Paz wins Bolivia’s presidental runoff Monday, October 20th 2025 – 10:55 UTC Paz’s inauguration is set for Nov. 8 for a five-year term Rodrigo Paz won Sunday’s runoff and will become Bolivia’s next president. With 97% of the ballots counted, the center-right senator secured 54.5% of the vote, defeating former right-wing president Jorge […]
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UK restates at UN Assembly support for OTs Falklands and Gibraltar Saturday, October 18th 2025 – 02:45 UTC Ambassador Thomas, “Under the UN Charter and in Article One of both UN covenants on human rights, the Falklands people are free to determine their political status” “In the 2013 referendum, 99.8 per
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Bolivia concludes its first gold futures sale Saturday, October 18th 2025 – 03:28 UTC With these funds, we service the foreign debt and contribute to the provision of fuel, Rojas explained Bolivia’s Central Bank (BCB) successfully concluded its first gold futures sale, a transaction executed under a controversial legal framework aimed at bolstering
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HMS Westminster heads for retirement and disposal as she’s towed to Portsmouth Saturday, October 18th 2025 – 06:10 UTC Known as the ‘capital ship’ throughout the Royal Navy, she visited the Falklands on more than one occasion when on South Atlantic patrol (Pic MoD) The former Royal Navy frigate HMS Westminster has been
Falklands, Civil Works Begin on Next Sapper Hill Housing Phase Saturday, October 18th 2025 – 06:30 UTC The construction involving 111 housing serviced plots is anticipated to last approximately two years The Public Works Department and RSK Falkland
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Missing FACh helicopter found – one crewmember dies Saturday, October 18th 2025 – 09:50 UTC Presidennt Boric declared a day of mourning (Pic FACH) Chile’s Air Force (FACh) confirmed on Friday that it had located the MH-60M Black Hawk helicopter that had gone missing the previous afternoon in the Southern Ice Fields sector
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Trump against supplying more missiles to Ukraine Saturday, October 18th 2025 – 10:17 UTC Let each declare victory, and let History decide! Trump argued US President Donald Trump told his Ukrainian colleague, Volodymyr Zelensky, that he was reluctant to deliver Tomahawk long-range missiles to Kyiv. He made those remarks during a meeting at
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Argentine markets remained unconvinced despite US help Saturday, October 18th 2025 – 10:29 UTC Further volatility is expected next week before the midterms Despite interventions from the United States Treasury, financial tensions continue to escalate in Argentina just over a week before the Oct. 26 midterms. The wholesale dollar recorded its biggest daily
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Falklands’ avian influenza, Yorke Bay Gentoo Colony closed to Public Access Saturday, October 18th 2025 – 06:46 UTC Given the proximity of the affected colony to Stanley, the density of wildlife in the area, Yorke Bay Gentoo colony is closed to public access and is declared an infected place. On Wednesday, 15 October,
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Prince Andrew relinquishes Duke of York title and other honors Saturday, October 18th 2025 – 02:54 UTC Andrew will remain a Prince as he has always been since birth After discussing the matter with King Charles III, Prince Andrew announced on Friday that he would immediately relinquish the use of all his royal
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