Stories for 2025

Friday, November 28th 2025 - 10:26 UTC
US National Guard soldier Sarah Beckstrom dies from her wounds after Washington DC shooting

US National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, of West Virginia, died on Thursday evening from injuries sustained in an ambush-style shooting near the White House on Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced.
Friday, November 28th 2025 - 10:21 UTC
Bolivian Army removes Wiphala from Coat of Arms

The Bolivian Army announced Thursday the restoration of its original institutional coat of arms, a version that excludes the indigenous wiphala flag and other plurinational symbols integrated 15 years ago.
Friday, November 28th 2025 - 10:10 UTC
Argentina nominates IAEA Chief for UN Secretary-General

Argentina has officially nominated Ambassador Rafael M. Grossi, the current Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), as its candidate for the United Nations Secretary-General for the 2027–2031 term.
Friday, November 28th 2025 - 10:10 UTC
Brazil launches yet another Scorpene submarine

Brazil's Navy celebrated a milestone in its naval modernization program (ProSub) this week with the ceremonial launch of the Almirante Karam (S43), the fourth Scorpene-class submarine built in the country under a strategic agreement with France.
Friday, November 28th 2025 - 08:32 UTC
After 24 years in power, Comrade Ralph loses St Vincent and the Grenadines elections

After 24 consecutive years in office, St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves -also known as Comrade Ralph for his leftwing stance- lost Thursday's elections to historian and political scientist Dr. Goodwin Friday of the center-right New Democratic Party (NDP).
Friday, November 28th 2025 - 03:30 UTC
The Next Generation of CRE: Exploring the Best Sites Like LoopNet for Buyers and Brokers

Commercial real estate sits in a moment of quiet upheaval. For a long time, investors, brokers, and owners worked within the limits of static portals and phone-heavy relationships, tracing opportunities through listings that rarely changed and networks that moved at their own pace. Today, a mix of new technology, shifting capital flows, and more data-driven habits is reshaping how people find and interpret property.
Friday, November 28th 2025 - 00:48 UTC
Standardizing Professional Development for Polar Guides, AECO/IAATO conference

Cruise Industry News is reporting that The Polar Tourism Guides Association (PGTA), is looking forward to an upcoming inaugural AECO/IAATO Field Staff Conference (FSC), designed for guides and expedition leaders (ELs) in Arctic and Antarctic expedition tourism.
Friday, November 28th 2025 - 00:45 UTC
Falkland Islands Holding losses narrow but weakness persists in Falklands

The Financial highlights of the Falkland Islands Holding Group, (FIH) indicate, despite a 4% increase in revenues to £18.9 million on the six months ending September 2025, that overall revenue was below prior year at £40.9 million (2024: £52.5 million).
Thursday, November 27th 2025 - 21:52 UTC
France's National Assembly stones EU-Mercosur FTA

The French National Assembly voted unanimously on Thursday to reject the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), sending a strong, non-binding message to President Emmanuel Macron to withhold his approval.
Thursday, November 27th 2025 - 21:21 UTC
Venezuela revokes licenses from foreign airlines abiding by FAA warning

Venezuela's Chavista regime has revoked the operating concessions from the foreign carriers Iberia, Air Europa, TAP, Avianca, LATAM, Turkish, and GOL after they abided by the United States' Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) not to serve the South American country, given the ongoing military developments there, which pose a “potentially dangerous situation” in the Caribbean.