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  • Sunday, July 6th 2025 - 04:50 UTC

    Falklands intends to implement the Beneficial Ownership Register by July 2026

    Minister Stephen Doughty with MLA Roger Spink during a recent meeting at Parliament House

    Stephen Doughty, Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, which includes Overseas Territories has stated that illicit finance, corruption, and kleptocracy pose a direct threat to the UK’s national security, economic resilience, and the integrity of the global financial system.

  • Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 19:21 UTC

    Milei welcomes Modi at Casa Rosada

    It was the first official visit to Argentina by an Indian PM in 57 years, although Modi had been in Buenos Aires for the G20 Summit in 2018

    Argentine President Javier Milei welcomed India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss trade, investment, energy, critical minerals, defense, aerospace, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and other issues.

  • Friday, July 4th 2025 - 23:26 UTC

    Fundraising teen pilot detained in Chilean Antarctica

    From social influencer to detainee in Antarctica, Guo’s future remains unclear

    Ethan Guo, a 19-year-old pilot and social media influencer, has been detained on King George Island, Antarctica, after a failed attempt to complete a solo flight across all seven continents to raise US$1 million for childhood cancer research.

  • Friday, July 4th 2025 - 16:45 UTC

    Relief operation of DRC Uruguayan blue helmets underway

    Some 200 troops are arriving at Carrasco on a chartered Ethiopian Airlines flight from Rwanda (Pic Ejercito de Uruguay)

    Uruguay is carrying out on Friday a troop relief operation for its United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Approximately 200 Uruguayan soldiers from the Uruguay IV Battalion are arriving at Carrasco International Airport at 6.35 am on an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Rwanda. President Yamandú Orsi and Defense Minister Sandra Lazo will welcome them.

  • Friday, July 4th 2025 - 05:08 UTC

    Latino Director Felipe Vargas Steps Away from Lionsgate’s Next Film Project

    In 2023, it was announced that a new Leprechaun movie was in the works. Felipe Varga had been hired to breathe new life into the franchise. With that said, things look to have changed. There hasn’t been much said about the movie over the last year, but it’s clear why. Vargas has been busy on his most recent movie, Rosario, and is no longer directing the Leprechaun movie for Lionsgate.

  • Wednesday, July 2nd 2025 - 23:34 UTC

    Mercosur-EFTA FTA announced in Buenos Aires

    Meetings of Foreign and Economy Ministers preceded the Mercosur Summit, bringing leaders together on Thursday

    The Southern Common Market's (Mercosur) Summit in Buenos Aires kicked off Wednesday with the announcement by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) finalized with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA - Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland). The documents are to be signed in the coming months.

  • Wednesday, July 2nd 2025 - 17:22 UTC

    UK and Falklands waiting for Argentina to make good on commitments, fisheries cooperation and flight from Brazil

    UK Minister for Latin America and Caribbean, Baroness Chapman also participated at the recent OAS annual assembly at Antigua and Barbuda

    Despite an overwhelming support for Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falkland Islands during the recent OAS annual assembly at Antigua and Barbuda, the UK Minister for Latin America and Caribbean, Baroness Chapman, pointed to the importance of relationships with friends and allies across the Americas, and is particular with Argentina.

  • Wednesday, July 2nd 2025 - 04:01 UTC

    How to Make Science Topics Interesting in Essays

    Photo: Freepik

    Science topics can feel dull when people face them in essays, but creativity changes that. Students often search for ways to hold a reader’s attention, especially when handling research or complex data.

  • Wednesday, July 2nd 2025 - 00:34 UTC

    North America's online gambling market set to hit $33 billion by 2030

    The North American online gambling market is expected to see a large amount of growth in the coming years. Projections estimate it will reach nearly $33 billion by 2030. So let's take a closer look at this figure and the factors behind its growth.

  • Tuesday, July 1st 2025 - 09:59 UTC

    UK's Royal Train era coming to an end

    The monarch gave “the fondest of farewells” to the train, which includes a carriage specially created in the 1980s

    King Charles III has decided to decommission the British royal train, a tradition since the Victorian era, as part of cost-cutting and modernization efforts. At the King’s request, the proportion of Crown Estate profits used to fund the monarchy has been reduced from 25% to 12%.