Health & Science

Monday, May 25th 2020 - 07:16 UTC
South Georgia's new £11million wharf facilities completed in 108 days

Surrounded by spectacular scenery, dominated by mountains and glaciers, construction has completed on a new £11million wharf, dolphin, and slipway to serve the King Edward Point Research Station (KEP), in South Georgia Island.
Saturday, May 23rd 2020 - 10:50 UTC
Argentina asks Ireland's support to exclude the Falklands from any post Brexit EU-UK accord

The Argentine foreign minister Felipe Solá held a round of talks with his counterparts from Australia, Ireland and Armenia to address issues of special significance for an Argentine foreign policy such as the current Coronavirus pandemic, and its impact on the global economy, and the European Union position regarding the Falkland Islands in a post Brexit scenario.
Saturday, May 23rd 2020 - 09:58 UTC
South America becomes a new epicenter of Covid-19 pandemic

South America has become “a new epicenter” of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, following a surge in the number of Covid-19 infections.
Saturday, May 23rd 2020 - 09:57 UTC
Brazil second only to US as coronavirus hotspot with 330,890 Covid-19 cases confirmed

Brazil became the world No 2 hotspot for coronavirus cases on Friday, second only to the United States, after it confirmed that 330,890 people had been infected by the virus, overtaking Russia, the Health Ministry said.
Saturday, May 23rd 2020 - 09:56 UTC
Overwhelmed by Covid-19, Peru extends nationwide lockdown until end of June

Peru on Friday extended its state of emergency and a nationwide lockdown to fight the coronavirus pandemic until the end of June, marking one of the longest periods of mandatory isolation in the world.
Saturday, May 23rd 2020 - 09:36 UTC
US airlines can temporarily halt service to 75 airports, because of coronavirus

The U.S. Transportation Department said late on Friday it had granted tentative approval to 15 airlines to temporarily halt service to 75 U.S. airports because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Saturday, May 23rd 2020 - 09:20 UTC
Soros warns EU survival threatened unless it issues perpetual bonds to prop weak members

George Soros, the billionaire financier, has cautioned that the European Union's survival was threatened by the novel coronavirus unless it could issue perpetual bonds or “consols” to help weak members such as Italy.
Friday, May 22nd 2020 - 08:57 UTC
Falklands' next tourist season “very tough, very late, if there is one at all”

Falkland Islands lawmaker MLA Mark Pollard this week said that the coming tourist season is likely to be, “very tough, and a very late one if there is one at all.” However MLA Pollard emphasized that he was expressing his own opinion, and described any expectation that the cruise ship season will start as normal in October as fanciful.
Friday, May 22nd 2020 - 08:47 UTC
Climate change turning Antarctica “green” as algae blooms proliferate

Antarctica conjures images of an unbroken white wilderness but blooms of algae are giving parts of the frozen continent an increasingly green tinge. Warming temperatures due to climate change are helping the formation and spread of “green snow” and it is becoming so prolific in places that it is even visible from space, according to new research.
Friday, May 22nd 2020 - 08:40 UTC
Falklands' restriction measures will not be reviewed for another month, despite swabbing capacity

The Falkland Islands' government this week confirmed that it will be a month before there is any review of current social distancing measures even if Covid-19 tests continue to return negative results.