MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for April 11th 2026
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Saturday, April 11th 2026 - 06:34 UTC
Falklands Government denies MV Bandero access over “questionable actions” at sea
The Falkland Islands government has banned the MV Bandero, a Captain Paul Watson Foundation vessel, from entering its territorial waters following the ship's collision with a Norwegian industrial krill trawler in Antarctic waters on March 31. The order, signed on April 9 by the Acting Governor, took effect immediately.
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Saturday, April 11th 2026 - 04:49 UTC
Argentine court orders environmental studies over HIF plant in Uruguay
A federal court in the Argentine city of Concepción del Uruguay on Friday ordered a series of environmental studies and requested information from Uruguayan agencies after accepting a lawsuit against the Uruguayan state and multinational HIF Global over a green hydrogen plant project in Paysandú, in a new source of bilateral tension that echoes the Botnia pulp mill conflict of the early 2000s.
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Saturday, April 11th 2026 - 04:44 UTC
Orion capsule splashes down in Pacific, completing Artemis II, first crewed Moon flight in over 50 years
NASA's Orion capsule splashed down at 8:07 p.m. ET on Friday (00:07 GMT Saturday) in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California, completing the Artemis II mission, the first crewed flight to the Moon since Apollo 17 in December 1972.
