Politics

Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 10:23 UTC
Falklands war: Argentina insists HMS Invincible was hit by an Exocet; Taiana recalls the joint navy/air force mission

While in Tierra del Fuego Argentine defense minister Jorge Taiana participated with Malvinas War Veterans of the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the joint operation attack on the Royal Navy's carrier, HMS Invincible, while again condemning UK for the “illegitimate” occupation of the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.
Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 10:15 UTC
Texas shootings: Norway and Finland have similar levels of gun ownership, but far less gun crime

By Peter Squire, Professor of Criminology & Public Policy, University of Brighton – In the wake of the most recent US mass school shooting in Uvalde School, Texas, where 19 pupils and two teachers were killed by an 18-year-old armed with an assault rifle, a comparison considering how the US compares with other countries on children’s deaths caused by guns is compelling.
Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 10:07 UTC
Queen's Platinum Jubilee: The military's role in the celebrations

A close look at the military's role this weekend as the Queen prepares to become the first British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee. Nearly 2,000 members of the Armed Forces will make a major contribution to the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations this week.
Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 10:00 UTC
At Falklands Thursday sunset, Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacon will be lit

Falkland Islands Chief Fire Officer announced spectators are invited and are welcome to the lighting of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacon which will take place at Moody Brook on the site of the old Hovercraft slipway and hangar at 16:51 on June 2nd.
Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 09:57 UTC
Crown coin commemorating the Liberation of the Falklands for every child in the Islands

The Falkland Islands Commissioners of Currency and the 40th Anniversary Committee are delighted to announce the issue of a Crown Coin to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the liberation of the Falkland Islands.
Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 09:48 UTC
Colombia: Coal miner dies, other 14 trapped inside after explosion

Miner Fabio Cáceres García died Tuesday as a result of “an explosion of methane and coal dust” in El Zulia in eastern Colombia, while 14 other workers remained trapped, it was reported.
Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Nicaragua's Parliament bans Language Academy and 82 other NGOs

Nicaragua's legal assembly has approved with no debate Sandinista Deputy Filiberto Rodríguez's bill to outlaw the Language Academy and 82 other NGOs which, according to the Ministry of the Interior (Mingob), have failed to comply with financial regulations regarding donations from abroad.
Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 09:35 UTC
IAPA concerned over Judiciary deployment in Costa Rican newspaper case

Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) President Jorge Canahuati urged Costa Rica's judiciary to handle the process with transparency and to observe the due process of law as legal action has been taken involving Diario Extra.
Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 09:30 UTC
Russia supports expanding BRICS, but demands consensus on access conditions

Russia supports the proposal to increase membership of BRICS, the organization of the leading developing economies, but before moving in that direction there is a need to establish a consensus on access criteria.
Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 09:24 UTC
Former ambassador to leave Argentina's diplomatic mission in Tel Aviv

Former Argentina's Ambassador to Israel Sergio Urribarri, who resigned his position after being convicted to eight years in jail for acts of corruption during his tenure as Governor of the province of Entre Ríos, is to leave the diplomatic building where he has been sheltering, it was announced in Buenos Aires.