024 - 10:37 UTC
Former Paraguayan President's ties with FARC exposed

Former Paraguayan President Federico Franco (2012-2013) said Fernando Lugo (2008-2012), under whom he served as Vice President and whom he succeeded after his impeachment, had links with Colombia's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) guerrillas.
Monday, September 23rd 2024 - 10:31 UTC
Recent events have exposed the limitations of multilateral bodies, Lula tells UN

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva told the United Nations (UN) Sunday that the global entity lacked “ambition and boldness” to fulfill its role, Agencia Brasil reported. The South American head of state made those remarks during the so-called Summit of the Future. Lula also insisted that structural changes were needed to address the armed conflicts in the world today.
Monday, September 23rd 2024 - 08:57 UTC
JetSmart discontinuing Buenos Aires-Montevideo route

Chilean budget carrier JetSmart announced it would be lifting the Buenos Aires-Montevideo effective Oct. 1 route after finding it unprofitable, particularly when no subsidy was obtained from the Uruguayan government. The service had been operational for only four months.
Monday, September 23rd 2024 - 08:55 UTC
LNG project to go on with or without Petronas, YPF CEO says

Argentina's State-run oil company YPF CEO Horacio Marín admitted that the highly-announced US$ 30 billion joint Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) venture with Malaysia's Petronas in Patagonia would go ahead despite the Asian partner's alleged intention to withdraw from it.
Monday, September 23rd 2024 - 08:35 UTC
Power cuts inevitable in Argentina during next summer

Argentina's Cabinet Chief Guillermo Francos reckoned there might be scheduled power cuts during the summer despite recent fare adjustments that represented a significant increase for most households. He argued that the measure would be the consequence of the lack of investments in recent years.
Monday, September 23rd 2024 - 08:31 UTC
Falklands Pound among the ten world oldest currencies still circulating

The Falkland Islands pound is listed among the top ten oldest currencies still circulating in the world with the pound Sterling leading the ranking, having taken off back in the Middle Ages sometime in the 800s, according to the World of Statistics.
Monday, September 23rd 2024 - 08:29 UTC
Bluetongue virus, BTV 3, has spread to the whole of South East England

As more cases were found temporary restriction zones have been brought in to help stem the spread of the bluetongue virus (BTV-3), some 95 cases, which now cover the whole of the South East England.
Monday, September 23rd 2024 - 08:16 UTC
UK Forces News, Armed Forces alert to the new kind of warfare

The triggering of hundreds of pagers to kill or maim members of the militant group Hezbollah has raised concerns about the UK's own military supply chain and the use of smart-phones.
Monday, September 23rd 2024 - 08:14 UTC
Exploding pagers, what do we know what really happened

By Gwynne Dyer

The exploding pagers that killed at least 12 people and injured 2 800 others in Lebanon and adjacent places on Tuesday were mostly just a new wrinkle on the exploding cell-phones that Israel has used to assassinate its opponents in the past, but there was one major innovation.
Monday, September 23rd 2024 - 08:02 UTC
HMS Protector involved in practicing boarding operations with navies from four countries

Ice Patrol HMS Protector has provided the perfect training platform during Exercise Unitas, the world's longest-running multinational maritime exercise. Teams from the UK, US, Chile, Mexico and Colombia used the Royal Navy's ice patrol ship for practicing boarding operations, where personnel move between vessels.