Stories for 2025

Thursday, January 9th 2025 - 17:33 UTC
Falkland Islands completes Tussac House, a new facility for adult care

The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) announced the completion of Tussac House, a new facility designed to provide care and support for the community’s most vulnerable members. Construction, led by RSK Falklands Ltd, was finalized on January 3, 2025, with occupancy officially granted today, January 9, following inspections by Planning and Building Services and the Fire and Rescue Service.
Thursday, January 9th 2025 - 17:18 UTC
Falklands unveils new banknote design featuring King Charles III and local wildlife

The Falkland Islands has debuted its first new banknote design in over four decades, with plastic notes featuring King Charles III and iconic local wildlife, including a king penguin.
Thursday, January 9th 2025 - 14:54 UTC
Budget carrier user creates website to keep track of non-compliances

Tired of endless reschedulings and cancellations, an Argentine low-cost airline Flybondi user developed a website to track these seemingly endless incidents so prospective customers can see firsthand what they sign up for when buying these really affordable tickets.
Thursday, January 9th 2025 - 10:55 UTC
José Mujica announces the progress of his disease: “I am doomed, this is as far as I've come”

Former Uruguayan President José Mujica (2010-2015) revealed that the esophageal cancer he was diagnosed with in April 2023 has spread to his liver, which he considers an end point in his medical treatment. “I am dying. I don't want to suffer in vain, my body can't take any more,” he declared in an interview published Thursday by the weekly Búsqueda.
Thursday, January 9th 2025 - 10:34 UTC
BFSAI's Royal Artillery bids farewell to Colonel Charlie Harmer, welcomes Colonel Paddy Farrell

The Regimental Headquarters Royal Artillery officially said goodbye to Colonel Charlie Harmer ADC today, as he steps into a new chapter of his career. Promoted to Brigadier, Colonel Harmer will assume the position of Commander of British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI) this summer.
Thursday, January 9th 2025 - 10:00 UTC
Brazil: Works of art broken during Jan. 8 uprising restored for 2nd anniversary ceremony

Brazilian authorities took delivery Wednesday of some 21 works of art that had been vandalized during the Jan.8, 2023, uprisings in Brasilia ending in hundreds of arrests of alleged followers of former President Jair Bolsonaro and convictions for attacking democracy.
Thursday, January 9th 2025 - 09:55 UTC
New rules for foreigners wishing to travel to post-Brexit UK

Starting Jan. 8, travelers who do not need a visa to enter post-Brexit UK for leisure will still be required to get an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) from the Foreign Office's website. This new permit allows foreign visitors to stay up to six months in the country as nonresidents (not allowed to work or study) and costs 10 pounds sterling.
Thursday, January 9th 2025 - 09:44 UTC
Leading risk rating agency further ups Paraguay's gradings

Paraguay's review by the international rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) has been upgraded from “stable to positive,” it was announced Wednesday in Asunción, as President Santiago Peña welcomed this new recognition.
Wednesday, January 8th 2025 - 21:37 UTC
Uruguay to launch new Covid-19 vaccination campaign next week

Uruguayan health authorities will launch a vaccination campaign against Covid-19 starting next Monday using Pfizer's Comirnaty JN.1 immunizer adapted to the Omicron JN.1 subvariant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, it was announced in Montevideo.
Wednesday, January 8th 2025 - 10:55 UTC
Chavista regime abducts González Urrutia's son-in-law

Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia called off his agenda in the United States Tuesday after announcing that his son-in-law Rafael Tudares had been abducted by Nicolás Maduro's Bolivarian regime. Both Maduro and González Urrutia claim to have won the controversial July 28, 2024, elections and said they intend to be sworn in for the 2025-2031 term on Friday.