Stories for 2025

Friday, January 31st 2025 - 09:40 UTC
Dengue epidemic reported in Ecuador

Ecuador's Health Ministry confirmed Thursday that the South American country was going through a dengue epidemic. Surveillance, Prevention, and Epidemiological Control Undersecretary Teresa Aumala made the announcement during a virtual press conference after 2 deaths and over 4,500 cases were recorded.
Friday, January 31st 2025 - 09:24 UTC
Swiss minister tells Peña her country interested in dealing with Mercosur

Switzerland's Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Helen Budlinger told Paraguayan President Santiago Peña that her country was interested in expanding businesses with Asunción and with all of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). She made those remarks Thursday as she welcomed Peña to the non-European Union nation which thus covets a separate Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
Friday, January 31st 2025 - 08:34 UTC
Venezuela: Israel's FM says his country supports González Urrutia

Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar Thursday told Venezuelan opposition leaders Edmundo González Urrutia and María Corina Machado that the Middle East country had its South American counterpart's freedom in mind: “Venezuela shall be free,” Sa'ar insisted during a telephone conversation. He also invited the man most Western nations recognize as the legitimate winner of the controversial July 28, 2024, elections to visit Israel shortly.
Friday, January 31st 2025 - 00:47 UTC
Understanding social casinos and what makes them different from gambling sites

Visualize yourself spinning the wheels of an online slot machine. The symbols finally line up and your screen erupts in celebration. It is an exhilarating feeling, but again cash changed hands, nor was there money to withdraw.
Thursday, January 30th 2025 - 13:28 UTC
BOFA report predicts relative stability in Argentina until mid-term elections

A Bank of America (BOFA) report released this week forecast that Argentina's Libertarian administration of President Javier Milei would be lifting the so-called exchange rate stocks in December this year. By that time, the rate was projected to stand at AR$ 1,400 = US$ 1. The study also deemed a US$ 20 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) plausible, to endorse Milei's “chainsaw” State spending cuts policies amid greater exchange rate flexibility.
Thursday, January 30th 2025 - 11:35 UTC
Argentina launches a month assessment of Illex squid along the Patagonian shelf

Argentina this week launched a month long cruise assessment of the sub-Patagonic squid, Illex Argentinus, on board the Ocean Fisheries Research Vessel, Victor Angelescu. The area of research will extend between parallels 46 and 51 degrees south.
Thursday, January 30th 2025 - 11:29 UTC
Fed leaves rates unchanged with a message to Trump, “in no hurry to adjust policy stance”

The United States Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged following the two day meeting with Fed chair Jerome Powell emphasizing at the press conference that “the bank is in no hurry to adjust its policy stance, since the US economy remains strong”.
Thursday, January 30th 2025 - 10:47 UTC
Airliner, military helicopter plunge into Potomac River after mid-air collision

An American Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet on approach at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA/KDCA) collided mid-air with a US Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. Both aircraft ended up in the Potomac River.
Thursday, January 30th 2025 - 10:17 UTC
Falklands Government launches Equalities Focus Groups in February

The Falkland Islands Government Equalities Project will be holding several ‘Equalities Focus Groups’ throughout February.
Thursday, January 30th 2025 - 08:48 UTC
Falklands, UK inspection commendations for the quality service care at KEMH

Falkland Islands main medical facility, King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH) wishes to provide a further update on the previously advertised hospital inspection with a team co-ordinated by the UK Health Security Agency.