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  • Friday, May 30th 2025 - 18:53 UTC

    France announces ban on smoking on beaches and other open spaces

    The measure will become effective on July 1

    France will implement a nationwide smoking ban in public places frequented by children, effective July 1, 2025, Health and Family Minister Catherine Vautrin announced Friday, ahead of World No Tobacco Day on Saturday. In South America, the measure will apply to the overseas department of French Guiana, which follows French national laws. The issue is also environmental, with cigarette butts polluting seashores.

  • Friday, May 30th 2025 - 10:30 UTC

    Brazil recognized once again as free of FMD without vaccination

    Parliamentary Front for Agriculture and Livestock (FPA) Vice-President Senator Tereza Cristina attended the World Organization for Animal Health event in Paris

    Brazil has officially been recognized by the World Organization for Animal Health for the second straight year as free of foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination. The acknowledgment, granted during the organization’s 92nd General Session in Paris, reinforces Brazil’s commitment to livestock health and global trade.

  • Thursday, May 29th 2025 - 10:56 UTC

    Chile pulls military attachés from Tel Aviv Embassy

    Diplomatic relations with Israel are not severed, Van Klaveren explained

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font defended his decision to withdraw the country's military attachés from Tel Aviv, citing the severe humanitarian crisis in Gaza due to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's military actions following the terrorist group Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attacks.

  • Thursday, May 29th 2025 - 10:15 UTC

    Uruguay clinches rapeseed and soybean meal deal with China

    Fratti headed a Uruguayan mission to China, Hong Kong, and other Asian markets

    Uruguay and China signed a historic agreement enabling the South American country to export rapeseed and soybean meal. The phytosanitary protocol ensures safety, inspection, and traceability standards for these high-protein products, which are much in demand for animal feed in Asia.

  • Thursday, May 29th 2025 - 10:11 UTC

    Trump tells UK to get rid of unsightly windmills and open North Sea to modern drilling

    “The U.K. is making a very big mistake. Open up the North Sea. Get rid of Windmills!” President-elect Trump posted in early January on Truth Social

    President Donald Trump on Truth Social has strongly criticized UK’s energy policy of pursuing renewables and further taxing North Sea oil and gas operators. In a piece published in OilPrice he suggests getting rid of “costly and unsightly windmills”.

  • Thursday, May 29th 2025 - 00:34 UTC

    The Complex Gambling Laws of the South Atlantic

    Explore South Atlantic gambling regulations from Brazil to the islands. We give you an overview of this complex landscape. Photo: Agustín Díaz / Unsplash

    Trying to understand gambling rules in the South Atlantic? Good luck with that. This region has some of the most head-scratching and contradictory betting laws you'll find anywhere. From surprisingly strict island territories to unexpectedly relaxed mainland spots, the regulations change dramatically depending on where you drop your anchor.

  • Tuesday, May 27th 2025 - 21:12 UTC

    Charles III first monarch to open Canadian Parliament in decades

    Canada can build new partnerships and an economy that benefits all its citizens, Carles said

    During his historic two-day visit to Ottawa, King Charles III became the first monarch since 1957 to inaugurate a Canadian parliamentary session. His address underscored Canada's sovereignty amid rising tensions with U.S. President Donald Trump, who has proposed the country's annexation as the 51st state and imposed tariff threats. Asserting national independence, Charles declared, “The True North is indeed strong and free.”

  • Tuesday, May 27th 2025 - 20:17 UTC

    North Sea FPSO extension clears path for potential redeployment to Falklands

    The Aoka Mizu FPSO has been a key asset in the UK North Sea and is the preferred production unit for the long-stalled Sea Lion oil development off the Falklands

    Dutch offshore company Bluewater has reached an agreement in principle to extend the deployment of the Aoka Mizu FPSO on the UK’s Lancaster oilfield, a move that could set the stage for the vessel’s future redeployment to the Falkland Islands' Sea Lion project.

  • Tuesday, May 27th 2025 - 16:12 UTC

    Falklands representative honors 1982 War dead at Cunard Memorial rededication in Liverpool

    The FIG Representative, Richard Hyslop, at the Cunard War Memorial rededication service in Liverpool with other attendees and dignitaries. Photo: Tony Storey, Cruise Media Services

    The Falkland Islands Government Representative to the UK and Europe, Richard Hyslop, took part in a solemn rededication ceremony at the Cunard War Memorial on Sunday, May 25, marking the 43rd anniversary of the sinking of the Atlantic Conveyor during the Falklands War.

  • Tuesday, May 27th 2025 - 16:04 UTC

    Fortuna Ltd secures Tristan da Cunha lobster concession and transport contract

    “This partnership promises exciting opportunities for the people of Tristan da Cunha and for Fortuna,” said James Wallace, Managing Director of Fortuna Ltd

    Tristan da Cunha, the world’s most remote inhabited island, has awarded its prized lobster concession to Fortuna Ltd, a British Overseas Territory-based company with global seafood operations.