MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 17th 2026
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Monday, August 17th 2026 - 23:48 UTC
A Chelsea fan displays a Falklands flag as Enzo Fernández comes on
A Chelsea supporter held up a Falkland Islands flag at Stamford Bridge on Saturday as Argentine midfielder Enzo Fernández came onto the pitch during the club's final pre-season friendly, a 3-1 win over Real Sociedad.
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Monday, August 17th 2026 - 23:07 UTC
The Washington-Tehran memorandum expires without talks ever having opened
The memorandum of understanding signed on June 17 by the United States and Iran expired on Monday at the end of its sixty-day term, without the peace talks it envisaged ever taking place and without either side announcing an extension.
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Monday, August 17th 2026 - 22:57 UTC
Falklands debates immigration inflow ahead of oil industry development
After the announcement that the Falkland Islands Government has decided to suspend Permanent Residence Permits (PRP) for a year in order to carry out a review of the entire scheme, the local press approached two elected members who back the initiative to explain the reasons behind the measure.
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Monday, August 17th 2026 - 22:09 UTC
FAO World Food Prices edged up in April, mainly cereals, vegetable oils and sugar
The benchmark measure of world food commodity prices edged up in July, as recent heatwaves and energy price dynamics pushed up quotations for cereals, vegetable oils and sugar, according to new data released Friday by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Monday, August 17th 2026 - 09:25 UTC
Cali closes the rescue phase after 140 hours and moves to clearing rubble
Authorities in Cali declared the search and rescue phase over a week after the magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck western Colombia, following more than 140 hours of continuous operations. Teams deployed in the capital of Valle del Cauca department are now focused on recovering the last bodies located and on removing rubble.
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Monday, August 17th 2026 - 08:01 UTC
Uruguay's only industrial brewer negotiates cutting 80 jobs or ending production
Fábricas Nacionales de Cerveza (FNC), Uruguay's only industrial beer producer, is negotiating with the government and the trade union a restructuring that would cut 80 of the 400 jobs at its Montevideo and Minas plants. The company keeps a second scenario on the table, which the parties involved regard as less likely: abandoning local production and operating as an importer, with a workforce reduced to around 100 employees.
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Monday, August 17th 2026 - 07:45 UTC
Rains in Caracas leave three dead and destroy tents housing earthquake survivors
At least three people died in Caracas as a result of torrential rains that fell between Saturday night and the early hours of Sunday, which also caused flooding, brought down trees, cut power supplies and destroyed camps sheltering families left homeless by the double earthquake of June 24.
