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  • Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 08:39 UTC

    Welsh Parliament party visit to Falklands, collaboration and closer ties anticipated

    The Welsh Parliament members with Falklands lawmakers

    With the purpose of building on the conversations and strengthening the relationship between the Falkland Islands and Wales, a multi-party delegation of four members from the Sennedd Cymru (Welsh Parliament) visited the Islands for seven days, James Evans MS, Laura Anne Jones MS, Alun Davies MS, and Jack Sargent MS, accompanied by the Falklands Government Representative in London, Richard Hyslop.

  • Tuesday, February 13th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    Milei says he has built a positive bond with Pope Francis

    Milei and Francis met for over an hour, an unusually long encounter for the Pope with any foreign leader

    Argentine President Javier Milei, who once called Pope Francis “nefarious” and other epithets, admitted Monday that he had to “reconsider some positions” after meeting in person with the leader of the Catholic faith and fellow Buenos Aires native.

  • Tuesday, February 13th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    Milei holds meetings with Meloni and Mattarella in Rome

    “Italy and Argentina are proud to have a deep historical and cultural bond,” Meloni said

    In addition to meeting with Pope Francis, Argentine President Javier Milei seized his presence in Rome for an encounter with Prime Minister Georgia Meloni and President Sergio Mattarella to round up his first official trip abroad which also included a stopover in Israel.

  • Tuesday, February 13th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Trinidad and Tobago does not rule out foreign help to deal with oil spill

    “We will have to move relatively quickly to determine what we are going to do next,” Rowley said

    Authorities in Trinidad and Tobago are not ruling out seeking international help to clean up the oil stain from a mysterious capsizing ship that is heavily affecting tourism and the environment along 15 kilometers of beaches there, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Tuesday, February 13th 2024 - 10:34 UTC

    UK Antarctic Heritage Trust celebrates 80th birthday of Port Lockroy

    From secret mission to penguin post office, Base A, Port Lockroy is an ever-evolving story.

    The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust is recalling that on 11 February, the flagship site Port Lockroy celebrated its 80th birthday, and that over the coming weeks the Trust has further celebration plans. Particularly on Wednesday 21 February 2024 to enjoy the story of Operation Tabarin: From Secret Mission to Penguin Post Office, the first in the third season of online talks, “Antarctica In Sight: Live!”

  • Tuesday, February 13th 2024 - 10:11 UTC

    Avain flu had decimated UK Skuas, Gannets and Roseate Terns warns RSPB

    The H5N1 strain of avian flu spread to wild birds in summer 2021, causing thousands of creatures to die.

    The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, RSPB has reported that a powerful bird the Great Skuas also known as “the pirate of the seas” for stealing other birds food, has declined dramatically because of avian flu.

  • Monday, February 12th 2024 - 10:48 UTC

    Milei and Francis embrace at Mama Antula's canonization

    “It is a very important moment for Argentine history,” Milei said about Mama Antula's sainthood

    Argentine President Javier Milei and the Argentine-born Pope Francis embraced Sunday at the Vatican during the canonization of María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa (1730-1799), known as Mama Antula, who thus became the first female saint stemming from the current South American country.

  • Monday, February 12th 2024 - 10:32 UTC

    Britain spends in defense companies an average of £370 for each Briton

    The latest jobs figures – published in the summer - also show 209,000 UK jobs are supported through the MOD’s expenditure with the UK defense industry

    The 2022/23 statistics released last week detail the money spent by the Ministry of Defense, MOD with UK defense companies. The breadth of spending highlights the government’s commitment to continually improving the defense sector, while supporting the economy and creating hundreds of thousands of jobs across the country.

  • Monday, February 12th 2024 - 09:24 UTC

    Brazilian refugees from Gaza arrive in Sao Paulo

    It was the Brazilian government's fourth operation to repatriate nationals who were on the Palestinian side of the conflict with Israel

    Brazilian authorities Sunday confirmed the landing in Sao Paulo on a commercial flight of a 30-year-old woman and her children, aged 4, 2, and a baby born on Dec. 24 last year, who fled the war-torn Gaza Strip through Cairo, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Saturday, February 10th 2024 - 11:07 UTC

    Guyana to restructure its Defense Force

    Ali acknowledged that renewing the country's defense forces does not mean overstretching “our financial resources”

    Guyanese authorities have allocated US$ 201 million to update the South American country's military equipment as tensions with Venezuela over the oil-rich Essequibo mount. Helicopters, maritime surveillance vessels, and at least one drone will be acquired, President Irfaan Ali announced. Ali said his government would focus on technology items for the Guyana Defense Force (GDF) and on cooperation with allied countries.