International

• Monday, December 13th 2021 - 19:45 UTC

  BMW signs deal to buy Argentine lithium

  

  German automaker BMW has signed a deal whereby Livent, a company that has invested US $ 640 million to extract lithium in the Argentine province of Catamarca, will become the brand's second-largest supplier of the mineral in 2022.

• Monday, December 13th 2021 - 19:06 UTC

  UK reports first Omicron death worlwide

  

  At least one person has been reported to have died in the United Kingdom of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, which would be the first fatal case for the new, milder strain.

• Monday, December 13th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Almirante Storni cargo ship moored at Gothenburg while still on fire

  

  Sweden's port authority Sunday released a press statement reporting that the Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Almirante Storni (named like current and former Argentine Navy units) had reached Gothenburg and cargo unloading was proceeding according to plan after the ship caught fire a week ago, thus prompting a rescue operation.

• Monday, December 13th 2021 - 09:24 UTC

  South African President tests positive for COVID-19

  

  South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa Sunday tested positive for COVID-19, it was reported. He is isolated in Cape Town with mild symptoms. It is yet unknown which strain of the virus he has contracted.

• Sunday, December 12th 2021 - 20:06 UTC

  Assange's health compromised, wife says

  

  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's wife Stella Moris confirmed her husband had suffered a mild brain stroke during a virtual court appearance on October 27 from London's Belmarsh maximum-security prison, the British outlet Daily Mail reported.

• Saturday, December 11th 2021 - 09:33 UTC

  Falklands' Government requests Argentina for compassionate charter flight to Chile

  

  The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) confirmed on Friday that in effect it has held conversations with the UK government about the possibility of putting on a charter flight for South American members of our community to visit family and friends during the festive season.

• Saturday, December 11th 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  Argentina's toothfish tagging cruise between 37 and 56 degrees South Atlantic

  

  Argentina's Fisheries Research and Development Institute, INIDEP, reports that last week the vessel Argennova XIV, concluded a project for the tagging of toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides), in the South Atlantic.

• Saturday, December 11th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Pope Francis defends the resigned archbishop of Paris, victim of “injustice”

  

  The “sins of the flesh are not the most serious” said Pope Francis this week in reference to the recent resignation of the Archbishop of Paris. However, he condemned the “injustice” of the resignation of Michel Aupetit, because of media reports about an alleged intimate relation of the archbishop with a woman.

• Saturday, December 11th 2021 - 08:53 UTC

  British court now says Assange may be extradited to the US

  

  A British court has ruled in favor of extraditing Julian Assange to the United States after finding the founder of WikiLeaks will be treated fairly while facing espionage charges for divulging classified documents.

• Saturday, December 11th 2021 - 08:12 UTC

  “All Human, All Equal”, Falklands Government advocates Human Rights Day

  

  The Falkland Islands Government remembers Human Rights Day with the following statement, ”Today, Friday 10 December, is the United Nations Human Rights Day, which was established in 1950 to draw the attention of ‘the peoples of the world’ to the inalienable rights of individuals as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).