Stories for 2025

Monday, June 9th 2025 - 09:48 UTC
Tensions Rise as Israeli Forces intercept Gaza-bound humanitarian ship in international waters

A humanitarian vessel carrying international volunteers, including climate activist Greta Thunberg and French national Pascal Maurieras, was reportedly intercepted and boarded by Israeli forces in international waters early Sunday morning, according to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC).
Monday, June 9th 2025 - 09:12 UTC
UK Government wants to end bottom trawling to protect MPAs sea beds; 12 weeks consultation

Bottom trawling – a fishing method that involves dragging large nets along the sea floor – could be banned across more vulnerable areas of English seas. The government is committed to protecting UK oceans and has outlined plans to ban the destructive practice in more Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). The measures would help protect rare marine animals, as well as the delicate sea-beds on which they rely, from indiscriminate and potentially irreversible damage.
Monday, June 9th 2025 - 08:07 UTC
Sustainable Fisheries at South Georgia MPA

Sue Gregory has worked as the GSGSSI Senior Marine & Fisheries Manager for the past 8 years. Prior to that Sue worked as a fisheries ecologist on the South Georgia Project at the British Antarctic Survey for many years, including overwintering on South Georgia, conducting research surveys and acting as a scientific observer on Southern Ocean commercial fishing vessels In the following GSGGSSI Newsletter, Sue relates her experience.
Monday, June 9th 2025 - 07:51 UTC
Colombia will buy Swedish Gripen 39 fighters to update its Air Force

Colombia following on the steps of Brazil will buy fighter planes from Sweden, the Saab Gripen 39, to replace its aging wing of Israeli Kfir aircraft, and after declining proposals from the US and France, President Gustavo Petro announced in a post on social media.
Saturday, June 7th 2025 - 10:56 UTC
Milei and Meloni meet for two hours in Rome

Argentine President Javier Milei met Friday with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at Rome's Palazzo Chigi to oversee the signing of an energy agreement between YPF and ENI for the “Argentina LNG” project, aimed at exploiting and exporting gas from Vaca Muerta using floating Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) technology.
Saturday, June 7th 2025 - 10:43 UTC
Evo excluded, Andrónico becomes main left-wing presidential candidate in Bolivia

Senate Speaker Andrónico Rodríguez of Alianza Popular seems to have become the main leftwing contender for this year's Aug. 17 presidential elections in Bolivia after electoral authorities confirmed Friday the registration of the various candidates, former President Evo Morales not being one of them.
Saturday, June 7th 2025 - 10:40 UTC
Bolivia: Evo followers keep blocking roads and seize one airport

Blockades by supporters of former President Evo Morales are disrupting the transport of 346 fuel tankers carrying 8.9 million liters of gasoline, diesel, and LPG, forcing them to use alternate routes.
Saturday, June 7th 2025 - 10:37 UTC
Paraguayan senators want French ambassador expelled

A group of Paraguayan Senators from the ruling ANR-Colorado party insisted Friday on evaluating the expulsion of French Ambassador Pierre-Christian Soccoja, who was summoned earlier this week by Asunción's Foreign Ministry after his remarks regarding President Santiago Peña's prolific travel agenda. Meanwhile, the head of State noted there were two separate branches of government handling the case.
Saturday, June 7th 2025 - 10:21 UTC
Will Uruguay train Palestinians in sustainable agriculture?

from the West Bank in sustainable agriculture, Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin announced in Montevideo Friday.
Saturday, June 7th 2025 - 06:32 UTC
IAATO mandates acoustic mitigation measures for B1 killer whales in 2025/26 season

IAATO, the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators, is mandating members operating in whale rich waters around the Antarctica Peninsula to implement acoustic mitigations measures, reports Anne Kalosh from Seatrade Cruise News.