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Montevideo, December 23rd 2024 - 14:30 UTC

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  • Thursday, October 17th 2024 - 09:50 UTC

    Liam Payne plunges three stories to his death in Buenos Aires

    In 2019, he was named the first global brand ambassador for German brand Hugo Boss

    British pop musician Liam Payne of One Direction fame died Wednesday in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in circumstances still under investigation. He was found dead in his hotel room after plunging three stories. The location looked ransacked and filled with traces of heavy drugs. First responders said he had a severe blow to his head as a result of the fall.

  • Thursday, October 17th 2024 - 06:13 UTC

    Panama Canal posts significant setback in FY2024

    The number of crossing vessels was cut down from 38 to 22 on average between July 2023 and May 2024

    The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) reported this week a 29.3% drop in passing ships during Fiscal Year 2024 as a result of the severe drought affecting the interoceanic crossing. A total of 9,944 transits were recorded this year, a significant setback from 14,080 crossings in 2023. A fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the following year.

  • Thursday, October 17th 2024 - 05:45 UTC

    UK music world shocked by the death of Liam Payne in Buenos Aires

    Payne fell last night from a third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires.

    The music world reacted Thursday shocked in the United Kingdom by the death of British singer Liam Payne, former member of the band One Direction, who fell last night from a third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires.

  • Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 21:49 UTC

    Oropouche virus detected in Brazil could belong to new variant

    Italian researchers do not rule out Oropouche transmission during sexual intercourse

    Brazilian scientists said this week that the samples of the Oropouche virus recently detected in South America's largest country could belong to a new variant. According to the latest study on the subject published in The Lancet, the recent increase in cases “could be linked to a new recombinant Oropouche virus, with an increased capacity to replicate.” These findings would be in line with a similar work published last month in Nature.

  • Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    “Gibraltar, the Falklands and other overseas territories deserve MPs” from LabourList

    Gibraltar, the Rock in the strategic position controlling access to the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean

    The suggestion, proposal, or idea or however you may wish to call it is not new. Still, the UK government’s recent decision to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, British Indian Ocean Territory, to the Republic of Mauritius has caused outrage from some and disbelief from others. Still, it has again brought to discussion if other Overseas Territories such as the Falkland Islands and/or Gibraltar need to have representation at Westminster.

  • Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 08:36 UTC

    Falklands will receive first Islander of a revamp funded Britten-Norman

    Britten-Norman has completed its second funding round, securing significant capital from Beechlands Enterprises, Northern Ireland

    Britten-Norman, the UK’s leading utility aircraft manufacturer, has completed its second funding round, securing significant capital from Northern Ireland-based Beechlands Enterprises.

  • Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 08:33 UTC

    PM Starmer, “paying reparations for slave trade, not in the Commonwealth agenda”

    Sir Hilary Beckles, “It is our intention to persist with this strategy of calling for a summit to work through what a reparatory justice model ought to look like”

    “Just to be clear, reparations are not on the agenda for the Commonwealth heads of government meeting. Technically, the (UK) Government's position on this has not changed. We do not pay reparations,” said Downing Street official spokesperson, when asked what PM Keir Starmer's view on paying reparations for Britain's involvement in the slave trade was.

  • Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 08:25 UTC

    Falklands, Rockhopper Exploration disposes of Italian assets to focus on Sea Lion

    “The combination of the insurance policy and transaction with Zodiac allows us to refocus the Company on Sea Lion,” said CEO Samuel Moody (Pic Rockhoper Exploration)

    Rockhopper Exploration plc (AIM: RKH), the oil and gas company with key interests in the North Falkland Basin (“NFB”), has announced it has put in place an insurance policy to cover the event that the Italian Republic succeeds in its attempt to have the Rockhopper Ombrina Mare Arbitration Award annulled and has also signed a share purchase agreement with Zodiac Energy Limited to exit its other Italian assets.

  • Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 08:18 UTC

    Falklands Waters, UK Hydrographic starts seabed mapping surveys in November

    With the expected increase in expedition cruises within the waters around the Falklands, it is important that safe passage is achieved to the sites visited

    In November, the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) will conduct seabed mapping surveys of the Falkland Islands coastal waters to support safe maritime trade and the development of a sustainable blue economy.

  • Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 00:07 UTC

    Why an AI data analytics platform is the key to smarter decisions

    Every company accumulates a considerable amount of data as it operates

    Modern businesses are increasingly resorting to analytical solutions based on artificial intelligence. By doing so, they can make more informed and effective decisions. In the age of big data and the rapid growth of information flows, organizations are often faced with the need to process information quickly and accurately. Only then can companies obtain strategically important insights.