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Stories for 2024

  • Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 08:36 UTC

    Falklands will receive first Islander of a revamp funded Britten-Norman

    Britten-Norman has completed its second funding round, securing significant capital from Beechlands Enterprises, Northern Ireland

    Britten-Norman, the UK’s leading utility aircraft manufacturer, has completed its second funding round, securing significant capital from Northern Ireland-based Beechlands Enterprises.

  • Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 08:33 UTC

    PM Starmer, “paying reparations for slave trade, not in the Commonwealth agenda”

    Sir Hilary Beckles, “It is our intention to persist with this strategy of calling for a summit to work through what a reparatory justice model ought to look like”

    “Just to be clear, reparations are not on the agenda for the Commonwealth heads of government meeting. Technically, the (UK) Government's position on this has not changed. We do not pay reparations,” said Downing Street official spokesperson, when asked what PM Keir Starmer's view on paying reparations for Britain's involvement in the slave trade was.

  • Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 08:25 UTC

    Falklands, Rockhopper Exploration disposes of Italian assets to focus on Sea Lion

    “The combination of the insurance policy and transaction with Zodiac allows us to refocus the Company on Sea Lion,” said CEO Samuel Moody (Pic Rockhoper Exploration)

    Rockhopper Exploration plc (AIM: RKH), the oil and gas company with key interests in the North Falkland Basin (“NFB”), has announced it has put in place an insurance policy to cover the event that the Italian Republic succeeds in its attempt to have the Rockhopper Ombrina Mare Arbitration Award annulled and has also signed a share purchase agreement with Zodiac Energy Limited to exit its other Italian assets.

  • Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 08:18 UTC

    Falklands Waters, UK Hydrographic starts seabed mapping surveys in November

    With the expected increase in expedition cruises within the waters around the Falklands, it is important that safe passage is achieved to the sites visited

    In November, the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) will conduct seabed mapping surveys of the Falkland Islands coastal waters to support safe maritime trade and the development of a sustainable blue economy.

  • Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 00:07 UTC

    Why an AI data analytics platform is the key to smarter decisions

    Every company accumulates a considerable amount of data as it operates

    Modern businesses are increasingly resorting to analytical solutions based on artificial intelligence. By doing so, they can make more informed and effective decisions. In the age of big data and the rapid growth of information flows, organizations are often faced with the need to process information quickly and accurately. Only then can companies obtain strategically important insights.

  • Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 00:02 UTC

    iGaming per capita expenditure expected to rise 0.9% among Kiwis in 2024

    Photo: Unsplash

    New Zealand is a unique prospect for casino operators. Its geography means it has the perfect climate for online casinos to flourish. Yet with a small population, it is a demographic that must be captured and retained. All this is set against a backdrop of grey areas in regulation and laws. However, it is expected that this year spending on gambling will rise by 0.9%. In the text below, we delve into this unique situation to see what is taking place in New Zealand's iGaming scene.

  • Tuesday, October 15th 2024 - 23:10 UTC

    Falklands confirms case of avian influenza at Volunteer Green and Cow Bay

    Volunteer Point, one of the attractions of the Falklands with several kinds of penguins, including King, Magellan and Gentoo which mingle naturally with sheep

    The Government of the Falkland Islands confirmed that on Thursday 10 October 2024 swabs that were taken from dead penguins at Volunteer Point, which returned a positive result for HPAI.

  • Tuesday, October 15th 2024 - 22:47 UTC

    Shackleton's original Hope Cross exhibited at the Discovery Point in Dundee

    The Memorial Cross to Sir Ernest Shackleton at Hope Point, South Georgia, overlooking the British Antarctic Survey’s Grytviken station (PA)

    Sir Ernest Shackleton, the great English polar explorer died in 1922 at the age of 47 in Grytviken, South Georgia during his fourth trip and expedition to the Antarctic continent on board the Quest. .

  • Tuesday, October 15th 2024 - 21:25 UTC

    Venezuela to seek reparations from Spain's colonialism

    Maduro used his broadcast show to target Spain's colonialism in the past as well as Elon Musk's 21st Century activities

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said his country would be seeking reparations from Spain for what happened during the colonialism years. In the Chavista leader's view, the European kingdom has never “asked for forgiveness” and instead took shelter “in the ideology of negationism.”

  • Tuesday, October 15th 2024 - 20:37 UTC

    New coronavirus strain detected in southern Brazil

    Scientists believe that XEC might have emerged through genetic recombination between previously circulating strains

    The Rio de Janeiro-based Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) confirmed the presence in the southern part of the continent's largest country of a sublineage of the Sars-CoV-2 Omicron strain known as XEC, which is rapidly spreading worldwide, Agencia Brasil reported. The variant has been found in the States of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Santa Catarina after Fiocruz made the first discovery in samples from two patients in Rio last month.