Stories for February 2025

Monday, February 24th 2025 - 04:27 UTC
Who are the women in the Falklands who inspire you?

Ahead of International Women’s Day, the Legislative Assembly wants to celebrate the Inspirational Women of the Falklands, and we need your help!
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Monday, February 24th 2025 - 03:20 UTC
Falklands: Standard Chartered Bank Stanley Marathon entry registry ends Friday

This week, February 28th, is the closing date to register for the Falkland Islands, Stanley Marathon, sponsored by the Standard Chartered Bank to take place next 9 March 2025.
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Monday, February 24th 2025 - 02:57 UTC
Attack on a penguin at Falklands, Volunteer Point receives international photography prize

United States Princeton University Press, PUP, is delighted to be the publisher of Bird Photographer of the Year annual collections, and to present this showcase of the winning photographs from the 2024 competition.
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Monday, February 24th 2025 - 00:30 UTC
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Monday, February 24th 2025 - 00:30 UTC
Radical Sustainability: Practices Students Should Adopt to Make the Most Difference

In an era marked by climate crises, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation, sustainability has become more than just a buzzword—it is an imperative. However, the current pace of sustainable efforts often falls short of the urgency required to address these challenges. For students who represent the next generation of changemakers, adopting radical sustainability practices can be a powerful way to influence and inspire systemic transformation. Radical sustainability goes beyond the typical “reduce, reuse, recycle” mantra; it demands a fundamental shift in lifestyle, consumer habits, and advocacy efforts. By integrating revolutionary eco-friendly actions into their daily lives, students can significantly reduce their environmental footprint and create lasting change in their communities and beyond.
Saturday, February 22nd 2025 - 19:17 UTC
Body of Shiri Bibas handed over at last

The pro-Palestine terrorist organization Hamas finally handed over the body of dual Israeli-Argentine national Shiri Bibas (née Silberman) who was killed early into the conflict stemming from the Oct. 7, 2023, raids from Gaza in which hundreds of Israelis were slaughtered and many others taken hostage. The L. Greenberg Institute of Forensic Medicine at Abu Kabir confirmed Saturday that the remains transferred to Israel on Friday night belong to Shiri Bibas, following extensive testing. The corpses of her two children had already been delivered alongside those of peace activist Oded Lifschitz and a woman originally believed to be Shiri but later determined to be someone else by forensics analysts.
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Saturday, February 22nd 2025 - 10:55 UTC
Appointment of Argentine Ambassador to London causes stir among 1982 war veterans

The Argentine Government's decision to promote Chargé d'Affaires Mariana Plaza to Ambassador in London has caused a stir among veterans of the 1982 South Atlantic War given the diplomat's stance in favor of dropping the country's sovereignty claims over the Malvinas/Falkland Islands.
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Saturday, February 22nd 2025 - 10:49 UTC
New Uruguayan meat packing plant joins list of companies hit by uncertainty

A new crisis in a meat packing plant in Uruguay left some 160 workers fearing for their livelihoods after the Paso de los Toros company halted operations, thus adding to the growing list of plants in crisis, which already included Scheneck, Casa Blanca, Lorsinal, and Rondatel, all of them in connection with the fraud scandal involving the financial company Conexión Ganadera, whose director, Gustavo Basso, died in a traffic accident amidst investor claims.
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Saturday, February 22nd 2025 - 10:18 UTC
CFK meets with Pepe Mujica and his wife “in farewell tone”

Former Presidents of Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Uruguay José Pepe Mujica met Friday at the latter's estate outside Montevideo in an encounter that made headlines for two reasons: First, because of what two progressive leaders getting together represents, with Mujica's wife and former Uruguayan Vice President Lucía Topolansky taking part. It was CFK's first visit to Mujica's farm.
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Saturday, February 22nd 2025 - 10:00 UTC
De Moraes suspends Rumble in Brazil

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice (STF) Alexandre De Moraes Friday suspended the social network Rumble from South America's largest country after the company remained without a legal representative past the given deadline following the resignation of the previous legal team and the network's failure to appoint a replacement.
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