International

Friday, August 22nd 2025 - 10:19 UTC
Brazil clinches beef export deal with Indonesia

Brazilian meat producers have reached an agreement with Indonesian buyers to export beef from South America's largest country to the world's fourth-most populous nation, the Ministries of Agriculture and Foreign Affairs confirmed on Thursday. The export of live sheep (ewes, rams, lambs) to Algeria was also announced.
Thursday, August 21st 2025 - 10:36 UTC
Stubborn inflation in UK, 3.8% in twelve months to July with air fares, fuel and food prices leading

The U.K.’s annual inflation rate was higher than expected at 3.8% in July, according to data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Wednesday. Most economists had anticipated inflation would reach 3.7% in the twelve months to July, after it picked up to 3.6% in June, exceeding forecasts.
Thursday, August 21st 2025 - 09:19 UTC
Falklands, BFSAI and MPA capabilities in the challenging winter conditions

Whilst personnel in the UK are enduring yet another heatwave in 2025, Royal Air Force Service Personnel on the other side of the world are experiencing quite the opposite!
Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 21:41 UTC
Lula and Macron agree to further discuss EU-Mercosur FTA

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva held a telephone conversation about one hour long Wednesday with his French colleague Emmanuel Macron, during which both leaders pledged to further discuss the Mercosur-European Union Free Trade Agreement to finalize it.
Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 09:02 UTC
“Failures regarding the Royal Fleet Auxiliary leave the Royal Navy exposed,” security expert Professor Clarke

Britain’s Carrier Strike Group's participation in Operation Highmast is a “sparkling example” of the Royal Navy's “shop window”, but the deployment also reveals the depleted state of our domestic maritime defenses, a UK security expert has told BFBS Forces News.
Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 08:55 UTC
The Bank of England could learn from the Falklands

By A. S. H. Smyth, (*)
Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 08:10 UTC
Trump in the Falklands

By Barry Eichengreen (*) - US President Donald Trump’s trade war resembles nothing so much as UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s Falklands War in 1982: one side deploys massive force, and the other withdraws with its tail between its legs.
Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 00:35 UTC
Argentina Delays Federal Gambling Protections Bill, Raising Industry Concerns

Argentina’s long-discussed federal gambling protections bill has been delayed yet again. On August 7, 2025, the Senate confirmed it would postpone debate on the legislation, citing unresolved texts and a lack of progress in multiple committees.
Tuesday, August 19th 2025 - 20:17 UTC
Falkland Islands to host first-ever international shearing tri-nations test match

The Falkland Islands will host their first international shearing and wool handling test match on 14 November 2025, featuring teams from Wales, Chile, and the Falkland Islands. The landmark event, organized by Falkland Shears in partnership with the Falkland Islands Development Corporation (FIDC), will take place at the Falkland Islands Defence Force hall in Stanley.
Tuesday, August 19th 2025 - 11:42 UTC
YPF legal saga: Irish court rules in favor of Argentina

An Irish court has ruled in favor of Argentina, rejecting a request by plaintiffs to enforce a US$16 billion New York judgment in that country. The plaintiffs in the YPF expropriation lawsuit sought to recognize and enforce New York Judge Loretta Preska's ruling in various foreign jurisdictions, namely England, France, Luxembourg, Australia, Canada, and Cyprus. However, the Irish court's decision was the first to deny this request.