International

• Thursday, March 10th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Pig heart transplant patient dies

  

  The 57-year-old patient with a terminal heart condition, who became the first person to receive a genetically modified pig heart, has died Tuesday, the University of Maryland Medical Center in the United States reported.

• Thursday, March 10th 2022 - 00:41 UTC

  Falklands government and community fundraising in support of Ukraine

  

  The war in Ukraine is at the forefront of our minds in the Falkland Islands community, not least as it brings back strong memories of 40 years ago, when our peaceful home was also invaded by a hostile neighbor, intent on seizing land and assuming sovereignty, without concern for the safety, security or rights of the people living here.

• Wednesday, March 9th 2022 - 21:15 UTC

  Austria backtracks on mandatory vaccination against COVID-19

  

  The Government of Austria has suspended the enforcement of legislation making vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory for all residents over 18 years of age in this country of 8.9 million inhabitants, it was reported Wednesday.

• Wednesday, March 9th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance is Found

  

  The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust confirmed on Wednesday that the Endurance22 Expedition has located the wreck of Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship which has not been seen since it was crushed by the ice and sank in the Weddell Sea in 1915.

• Wednesday, March 9th 2022 - 10:42 UTC

  Uruguayan town founded by Russian settlers emotionally hit by war

  

  Residents in the Uruguayan town of San Javier are not like any other South American people. At least not when Russia is involved in what seems to be the largest armed conflict so far in the 21st Century. San Javier was founded by Russian immigrants in the early 1900s. For locals, Russia is still their Mother Land.

• Wednesday, March 9th 2022 - 10:40 UTC

  Ukrainian President moves British Parliament with his speech

  

  Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky Tuesday delivered a recorded message to British MPs quoting Shakespeare and Churchill calling for additional support to Prime Minister Boris Johnson in his diplomatic efforts regarding the ongoing war.

• Wednesday, March 9th 2022 - 09:46 UTC

  Rasputitsa or General Mud joins the Ukrainian resistance against Russian invasion

  

  Ukrainian farmers call it Rasputitsa, and military experts, ”General Mud', the twice-yearly phenomenon which causes muddy conditions on roads as snow thaws in spring plus wet weather, and the heavy rainfall in autumn.

• Wednesday, March 9th 2022 - 09:36 UTC

  Global carbon emissions reach all-time high in 2021 after COVID-19

  

  The International Energy Agency (IEA) Tuesday warned through a statement that “global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose to their highest level ever in 2021 as economies recovered from the coronavirus pandemic and coal use increased.”

• Tuesday, March 8th 2022 - 23:49 UTC

  UN: women spend more than three times as much time on domestic and care work as men

  

  This March 8, on the occasion of International Women's Day, the UN established the theme “Gender equality today, for a sustainable tomorrow”. In order to “move towards achieving sustainable development, responding to the climate crisis we face, managing and reducing disaster risk and strengthening the resilience of all women, leaving no one behind”.

• Tuesday, March 8th 2022 - 21:35 UTC

  Russia announces ceasefire Wednesday to activate humanitarian corridors

  

  Russia will declare a temporary ceasefire Wednesday to provide for the functioning of humanitarian corridors from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Mariupol, it was announced Tuesday.