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Stories for December 15th 2025

  • Monday, December 15th 2025 - 19:44 UTC

    Falklands, First Sitting of the new Legislative Assembly

    Newly elected MLAs at their first sitting in the Legislative Assembly Chamber at Stanley’s Town Hall

    The Falkland Islands newly elected Legislative Assembly held its first sitting Monday 15th December following the General Election on the 11th of December. At the sitting, all Members swore the Oath of Allegiance and the Oath of Due Execution of Office, marking the commencement of the 2025-2029 Assembly’s term.

  • Monday, December 15th 2025 - 10:57 UTC

    Kast's win marks return of rightwing gov't to Chile

    “I will be the president of all Chileans, without exception,” Kast underlined in his victory message

    Rightwing candidate José Antonio Kast has been elected the next President of Chile, securing an overwhelming victory in Sunday's runoff with nearly 59% of the vote against the Communist Jeannete Jara's leftwing coalition's 41%.

  • Monday, December 15th 2025 - 10:50 UTC

    Falklands: international observers praise electoral process and civil liberties

    The observers' approach was a “passive task,” explained observer mission chief Alun Davies of Wales. (Pic CPA-UK)

    For the first time, an international team of observers was present in the Falkland Islands during—and prior to—the general election held on December 11, to monitor the entire electoral process. The delegation consisted of seven members from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association of the British Islands and Mediterranean Region (CPA-BIMR), including parliamentarians, electoral analysts and staff from the CPA UK branch.

  • Monday, December 15th 2025 - 10:18 UTC

    Bolivian Supreme Court CJ mugged while on vacation in Brazil

    “Crime has no borders,” Saucedo insisted

    Bolivia's Supreme Court (TSJ) Chief Justice Romer Saucedo and his family were robbed on Dec. 6 while vacationing in Guarujá, on the coast of São Paulo, Brazil, it was reported this weekend in La Paz.

  • Monday, December 15th 2025 - 10:14 UTC

    Two dead in Rhode Island university shooting

    Tretta had survived being shot in the abdomen during a 2019 mass shooting at Saugus High School in California

    A shooting on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, on Saturday left at least two people dead and eight seriously injured, reigniting national fears over gun violence at educational institutions.

  • Monday, December 15th 2025 - 10:10 UTC

    Surgery recommended for Bolsonaro after ultrasound

    Bolsonaro's lawyers will seek clearance to have the former President transferred to a hospital for the procedures

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been recommended for surgery after an ultrasound conducted on Sunday confirmed he was suffering from two inguinal hernias, his defense team announced.

  • Monday, December 15th 2025 - 09:23 UTC

    Peru declares health alert over H3N2 and measles

    Travelers returning from Europe or the United States must be alert for respiratory symptoms, the Peruvian authorities highlighted

    Peru's Health Ministry (Minsa) has declared a nationwide Epidemiological Alert (No. 008-2025) as a preventative measure against the potential entry and spread of infectious diseases, including the seasonal Influenza A (H3N2) subclade K variant and measles.

  • Monday, December 15th 2025 - 09:17 UTC

    Argentine Air Traffic Controllers announce strikes

    Air traffic controllers need between two and three jobs to make ends meet

    The Association of Technicians and Employees of Aeronautical Protection and Security (aTEPSA), the union representing Argentine air traffic controllers, has announced a schedule of national strikes set to disrupt both domestic and international flights in the coming days, following the breakdown of negotiations with the Argentine Air Navigation Company (EANA).

  • Monday, December 15th 2025 - 09:08 UTC

    Peru grants US troops access next year

    Jerí met with a delegation from the FBI and US security experts in Lima

    Peruvian authorities have officially greenlighted the entry of United States military personnel for the entirety of 2026 to conduct joint training, support, and security assistance exercises with local armed and police forces, it was announced this weekend in Lima.