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Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:44:00 GMT
US: Democratic majority in Congress at stake
The ruling Democratic Party of President Joseph Biden risks losing its Congressional majority in Tuesday's mid-term elections while many polls foresee the opposition Republicans are likely to regain some of the 435 seats in the...

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:34:00 GMT
Pesticides and heavy metals detected in Argentine river waters
According to a report from the National Institute of Agropecuarian Technology (INTA) and the national universities of San Martín (Unsam) and of the Litoral (UNL), a high number of biocides was detected in the Salado River basi...

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:28:00 GMT
Argentina to create yet another dollar exchange rate
Argentina's Superminister of Economy, Industry, and Agriculture Sergio Massa Monday announced the creation of yet a new parity between the local currency and the US dollar to be applied to regional economies.

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:24:00 GMT
Argentine president turns to diplomacy
Argentine President Alberto Fernández has withdrawn himself from domestic confrontations within the ruling Frente de Todos (FdT) by focusing on the international agenda that launches him onto the world's center stage in the co...

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:20:00 GMT
Falklands and BOTs delegates invited to the Constituency Garden of Remembrance
The Speaker of the House Sir Lindsay Hoyle installed on Monday the opening of the Constituency Garden of Remembrance at the New Palace Yard in Parliament grounds and invited representatives from the Overseas Territories to part...

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:17:00 GMT
Royal Yacht Britannia to be replaced by an ocean surveillance ship
A £250m scheme to create a successor to the Royal Yacht Britannia has been scrapped – with the Defense Secretary telling MPs the procurement of a new Royal Navy vessel is being prioritized instead.

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:11:00 GMT
Former St Helena sea link, turned into “floating paddock” for Extreme E competitions visiting Uruguay
A completely refurbished former RMS St Helena, which sailed between the British Overseas Territory of St Helena, (occasionally Ascension Island) and Cape Town in South Africa until 2018, is currently in Uruguay although under ...

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:10:00 GMT
Falklands' war landing craft, wins 2022 Flagship Award of the Year
Foxtrot 8 is one of the four vessels that won the 2022 Flagships of the Year Awards, for its public engagement program and media campaign in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Falklands conflict, according to Heritage Machine...

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:00:00 GMT
Five Venezuelan officers killed in military plane crash
Venezuelan authorities have confirmed that five people died Sunday morning when a single-engined Cessna Caravan turboprop from the Bolivarian Military forces crashed in the town of Puerto Ayacucho, capital of Amazonas state (so...

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 08:58:00 GMT
Falkland Islands lists Covid-19 as endemic, in the same manner as other viral illnesses
On Wednesday 29 June the Falkland Islands King Edward Memorial Hospital, KEMH, announced that as Covid-19 infection rates continued to be low, following the initial spike in cases seen in May 2022, Covid-19 is now considered en...



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