MercoPress https://en.mercopress.com/ South Atlantic News Agency en Copyright 2026, MercoPress. https://en.mercopress.com/web/img/en/mercopress-logo.gif MercoPress http://en.mercopress.com/ <![CDATA[Falklands: Uruguay Sciences Faculty researching sandy beaches of the Islands]]> The project is in collaboration with the Falklands South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute, SAERI, and is funded by the UK Government A group of Uruguayan scientists have spent the last two weeks gathering samples from beaches around the Falkland Islands. Their research is aimed at discovering how humans and wildlife affect ecosystems within the sandy coastline.

]]> Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:44:00 GMT <![CDATA[Bukele bets on Google to build "world's best health system" as medical sector decries layoffs]]> “The 30,000 daily appointments are human doctors treating patients with AI support. But AI agents will be doing this separately and in parallel,” he specified. El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele announced on Tuesday in a national broadcast the launch of the second phase of Dr. SV, a public health application developed with Google Cloud that incorporates artificial intelligence based on the Gemini model to detect, diagnose and monitor patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and kidney conditions.

]]> Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Orion capsule splashes down in Pacific, completing Artemis II, first crewed Moon flight in over 50 years]]> Teams from NASA, the U.S. Navy and Air Force, deployed from the USS John P. Murtha, proceeded with crew recovery NASA's Orion capsule splashed down at 8:07 p.m. ET on Friday (00:07 GMT Saturday) in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California, completing the Artemis II mission, the first crewed flight to the Moon since Apollo 17 in December 1972.

]]> Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:44:00 GMT <![CDATA[Argentina permanently revokes licenses of laboratories implicated in contaminated fentanyl case]]> Anmat stated that the evidence gathered “creates a sufficiently founded basis to conclude that the quality controls of the firms lacked efficacy, safety and quality” Argentina's National Administration of Drugs, Foods and Medical Devices (Anmat) permanently revoked the operating licenses of laboratories HLB Pharma and Laboratorios Ramallo, linked to the production of contaminated fentanyl that caused the deaths of at least 111 people between late 2024 and the first half of 2025, in one of the worst health tragedies in the country's recent history.

]]> Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:54:00 GMT <![CDATA[Scottish cameraman Doug Allan dies in Nepal during trek to Annapurna base camp]]> Allan, born in Dunfermline, Scotland, in 1951, was principal cameraman on some of the BBC's most influential documentary series Wildlife cameraman and photographer Doug Allan died on Wednesday at a hospital in Pokhara, Nepal, after suffering a brain hemorrhage during a trek to Annapurna base camp, the world's tenth highest mountain. He was 74.

]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:53:00 GMT <![CDATA[“The Moon became a sponge of light”: Artemis II astronauts share their observations]]> Photo: NASA The four Artemis II astronauts shared their lunar flyby observations with NASA's science team on Tuesday, reporting meteoroid impact flashes, levitated lunar dust, unexpected surface colors and an unprecedented total solar eclipse witnessed from the Moon's orbit.

]]> Tue, 07 Apr 2026 21:40:00 GMT <![CDATA["We are one people": Artemis 2 sends message of unity on the road to the Moon]]> The photographs were taken after the translunar injection burn completed on Thursday, April 2 The Artemis 2 crew sent the first photographs of Earth taken from the Orion capsule on its historic journey to the Moon, accompanied by a message of unity at a moment of global turmoil. They are the first images captured by astronauts on a lunar mission since Apollo 17 in 1972.

]]> Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:39:00 GMT <![CDATA[Argentine doctors investigated for stealing anesthetics from hospital for use at private parties]]> Zalazar, an anesthesiologist on duty at the Ricardo Gutiérrez Children's Hospital, was found dead in his apartment with an intravenous line connected to his foot The death of a 31-year-old anesthesiologist in Buenos Aires on February 20 has triggered a judicial investigation into the systematic theft of fentanyl and propofol from a major private hospital and their recreational use at private gatherings known in medical circles as "Propo Fest."

]]> Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:03:00 GMT <![CDATA[Artemis II lifts off successfully: humanity heads back to the Moon after half a century]]> Artemis 2's objective is not to land on the Moon but to validate the Orion spacecraft's life-support, navigation, and communication systems with a crew on board NASA's Artemis 2 mission launched Wednesday at 6:35 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking the first crewed mission beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in December 1972 — 54 years ago.

]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:52:00 GMT <![CDATA[Falklands heritage trust takes Endurance replica on first UK tour]]> The 3D printed model of the Endurance wreck, produced by the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust from data captured during the Endurance22 expedition, will go on display at Discovery Point in Dundee A 3D scale model of the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance will go on public display in Scotland for the first time on April 30 at Discovery Point in Dundee. It marks the first stop on a planned United Kingdom tour organized by the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust (FMHT), the Falklands-based foundation that led the expedition which located the ship's remains in 2022.

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