International

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Type 21 frigates' crews monument at San Carlos prepared for Falklands' 40th anniversary

  

  Falklands-based sailors tidied up the monument to crews of Type 21 frigates ahead of next year’s 40th anniversary of the conflict. A team of seven personnel who support the United Kingdom operations in the South Atlantic climbed Campito Hill which dominates nearby San Carlos Water – scene of several days of a bitter battle between the liberating fleet and Argentine aircraft in May 1982.

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 08:27 UTC

  James Bond 007 actor Daniel Craig made honorary Commander of the Royal Navy

  

  Actor Daniel Craig has been made an honorary Commander in the Royal Navy – matching the on-screen rank of James Bond. Commander Craig’s appointment as an honorary officer reflects his support for UK Armed Forces and links it with the legacy created through the guise of the fictional British secret agent.

• Wednesday, September 29th 2021 - 08:27 UTC

  Argentine meat sales to China to resume next week; the rest of the world will have to wait until 2022

  

  Argentina will resume meat exports to China as of this coming Monday, it was announced Tuesday in Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 08:43 UTC

  Black market of COVID-19 vaccination certificates on the rise

  

  Immunization requirements for travellers or workers have resulted in the development of a black market of Covid-19 vaccination certificates on the Internet, the Buenos Aires daily Crónica reported Monday.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Peruvian currency plunges against US dollar following PM's nationalization threat against gas supplier

  

  The Peruvian sol fell sharply Monday against the US dollar in Lima markets following Sunday's statements from Prime Minister Guido Bellido, who threatened the new government might stabilize the cooking gas supplier Camisea.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 08:17 UTC

  Fuel panic buying in UK; pool of Army truck drivers ready to fill the supply chain

  

  A pool of British Army tanker drivers is on standby and to be deployed if required to deliver fuel, the UK government announced on Monday following chain supply pressure which has left many gasoline stations empty or rationing the little supply left.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 07:13 UTC

  Macron and Tedros open ground for WHO academy in Lyon

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron, President and Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, broke ground on Monday for the WHO Academy’s campus in the French city of Lyon.

• Monday, September 27th 2021 - 09:28 UTC

  Falklands governor dissolves the Legislative Assembly and tries a cueca on a crutch

  

  Busy days for the Falkland Islands Governor Nigel Phillips CBE, despite his plastered left leg and crutch. Last Friday morning he signed the proclamation to dissolve the Legislative Assembly and the writ to instruct that election take place in six weeks, next November 4.

• Monday, September 27th 2021 - 09:01 UTC

  Falklands at Labour conference, climate change and “Looking forward at 40”, the main issues

  

  The Falkland Islands have a stand at the Labour conference in Brighton which took off on Saturday and will extend until Wednesday 29 September. Official hosts of the stand are MLA Stacey Bragger and the Falklands Representative to the UK and Europe, Richard Hyslop...plus Rex the Rockie penguin.

• Monday, September 27th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Germany's future Chancellor still a mystery after close elections with SPD slightly ahead

  

  After German Chancellor Angela Merkel decided to retire, the formation of a new government is far from clear following Sunday's elections.