Stories for 2024

Thursday, October 17th 2024 - 05:45 UTC
UK music world shocked by the death of Liam Payne in Buenos Aires

The music world reacted Thursday shocked in the United Kingdom by the death of British singer Liam Payne, former member of the band One Direction, who fell last night from a third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires.
Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 21:49 UTC
Oropouche virus detected in Brazil could belong to new variant

Brazilian scientists said this week that the samples of the Oropouche virus recently detected in South America's largest country could belong to a new variant. According to the latest study on the subject published in The Lancet, the recent increase in cases “could be linked to a new recombinant Oropouche virus, with an increased capacity to replicate.” These findings would be in line with a similar work published last month in Nature.
Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 21:07 UTC
Paraguay's gov't ups bounty for heads of EPP guerrilla leaders

Paraguayan authorities have launched a ₲ 7 billion (around US$ 894,366) reward for anyone supplying “accurate, certain, and responsible” information on members of the Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) guerrilla as the government of President Sebastián Peña intends to solve the case of three people kidnapped by the Marxist organization, including former Vice President Óscar Denis, it was announced this week in Asunción.
Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 10:55 UTC
“Gibraltar, the Falklands and other overseas territories deserve MPs” from LabourList

The suggestion, proposal, or idea or however you may wish to call it is not new. Still, the UK government’s recent decision to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, British Indian Ocean Territory, to the Republic of Mauritius has caused outrage from some and disbelief from others. Still, it has again brought to discussion if other Overseas Territories such as the Falkland Islands and/or Gibraltar need to have representation at Westminster.
Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 10:11 UTC
Uruguay: International airport at Melo inaugurated

Just a few days after the first domestic flight within Uruguay operated by Paraguayan carrier Paranair between Montevideo and Salto, President Luis Lacalle Pou Monday inaugurated the new international airport at the city of Melo, which showed the Multicolor coalition's commitment to developing and strengthening the country's air connectivity. The terminal's remodeling was part of the operations of the National System of International Airports and had a cost of US$ 12 million.
Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 10:04 UTC
Argentine state workers announce 36-hour strike

As the economic policies of Argentine President Javier Milei keep taking their toll on ordinary citizens, state workers represented by the ATE (Asociación de Trabajadores del Estado) labor union will stage a 36-hour stoppage on Oct. 29 and 30 to seek a course change. “We can't stand this government any longer,” ATE Secretary-General Rodolfo Aguiar said Tuesday. “We have to deepen the plan of struggle,” he added after a federal plenary with delegates from all over the country.
Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 09:59 UTC
Evistas hold Bolivia hostage of road blockades

Followers of former Bolivian President Evo Morales keep blocking strategic roads in the South American country causing numerous troubles to ordinary citizens. Although they invoke a series of plausible reasons, the main ground for such a deployment is believed to be the protection of their leader who is being prosecuted for human trafficking and child abuse.
Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 08:36 UTC
Falklands will receive first Islander of a revamp funded Britten-Norman

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”

“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

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.