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  • Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 10:54 UTC

    Earthquake death toll reaches 4,300, more victims feared under the rubble

    There have been 183 aftershocks since the original earthquakes including one of 7.6 magnitude at 7.24 am local time

    The number of casualties from the series of earthquakes hitting Türkiye and Syria early Monday has been updated to 4,300, it was reported. Due to the time the quake occurred (4.17 local time), most people were sleeping in their homes and many were unable to escape. Rescuers are searching for survivors in the rubble.

  • Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 10:44 UTC

    Top Argentine official makes the round of talks and contacts in Spain to complain about Falklands fishing industry

    Argentine Ambassador in Madrid Ricardo Alfonsin (left) and Secretary Guillermo Carmona (right), with Spanish counterparts during the round of meetings in Spain's capital

    Guillermo Carmona, secretary of the Malvinas, Antarctica and Southern Atlantic Islands held a round of political talks in Spain in the framework of the bi-national cooperation understandings contemplated in the Buenos Aires Declaration from 2021. The document was signed by Argentine president Alberto Fernandez and his Spanish peer Pedro Sánchez and addressed the Argentina/Spain joint strategic action plan 2021/2023 referred to the Falklands/Malvinas and Gibraltar Questions as well as Antarctic and oceans cooperation.

  • Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 10:26 UTC

    East Anglia University team joins RRS Sir Attenborough in Antarctica science trials

    It is hoped the trials will give more understanding of the key processes controlling Southern Ocean carbon uptake. Photo: Jamie Anderson

    Researchers from the University of East Anglia have joined the UK’s new polar ship RRS Sir David Attenborough as it begins its polar science trials in Antarctica. A team of 30 national and international scientists, engineers and technical staff departed the Falkland Islands on January 31 – where for almost two months they will test the ship's science capabilities in deep polar waters.

  • Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 10:08 UTC

    Beijing admits balloon over Latin America is theirs

    Beijing said that shooting down their balloon over the Atlantic Ocean was overproportioned and promised to reserve the right to take the necessary measures

    As US defense forces are beginning to pick up the debris from the Chinese balloon downed during the weekend by the Air Force on President Joseph Biden's orders, the Asian country admitted a second such aircraft last spotted over Colombia belonged to them. Biden said Monday that the Pentagon was in contact with the Latin American countries through which the Chinese balloon passed. The Colombian Air Force reported that “an object” with “characteristics similar to those of a balloon” was detected and monitored “until it left the airspace.”

  • Monday, February 6th 2023 - 09:41 UTC

    FAO food commodity prices down in January, tenth month running

    The FAO Vegetable Oil Price Index declined by 2.9% in January. World prices of soy oils dropped amid subdued global import demand

    The benchmark index of international food commodity prices declined in January for the tenth consecutive month, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations reported.

  • Monday, February 6th 2023 - 09:17 UTC

    Earthquake rocks Türkiye and Syria killing around 1,200 people

    “We hope to get through this disaster together in the shortest possible time and with the least possible damage,” Erdogan wrote on Twitter

    Over 1,200 people died in Türkiye and Syria as hundreds of buildings collapsed in the areas hit by an earthquake of 7.8-degree magnitude with its epicenter in the border city of Gaziantep. Rescue teams were searching for people trapped under the rubble. Humanitarian aid was reported on its way from various parts of the world. There were a total of 22 aftershocks, some of them strong.

  • Sunday, February 5th 2023 - 09:16 UTC

    US shoots down Chinese spying balloon on Biden's orders

    An operation is now underway to collect the debris, according to reports

    The United States Air Force Saturday shot down a spying balloon belonging to China while it was flying over territorial waters in the Atlantic Ocean, Washington confirmed. At the time it was shot down, it was reported to be about 18 km above sea level and 11 km off the coast.

  • Saturday, February 4th 2023 - 11:55 UTC

    Studies in Falklands' peat lands, The importance of World Wetlands Day

    The Flow Country, Europe’s largest blanket bog located found in Northern Scotland.

    By Katy Ross (*) – The haunting calls of black-throated divers rise to join the bubbling of Curlews. Hen harriers, perhaps more enchantingly known as sky dancers glide across a landscape filled with lochs and pools, whilst far below cotton grasses bob in the wind. All this life is supported by a tiny plant and one you are probably already familiar with - Sphagnum moss.

  • Saturday, February 4th 2023 - 11:50 UTC

    Alleged Chinese “spy” balloon causing further rift between Washington and Beijing

    Uncorroborated reports said Beijing had admitted owning the balloon but claimed it was a civilian aircraft “for research purposes, mainly meteorological”

    US authorities said they detected a Chinese spy balloon flying over Latin America in addition to the one already spotted over US airspace which has triggered further diplomatic discrepancies between Washington and Beijing.

  • Saturday, February 4th 2023 - 11:17 UTC

    Home Office will resume patrolling for irregular migrants in the English Channel

    The new SBOC will continue to work closely with the military during a handover period (Picture: MOD).

    UK's Home Office is resuming operational responsibility for tackling boats carrying migrants across the English Channel, after eight months under the leadership of the Royal Navy.