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Semiconductors exempt as US declares national emergency to impose tariffs Business news | April 3, 2025 The US government has declared a national emergency in order to impose tariffs on almost all items entering the country on Saturday. However…

Semiconductors exempt as US declares national emergency to impose tariffs Business news | April 3, 2025 The US government has declared a national emergency in order to impose tariffs on almost all items entering the country on Saturday. However…

The US government has declared a national emergency in order to impose tariffs on almost all items entering the country on Saturday. However semiconductors and certain critical raw materials for making chips and batteries are exempt. The chart of...

Gold exploration returns to the Falkland Islands

Gold exploration returns to the Falkland Islands

After 17 years the hunt for gold has returned to the Falklands. Gold was first discovered in the Islands in 1999 by a team of geologists who initially started the exploration for diamonds but ended up finding up to 400 grains of gold. Drilling...

Falkland Islands row erupts as Javier Milei's stance on territory sparks impeachment calls

Falkland Islands row erupts as Javier Milei's stance on territory sparks impeachment calls

Argentinian President Javier Milei is reportedly facing calls for his impeachment after a controversial speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos as he has been accused of abandoning his position of defending sovereignty over the Falkland...

On this day: Argentina seizes the disputed Falkland Islands from the UK in 1982

On this day: Argentina seizes the disputed Falkland Islands from the UK in 1982

Following is a chronological list of notable events that occurred on April 2 throughout history: 1792 – Establishment of the U.S. Mint The Coinage Act was passed by the United States Congress, authorizing the creation of the U.S. Mint and...

Oil Seismic Explorations and Their Impact on the Loligo Squid in the South Atlantic

Oil Seismic Explorations and Their Impact on the Loligo Squid in the South Atlantic

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, July 21, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — In recent years, there has been a concerning decline in catches of Loligo gahi squid in the waters around the Falkland Islands, says Fundacion Agustina Lerena. This species, essential...

Indian Ambassador Dinesh Bhatia gets farewell at business dinner

Indian Ambassador Dinesh Bhatia gets farewell at business dinner

Argentina’s business community bid farewell to Indian Ambassador Dinesh Bhatia and his wife, Seema Bhatia, at a dinner in the Buenos Aires Sheraton on Wednesday evening. Bhatia, who has been in Argentina since August 2019, will depart for Brazil...

Telecoms consultants Cambridge MC believe plurality of operators is possible in the Falklands

Telecoms consultants Cambridge MC believe plurality of operators is possible in the Falklands

Whilst Sure continue to state that there is not room for more than one telecommunications operator in the Falklands, telecoms consultants Cambridge MC believe differently. At a public meeting on Tuesday evening the visiting consultants highlighted...

Falklands, New Director of Policy, Economy and Corporate Services

Falklands, New Director of Policy, Economy and Corporate Services

Friday, January 24th 2025 - 06:43 UTC Maeve currently holds the role of Head of Policy and has worked for FIG since 2015, having arrived originally to work as FIG’s Statistician The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) is pleased to announce the...

Falkland’s Fatal Charge: Love, Guilt, and Tragedy at Newbury

Falkland’s Fatal Charge: Love, Guilt, and Tragedy at Newbury

The death of Lucius Cary, the 2nd Viscount Falkland, at the First Battle of Newbury in 1643 has long been a subject of fascination. While many have interpreted his fatal charge toward the enemy as a reckless, suicidal act, a new theory suggests a...

US stands apart as G-20 summit stumbles on trade, climate

US stands apart as G-20 summit stumbles on trade, climate

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The U.S. has been blocking progress at the Group of 20 summit on fixing world trade rules, fighting climate change and tackling migration, according to European officials involved in the discussions. The divisions...

The Tony Blair Institute’s filthy role in planning the ethnic cleansing and “reconstruction” of Gaza

The Tony Blair Institute’s filthy role in planning the ethnic cleansing and “reconstruction” of Gaza

Earlier this month, the Financial Times revealed that two staff members from the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) took part in discussions with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) about plans to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from Gaza and build a “Trump...

New markets and staff as Falkland whisky business expands

New markets and staff as Falkland whisky business expands

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now A Falkland based whisky company is expanding with new staff and new markets. Saltire Rare Malt has hired new senior team members to take the company to the...

Spotify: The Ultimate Guide

Believe it or not, Spotify was one of the first streaming music services that offered more than just a personalized radio service, like Pandora. It actually launched in 2008, ahead of YouTube Music (or Google Play Music), Apple Music, Amazon...

Falkland Islands stay strong to Britain as they pay homage to King Charles on first new bank notes since 1980s

Falkland Islands stay strong to Britain as they pay homage to King Charles on first new bank notes since 1980s

The Falkland Islands have paid homage to King Charles as they roll out their first set of new bank notes since the 1980s. The new design features King Charles III alongside iconic local wildlife, such as a king penguin and black-browed...

An abundance of marine life - but the wildlife of the Falkland Islands is more vulnerable than most

An abundance of marine life - but the wildlife of the Falkland Islands is more vulnerable than most

14 March 2025, 14:57 | Updated: 15 March 2025, 03:37 You can hear them before you see them. And smell them. Your browser doesn't recognise available video formats. At this time of year - the South Atlantic summer - the penguins of the Falkland...

Why wildlife in the Falklands is more vulnerable than most

Why wildlife in the Falklands is more vulnerable than most

You can hear them before you see them. And smell them. At this time of year - the South Atlantic summer - the penguins of the Falkland Islands mob together in rookeries on these isolated beaches to raise their fluffy chicks. And we're surrounded...

Buyouts have left crucial defence companies in foreign hands

Buyouts have left crucial defence companies in foreign hands

Four weeks after Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982, a Royal Air Force Vulcan bomber attacked Port Stanley airport. It was a remarkable feat — the longest bombing mission at the time, made possible by ingenious use of air-to-air...

Falkland bust of Canada’s largest drug lab could curb local illicit drug supply, police say

Falkland bust of Canada’s largest drug lab could curb local illicit drug supply, police say

Photo: RCMP Police raided this lleged drug lab in Falkland in October. The head of the Kamloops RCMP says a raid in Falkland last fall that took down Canada’s largest drug lab will likely have an impact curbing the local drug trade, but to what...

Prince Andrew receives ultimatum as he continues ‘shady’ business deal

Prince Andrew receives ultimatum as he continues ‘shady’ business deal

King Charles is getting concerned a new trouble may be on the horizon as Prince Andrew going into murky waters to handle his finances. The monarch had cut off the Duke of York financially cut off, leaving him to foot his own security bills and the...

Reason Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson's marriage was doomed from the start

Reason Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson's marriage was doomed from the start

On July 23rd 1986, Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson wed at Westminster Abbey - 39 years ago. Despite confirming their separation in 1992 following six years of marriage, the pair serve as an exemplary model of cordial divorce, maintaining...

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