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Montevideo, September 21st 2024 - 09:42 UTC

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  • Friday, August 23rd 2024 - 12:30 UTC

    C24 visiting mission to British Virgin Islands next week

    The mission headed by Menissa Rambally will gather first-hand information on the situation in BVI, focusing on the political developments, including the constitutional review process.

    The United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization, also identified as C24, currently chaired by Menissa Rambally (Saint Lucia), will undertake a visiting mission to the British Virgin Islands from 26 to 27 August. 

  • Thursday, August 22nd 2024 - 11:14 UTC

    UK Space Command successfully launches first military satellite

    Colleagues from Surrey Satellites Technology Limited watch the Space X Launch.

    A UK satellite to support military operations successfully launched into space. Named Tyche, the satellite is UK Space Command’s first satellite which can capture daytime images and videos of the Earth’s surface. 

  • Thursday, August 22nd 2024 - 11:12 UTC

    Sydney Aquarium mourns death of partner of famous 'same-sex' Gentoo penguin couple

    Sea Life Aquarium said Sphen, who was the older partner in the “same-sex” penguin pair, died just shy of turning 12, considered a long life in captivity.

    A penguin which became famous for being in a same-sex male relationship, has died at the age of 11, the Sydney Sea Life Aquarium has announced. “Staff at Sea Life Sydney Aquarium are heartbroken to share the news that Sphen, one-half of the world's most famous and loved gentoo penguin couples, has sadly passed away,” the aquarium said in a statement.

  • Wednesday, August 21st 2024 - 10:45 UTC

    Freighter isolated off Argentine port due to suspected mpox case

    he Liberian-flagged INA-LOTTE was isolated pending a decision from sanitary border experts

    A Liberian-flagged cereal freighter was isolated off the Argentine port of San Lorenzo, north of Rosario on the Parana River, after a crewmember was reported to have monkeypox symptoms. The vessel stemmed from Spain.

  • Wednesday, August 21st 2024 - 08:46 UTC

    Mpox not the new Covid-19, WHO official explains

    “Two years ago, we controlled mpox in Europe thanks to direct engagement with the most affected communities of men who have sex with men,” Kluge pointed out

    Hans Kluge, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) regional director for Europe, admitted Tuesday that mpox would not lead to a “cycle of panic” and lockdowns like Covid-19 did, despite the public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) declaration.

  • Wednesday, August 21st 2024 - 08:12 UTC

    World's oldest person passes away aged 117

    “I have lived longer than I should have and death is an expected visit,” the joyful Branyas once said

    María Branyas Morera, a US-born Spanish woman who was believed to be the world's longest-lived person following the passing of French nun Lucile Randon in January last year, died at the age of 117, her family announced on social media Tuesday. In her X account, she described herself as “very old, but not an idiot.” Branyas was living in a home for the elderly in Olot, Girona. Her family planned a strictly private memorial.

  • Wednesday, August 21st 2024 - 06:15 UTC

    UK government announces £850m award of new contracts to defense suppliers

    Defense Minister Maria Eagle unveiled spending plans while visiting Somers Forge, a family-run business in Halesowen that produces propulsion shafts for Royal Navy

    Britain's has announced to award £850m of new contracts to defense suppliers supporting the readiness of the Royal Navy. Defense Procurement Minister Maria Eagle announced the plans which will allow 39 companies the opportunity to bid for contracts over the next seven years.

  • Tuesday, August 20th 2024 - 07:47 UTC

    Scottish company exploiting and abusing foreign mariners

    Workers were employed by TN Trawlers and its sister companies, owned by the Nicholson family, based in the town of Annan on the southern coast of Scotland.

    BBC is reporting that dozens of workers from around the world may have been trafficked into the UK to work for a small family-owned Scottish fishing firm. Thirty-five men from the Philippines, Ghana, India and Sri Lanka were recognized as victims of modern slavery by the Home Office after being referred to it between 2012 and 2020.

  • Tuesday, August 20th 2024 - 07:29 UTC

    New Zealand population stagnant: arrivals continue but so does strong emigration

    In the year to June, more than 130,000 people, both New Zealand nationals and non-nationals, left the country, including about 45,000 to Australia alone

    In the first half of the year, some 130,000 people left New Zealand and the population grew a mere 0.1% in the second quarter, according to official statistics from the government revealed on Monday.

  • Monday, August 19th 2024 - 10:51 UTC

    Colombia: Duchess of Sussex speaks in Spanish with Argentine accent

    Markle used to work at the US Embassy in Buenos Aires 20 years ago

    Prince Harry's wife Meghan Markle spoke in Spanish this weekend during an event of Afro-descendant women in Cali alongside Colombian Vice President Francia Márquez. Although she completed her speech in English, he said a few words in the language she had learned while working at the US Embassy in Buenos Aires.