Entertainment

Monday, April 25th 2022 - 09:23 UTC
Efficiency of peat ecosystems helping contain climate change, underlined by Chile at the Venice Biennal

Peat and peat bogs are the most efficient ecosystem to fix and accumulate atmosphere carbon but are one of the least researched, according to the Chilean pavilion which opened last week at the Venice Biennal.
Thursday, April 21st 2022 - 09:20 UTC
Russians and Belarusians banned from Wimbledon tennis event

Organizers of the traditional Wimbledon tennis tournament have announced players of Russian and Belarusian citizenship will be banned from entering in view of current events in Ukraine.
Monday, April 18th 2022 - 16:58 UTC
Calendar coincidence for monotheist religions on Good Friday

Last Friday, Good Friday for Christians is when the mourning of the crucifixion of Jesus and this Sunday, Easter resurrection. This year the calendar also marked on Friday the eve of Pesach, commonly called Passover, for the Jewish people, which commemorates the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and the end of their slavery. Likewise for Muslims, Friday, within the month of Ramadan, (April 2/May 2) is their weekly holiday.
Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 21:00 UTC
Colombian footballer Freddy Rincón dies aged 55

Colombia's football legend Freddy Rincón died early Thursday morning at the Cali clinic where he had been taking earlier this week following a car accident. He was 55.
Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Commemorative £2 coin to mark 40th anniversary of Falklands' Liberation

Pobjoy Mint has announced the release of a brand new produced on behalf of the Falkland Islands Government, as this year marks the 40th anniversary of the liberation of the Islands.
Saturday, April 2nd 2022 - 23:06 UTC
A photographic exhibition commemorates the Falklands conflict 40 years later

April 2022 marks the 40th anniversary of the outbreak of the Falklands War, a 74-day conflict fought over the Falkland Islands. Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust is commemorating this anniversary through a photographic exhibition and gallery display.
Friday, April 1st 2022 - 09:59 UTC
Falklands' war vivid frontline sketches by Linda Kitson who marched alongside the troops

The National Memorial Arboretum, in Staffordshire, has opened a new free exhibition featuring frontline sketches of the Falklands War by Linda Kitson who was appointed as the official war artist by the Imperial War Museum.
Wednesday, March 23rd 2022 - 09:00 UTC
Falklands' Liberation: 5,6 miles yomp Charity challenge, remembering Royal Marines epic 56 mile yomp in 1982

Britain's Royal Marines Charity has set a challenge for its supporters, wherever they are in the world, to run, walk or cycle 5.6 miles in June to mark 40 years since the liberation of the Falkland Islands and raise money.
Friday, March 18th 2022 - 20:38 UTC
Office of Medellín's Mayor launches masturbation-awareness campaign

The Office of the Mayor of the Colombian city of Medellín has launched a most unusual campaign on social media to rid masturbation from the moral prejudices surrounding it.
Wednesday, March 16th 2022 - 09:38 UTC
Falklands celebrated its fantastic diversity on the Multicultural Day Festival

The Falkland Islands celebrated last Saturday, March 12th, Multicultural Day, with massive participation from the different communities who participated in the event with a display of dance, music, food.