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Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 09:05 UTC
LBGT+ cruise to Antarctica from Ushuaia in December 2022 sold out in ten days

Argentina announced that it will port the first-ever LGBT+ cruise to Antarctica in December of 2022. The ten-night cruise will be organized by the LGBT+ travel company Vacaya on the ship Ponant Le Boréal. Guests will enjoy a one-night stay in Buenos Aires, Argentina’s capital city, before setting sail in Ushuaia, Argentina’s southernmost city.
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Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 08:00 UTC
Landmark decision from a Chinese divorce court: husband must pay his wife compensation for housework

In a landmark decision, a Chinese divorce court has ordered a husband to pay his wife more than US$7,700 in compensation for the housework she performed during five years of marriage.
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Tuesday, February 16th 2021 - 08:10 UTC
South Georgia is releasing a 50 pence coin to honor nurses and nursing values

Following the success of the £2 coin issued on behalf of the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands last year, Pobjoy Mint announced the new release of a 50 pence coin that bears a design reflecting the universal role of nurses and their nursing values.
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Wednesday, February 3rd 2021 - 07:00 UTC
“Captain Tom” leaves us his message, “always remember, tomorrow will be a good day”

Tom Moore, better known as “Captain Tom” died from COVID-19 on Tuesday morning, his family said. The 100-year-old World War II veteran became popular in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic.
Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 - 09:15 UTC
Coronavirus upshot: German beer sales down

Beer sales within Germany were down 5.5% in 2020 compared with the year before amid coronavirus pandemic restrictions the Federal Statistical Office has said. In total, German-based breweries and distributors sold 8.7 billion liters (2.3 billion gallons), according to official figures.
Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 - 03:38 UTC
FIFA and WHO promoting fair access to Covid-19 vaccines and treatments

FIFA and the World Health Organization (WHO) will team up to promote the need for fair access to COVID-19 vaccines, treatments, and diagnostics, and to encourage people to keep practicing life-saving, everyday public health measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and to protect health.
Monday, February 1st 2021 - 07:03 UTC
An enriching year for Falklands Biography Dictionary

2020 was a year of substantial progress for the Dictionary of Falklands Biography website reports its administrators. The average number of hits recorded every day was 40, a yearly total exceeding 13,000.
Monday, February 1st 2021 - 02:30 UTC
The first Pitaluga to arrive in the Falklands: 1838

The 1851 census noted Andreas Pintaluga as a gaucho. The son of Benito and Celestina he was born in Gibraltar in 1822.
Friday, January 29th 2021 - 08:12 UTC
Uruguayan skipper leads female rowers across the Atlantic in the Talisker Whisky Challenge

All-female four-boat, The Bristol Gulls, including for the first time a Uruguayan skipper, raced into English Harbour, Antigua, completing this year’s Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge on the 27th January 2021.
Tuesday, January 26th 2021 - 13:34 UTC
Poirot at 100: the refugee detective who stole Britain’s heart

By Christopher Pittard, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Portsmouth - A hundred years ago, Agatha Christie introduced British readers to a small man with an impeccably maintained mustache who, with the help of his “little grey cells””, was very good at solving crimes. That man, of course, was Hercule Poirot, who made his debut in Christie’s first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, in 1921.