Brexit campaigner Daniel Hannan warns a US shift on the Falklands would wreck the Atlantic alliance
MercoPress·1h ago
Daniel Hannan, one of the leading strategists of the Brexit campaign and director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), has warned in the Washington Examiner that a change in the US...
Yields on key US Treasury bonds reached new highs, but for the 10-year demand was especially strong
MercoPress·1h ago
Yields on key US Treasury bonds touched fresh 24-year highs Wednesday as the latest global bond sell-off picked up steam.
BAS researchers uncover chinstrap penguins massive colony decline in Antarctic volcanic island
MercoPress·1h ago
A remote volcanic island near Antarctica has lost its title of largest penguin colony in the world, as new research reveals massive population declines, igniting fears for species’ survival.
The Royal Navy Silent Service celebrating its 125th anniversary
MercoPress·1h ago
Hidden deep below the surface, the Royal Navy's submarines are the most powerful stealth weapons of war ever built by Britain.
A Falklands friend: HMS Westminster Type 23 frigate to be scrapped in Turley
MercoPress·1h ago
It marks the end of an era for a former Royal Navy Type 23 frigate that has served since 1992, and was well known in the Falkland Islands given her recurrent visits a South Atlantic patrol.
Sorry, Britain. The Falkland Islanders are just 190-year-old squatters
MercoPress·2h ago
By Walter E. Block, Ege Fakkusoglu (*) Argentine President Javier Milei is hardening Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Malvinas/Falkland Islands while paving the way for severe sanctions...
Trump says Russia will supply millions of tonnes of diesel as US eases sanctions on Moscow
MercoPress·2d ago
US President Donald Trump announced on Friday a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin for Russia to supply some 4.8 million tonnes of diesel to US and global markets, aiming to curb rising...
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake shakes Panama
MercoPress·2d ago
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake shook Panama on Friday at 12:56 local time, centred on the Azuero peninsula in Herrera province, according to the US Geological Survey.
A mudslide sweeps away cars and a bus in Santiago after the wettest October on record
MercoPress·2d ago
A torrent of water, mud and rocks swept away cars and a public transport bus on Thursday in San Carlos de Apoquindo, in the Las Condes district at the foot of the Andes in eastern Santiago, Chile...
US sanctions the International Criminal Court hours after a former judge wins the Nobel Peace Prize
MercoPress·2d ago
Donald Trump’s administration on Friday imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court as an institution, hours after the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to South...
US plans its first military execution since 1961, by firing squad and livestreamed
MercoPress·3d ago
The Pentagon will livestream the firing-squad execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, the military psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009, scheduled for December 3.
US charges Maduro and Cilia Flores with torture and repression in Venezuela
MercoPress·3d ago
US federal prosecutors on Thursday brought new torture and repression charges against former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, adding to the drug trafficking and...
How the UK's Online Casino Regulation Has Become a Global Reference Point
MercoPress·3d ago
The United Kingdom's approach to regulating online gambling has attracted significant attention from policymakers, industry observers and player advocacy groups outside its borders.
Latin America's online betting rulebook is being rewritten, and compliance is now the price of entry
MercoPress·3d ago
Brazil's regulated betting and gaming sector paid R$8.75 billion in federal taxes between January and July 2026, almost 77% more than in the same period of 2025.
Why Argentina's Falklands sanctions do not automatically reach Sea Lion's operator
MercoPress·4d ago
The sanctions Argentina has imposed on companies involved in the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falklands target specific entities rather than entire corporate groups, so the subsidiary...
What could happen when Argentina's Sea Lion ultimatum to the UK expires
MercoPress·4d ago
The two-week deadline Argentina gave the United Kingdom to halt the Sea Lion oil project in the North Falklands basin expires around October 12.
Flávio Bolsonaro proposes constitutional reform to overhaul the courts and lower the criminal age
MercoPress·4d ago
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who will face Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil's presidential runoff on October 25, has said that if he wins he will use his Liberal Party's congressional bloc to push...
Stuart Lawrence, for three decades a captain of Britain's Antarctic ships, has died
MercoPress·4d ago
Captain Stuart Lawrence MBE, who for more than three decades commanded the British Antarctic Survey vessels RRS Bransfield and RRS Ernest Shackleton, has died suddenly, according to the National...
What was the world's largest penguin colony has lost nearly two thirds of its nests
MercoPress·4d ago
The chinstrap penguin population on Zavodovski Island, in the South Sandwich Islands, has fallen by almost two thirds since 2011, according to a study by the British Antarctic Survey.
On the war's third anniversary, 5,600 children are waiting to be evacuated from Gaza
MercoPress·4d ago
Some 5,600 children are waiting to be evacuated from Gaza for medical treatment, according to the territory's Hamas-run Health Ministry, as three years pass since the group's October 7, 2023 attack...
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