International

Friday, November 11th 2022 - 10:20 UTC
Falklands: additional funding for overseas students in higher education considered

Inflation is biting and additional funding for Falkland Islands students studying overseas for their higher or further education is being considered by Falkland Islands government as cost of living escalates globally, Penguin News was told by MLA Leona Roberts, portfolio holder for Education and Community.
Friday, November 11th 2022 - 10:07 UTC
New satellite monitoring of whales in South Atlantic underway

The 7th edition of the whale satellite monitoring program by the Argentine branch of the Wildlife Conservation Society started the monitoring of 22 specimens in the Atlantic Ocean to obtain data on the life cycle of the southern right whale species, it was reported.
Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 10:30 UTC
Guyana becoming the world's most exciting oil frontier: with a million bpd by 2030

No end to surprises from offshore Guyana and an ExxonMobil-led consortium, which have identified at least 11 billion barrels of recoverable oil resources, and catapulted the impoverished South America country firmly onto the global oil map.
Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 10:28 UTC
Very promising cruise season in Ushuaia: Ten vessels calls this week

Ushuaia, in Tierra del Fuego province, extreme south of Argentina is reporting a very encouraging cruise season and anticipated this week a peak of calls in expected. In effect some ten cruise vessels will be calling at Ushuaia, and local businesses are preparing for the significant event.
Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 10:03 UTC
China October exports contract, first time since 2020; global recession reaching Asian super power

With an economy still gripped by strict lockdown measures, Chinese exports contracted in October for the first time since the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic. Exports in dollar terms fell 0.3 percent year on year last month, official data showed, compared with an economists’ forecast of 4.5% growth and a 5.7% gain in September. The figure last fell in May 2020.
Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 09:38 UTC
Germany, Norway and UK support plan to contain deforestation in the Colombian Amazon

Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom are supporting a plan from the Colombian government, working with local communities to contain deforestation in the Colombian Amazon, it was announced at the COP27 taking place at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
Wednesday, November 9th 2022 - 10:40 UTC
Falkland Islander addresses the House of Commons from the dispatch

A Law student at Stoke-on-Trent became the first Falkland Islander to address his “peers” at the House of Commons last Friday during a special session of the United Kingdom's Youth Parliament, with Sir Lindsay Hoyle presiding the meeting.
Wednesday, November 9th 2022 - 10:19 UTC
Slower Chinese demand impacts on Brazilian soybeans sales and beef prices

The Chinese economy is slowing down, the Yuan is weaker against the US dollar and Beijing is insisting with complete lockdowns in many cities because of Covid 19 or respiratory diseases, reducing considerably activity and consumption.
Wednesday, November 9th 2022 - 10:13 UTC
Ukraine grain exports down 30,7% compared to a year ago

Ukraine has exported 14.3 million tons of grain so far in the 2022/23 season, down 30.7% from the 20.6 million tons shipped overseas at the same stage of the previous season, agriculture ministry data showed on Monday.
Wednesday, November 9th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
World record lottery jackpot, one billion US dollars. The US$ 2 ticket was sold in California

A single ticket-holder from California has won the largest lottery jackpot in world history, a US$ 2.04 billion prize (with an estimated cash value of US$ 997.6 million), officials announced of Tuesday. The winning ticket was the only one to match all five white balls as well as the Powerball.