Politics

• Wednesday, December 2nd 2020 - 16:41 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government position on fishing exports post-Brexit

  

  The Falkland Islands Government, both here and in London, have worked hard over the past four years to ensure that the impact of Brexit on the Falkland Islands was fully understood by the UK government.

• Wednesday, December 2nd 2020 - 13:45 UTC

  UK steps forward and approve Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for rollout ‘next week’

  

  The United Kingdom steps forward the United States and Europe and became the first Western country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine for general use as it announced on Wednesday a rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech’s drug from next week.

• Wednesday, December 2nd 2020 - 09:01 UTC

  US Justice has not uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud, Attorney General Barr admits

  

  The US Justice Department has not uncovered any evidence of widespread voter fraud in the presidential election, despite President Donald Trump's repeated claims, Attorney-General William Barr told a news agency on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, December 2nd 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  US Justice investigating potential bribes for a presidential pardon

  

  The U.S. Justice Department is investigating a potential crime related to funnelling money to the White House in exchange for a presidential pardon, according to court documents unsealed in federal court.

• Wednesday, December 2nd 2020 - 08:58 UTC

  Dozens of robbers take over a town in southern Brazil and loot the local bank

  

  Dozens of gunmen armed with assault rifles invaded a city in southern Brazil overnight Tuesday and took control of the streets as they assaulted a local bank.

• Wednesday, December 2nd 2020 - 08:53 UTC

  Argentine agro-export industry workers on strike freezing shipments

  

  Two major unions in Argentina's agro-export industry, one of the world's top grains exporters, said that they would launch an indefinite strike starting Tuesday morning, ramping up a standoff that has been simmering for months.

• Wednesday, December 2nd 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  UK historic retailers go down, putting 25,000 jobs at risk

  

  The UK retail industry suffered one of the harshest blows yet after two of the country's best-known retailers collapsed, putting 25,000 jobs at risk in less than 24 hours. Debenhams said on Tuesday morning it's preparing to close its doors for good after failing to find a buyer

• Wednesday, December 2nd 2020 - 08:29 UTC

  Australia and China acrimonious controversy escalates to incendiary tweets

  

  China’s embassy in Australia said politicians there had “misread” a tweet showing a digitally-altered image of an Australian soldier holding a bloodied knife to the throat of an Afghan child, and were trying to stoke nationalism.

• Tuesday, December 1st 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Climate change will increase the burden of Brazil's armed forces and endanger energy and water security

  

  Climate change will increase the burdens on Brazil’s armed forces and endanger the country’s energy and water security, military experts predicted on Monday. A group of senior military leaders said deforestation in the Amazon region could alter rainfall patterns in Brazil, hitting hydropower plants - the country’s major source of energy - and water supplies for major urban centers.

• Tuesday, December 1st 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Falklands' seafood industry concerned with Brexit outcome and likely imposition of EU tariffs

  

  The Executive Secretary of the Falklands Islands Fishing Companies Association FIFCA, James Bates would like to issue the following press statement.