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Forging Sea Power Anew: The Merchant Marine Academy and America’s Indo-Pacific Strategy
The Diplomat
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August 22, 2025
One of the driving points of political debate in the United States over the past 20 years has harkened back to “what would the founders say” about a particular issue. Like the American founders, today’s policymakers in the United States also face...
Ushuaia/Falkland Islands link to take place in alternative temporary stopover
Penguin News
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August 22, 2025
AN alternative airport Ushuaia is to be used temporarily for the Argentine stopover of the weekly LATAM flight to the Falkland Islands. The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) reminded on Thursday that as part of the 1999 Agreement, the weekly LATAM...
Shocking details of plots to kill Prince Andrew revealed in new book
GEO TV
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August 22, 2025
Prince Andrew narrowly escaped at least two assassination attempts following his military service in the Falklands War, according to explosive new claims in a recently published book. Historian Andrew Lownie details the alleged plots in "Entitled:...
The UK is in no position to help Ukraine – and Putin knows it
The i paper
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August 22, 2025
Despite the talk about peace forces for Ukraine, Donald Trump’s US and its European allies are scrambling to seize the initiative one week after the diplomatic train crash of the Alaska summit. It should have been plain to all that team Trump was...
World News | Massive Earthquake of Magnitude 7.4 Strikes Drake Passage
Latestly
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August 22, 2025
Stanley [Falkland Island], August 22 (ANI): A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.4 hit the Drake Passage in the early hours of Friday, as reported by the National Center for Seismology (NCS). Sharing the details in a post on X, NCS said that the...
Falklands confirm temporary change of Argentine stopover for LATAM flights
MercoPress
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Friday, August 22nd 2025 - 09:01 UTC Passengers continuing to Punta Arenas or Mount Pleasant Airport will remain onboard during the stop The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) has announced that Ushuaia Airport will temporarily replace Rio Gallegos...
America’s dirty war: Just say no
The Connecticut Mirror
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August 22, 2025
CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism depends on reader support. Create more of it with a tax-deductible donation today. I don’t know about you, but I believe our second American Civil War already started. It’s a so-called soft, and to...
Argentina’s Cinematic Renaissance: 10 Landmark Films of the 21st Century
teleSUR
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August 21, 2025 Hour: 3:11 pm In the wake of dictatorship, economic collapse, and social upheaval, Argentina’s filmmakers have forged a bold new cinematic identity. This list of 10 Great Argentinian Films of the 21st Century offers a compelling...
Massive earthquake of magnitude 7.4 strikes Drake Passage
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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August 22, 2025
Stanley [Falkland Island], August 22 (ANI): A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.4 hit the Drake Passage in the early hours of Friday, as reported by the National Center for Seismology (NCS). Sharing the details in a post on X, NCS said that the...
Commander John McGregor, Falklands commander
The Times
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On the evening of May 23, 1982, during the Falklands conflict, Commander John McGregor “watched in fascinated horror” after an unexploded bomb detonated while being defused on the frigate HMS Antelope, which was anchored 300 yards away in San...
Falklands Pre-Election Workshops to inform on voting and civic engagement
MercoPress
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Thursday, August 21st 2025 - 08:52 UTC Gilbert House in Stanley is where the Legislative Assembly meets and delivers. In preparation for the Falkland Islands 2025 General Election, a series of Pre-Election Workshops are being held to give voters...
Falklands, BFSAI and MPA capabilities in the challenging winter conditions
MercoPress
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Thursday, August 21st 2025 - 09:19 UTC An RAF transport parked at MPA in a typical South Atlantic winter weather night Whilst personnel in the UK are enduring yet another heatwave in 2025, Royal Air Force Service Personnel on the other side of the...
Falkland Islands to host first-ever international shearing tri-nations test match
MercoPress
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Tuesday, August 19th 2025 - 20:17 UTC Winners will share a prize fund of £16,000, split between shearing and wool handling categories. An official reception at Government House will mark the occasion The Falkland Islands will host their first...
Summer here, winter there: How the RAF keeps flying when it's freezing in the Falklands
Forces Network
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While Europe is still enjoying the summer, it's winter in the South Atlantic, creating some icy obstacles to be overcome for the Armed Forces personnel deployed there. Within the British Forces South Atlantic Islands, Mount Pleasant Airfield on...
Why This British Military Plane Is Repeatedly Flying Over California & Arizona
Simple Flying
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August 21, 2025
A British Airbus A400M turboprop airlifter has been seen flying repeated missions over California and Arizona in mid-2025. This is the same aircraft seen in the 2015 movie Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, where Tom Cruise is seen performing a...
New Falkland Islands bank notes launched
Penguin News
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August 19, 2025
A TOTAL of £6,790 was raised for local charities from an auction held at the launch reception for the new Falkland Islands bank notes. The new £5, £10 and £20 notes were launched at the Historic Dockyard Museum on August 13. They will enter...
Falkland Islands row erupts as Argentine official goes into meltdown over UK competition
Daily Express
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August 18, 2025
The national senator for Tierra del Fuego, Senator Pablo Daniel Blanco from the United Provinces alliance, presented a draft declaration expressing his strongest condemnation of a British government competition inviting Argentine, Uruguayan, and...
British Meteorologist’s Remains Recovered 66 Years Later from Antarctic Glacier
The Japan News
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August 20, 2025
AFP-Jiji 17:36 JST, August 20, 2025 LONDON (AFP-Jiji) — The remains of a British meteorologist who died in an Antarctic expedition in 1959 have been recovered six decades later from a glacier, the British Antarctic Survey said on Aug. 11. They...
UK fills air defence gap with six new Land Ceptor systems
Army Technology
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August 22, 2025
The UK will double the number of deployable air and missile defence units on British soil through a new, three-year contract with Europe’s leading complex weapons builder MBDA. ‘Land Ceptor’ is a missile launcher that can be used on its own or as...
Acclaimed drama shines a light on the life of legendary code breaker Alan Turing
Northampton Chronicle & Echo
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August 20, 2025
A brand new production of Hugh Whitemore’s acclaimed play Breaking the Code, opens at Northampton’s Royal & Derngate this autumn, running from Thursday 11 to Saturday 27 September, before touring to Barnstaple, Oxford, Peterborough, Liverpool and...