Stories for 2025

Sunday, February 9th 2025 - 10:49 UTC
Beautiful South Georgia from the air on a day of great visibility

The BFSAI is reporting that an RFA Airbus Atlas 400 M during a recent fisheries patrol operation, ColdStare, along South Georgia Island and waters enjoyed spectacular flying conditions, with blue skies, since they are normally covered in cloud’
Sunday, February 9th 2025 - 10:44 UTC
Falklands’ 17 girls’ team will play female international football in Punta Arenas

On International Girls and Women in Sport Day, the focus is on the Girls Football Team coached by Troyd Bowles. They are about to embark on their biggest challenge yet with the first ever female international football tournament for the Falkland Islands in Punta Arenas.
Sunday, February 9th 2025 - 10:42 UTC
Falklands, grounded jigger in Stanley Harbor refloated

The Taiwanese jigger An Fong 168 grounded in shallow waters of Falkland Islands’ Stanley harbor, and with recovery delayed because of strong winds, was finally re-floated Thursday midday, 6 February, reported the Falklands Maritime Authority.
Sunday, February 9th 2025 - 10:15 UTC
Falkland Islands Cricket team readies for weeklong tour of Costa Rica next March

Falkland Islands and Costa Rica are pleased to announce that a weeklong tour by the Falklands cricket team to Central America has been confirmed, from 8-15 March 2025 for a five match T20 series.
Saturday, February 8th 2025 - 10:52 UTC
Argentine judge rules travel agency should not advertise Malvinas as UK destination

Judge Guillermo Patricio Cánepa of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) ruled this week that Cruiseline S.R.L. should not mislead potential customers by advertising cruise services to the United Kingdom's “Islas Malvinas.” The magistrate ordered the company to pull its advertising campaign in that regard and recognize Argentina's sovereignty over the archipelago.
Saturday, February 8th 2025 - 09:56 UTC
Argentina: Lower House gives thumbs down to open primaries

Argentina's Lower House approved this week by 162 votes in favor, 55 against, and 28 abstentions, the elimination of the so-called Mandatory, Simultaneous, and Open Primary (PASO) Elections whereby the country's constituencies chose each party's candidates. The measure proposed by the ruling La Libertad Avanza (LLA) of President Javier Milei now needs to be passed by the Senate before it can be implemented in this year's mid-terms.
Saturday, February 8th 2025 - 09:46 UTC
Brazil’s industry posts 3.1% output increase in 2024

According to a report released by Brazil's Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) this week, South America's largest country's industrial production closed out 2024 with a 3.1% from 2023's figures. These results, driven by rising employment and income, were the third-highest annually in the last 15 years.
Saturday, February 8th 2025 - 09:42 UTC
Runoff seems inevitable after Sunday's elections in Ecuador

A runoff scheduled for April 13 seems inevitable in Ecuador after this coming Sunday's elections. Pollsters do not seem to agree on the exact figures but all of them foresee that incumbent President Daniel Noboa and his leftwing challenger Luisa González would finish among the two top contenders with neither clinching a decisive majority of at least 50%.
Saturday, February 8th 2025 - 09:42 UTC
Was last month the hottest ever?

January 2025 was the hottest month ever recorded by the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service, which detected the planet's temperature to be 1.75 degrees Celsius (°C) above pre-industrial levels and 0.79°C above the 1991-2020 average for the month, with a surface air temperature of 13.23°C.
Friday, February 7th 2025 - 20:32 UTC
ICC rejects Trump's sanctions and pledges to keep working

The International Criminal Court (ICC) Friday condemned US President Donald Trump's sanctions against the United Nations tribunal while pledging to keep working. The Republican leader's move was deemed an attempt to “harm its independent and impartial judicial work.”