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Thursday, April 2nd 2026 - 21:01 UTC
Milei reaffirms Falklands sovereignty, warns oil firms and vows to rebuild the armed forces

Argentine President Javier Milei on Thursday reaffirmed his country's sovereignty claim over the Falklands Islands, warned of a diplomatic response to British oil exploration in the area, and announced that 10% of fiscal revenue from privatizations will be allocated to purchasing weapons and equipment for the armed forces.
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Thursday, April 2nd 2026 - 04:52 UTC
Artemis II lifts off successfully: humanity heads back to the Moon after half a century

NASA's Artemis 2 mission launched Wednesday at 6:35 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking the first crewed mission beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in December 1972 — 54 years ago.
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Thursday, April 2nd 2026 - 03:00 UTC
Trump vows to send Iran “back to the Stone Age” as oil surges back above $100

Oil prices surged on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed in a televised address to the nation to hit Iran “extremely hard” over the next two to three weeks. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose 4.1% to $104.21 per barrel, while Brent, the international benchmark, gained 5% to $106.42, according to CNBC data.
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Wednesday, April 1st 2026 - 10:12 UTC
Trump running out of options in Iran, a US victory is possible?

By Gwynne Dyer - The Iranians know they have won, but President Trump doesn’t get it yet. He’s still at the stage of counting up the US and Israeli air-strikes and assuming that those numbers mean a US victory is possible. But five gets you ten that the Iranians are already thinking about nuclear weapons. Not their own, which don’t exist. America’s.
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Wednesday, April 1st 2026 - 09:24 UTC
Increases in fees for applications for British passports in Falklands begin 6 April

The Falkland Islands’ Customs and Immigration Service would like to inform the public that from Wednesday 8 April 2026 His Majesty’s Passport Office will be increasing their fees by approximately 8%.
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Wednesday, April 1st 2026 - 09:09 UTC
UK Government implements measures to bring down the cost of living for families

As a consequence of events in the Middle East, UK is implementing a aft of new measures – coming into force today (1 April 2026) – among which will see wages go up, bills come down, and more support for those who need it most.
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Wednesday, April 1st 2026 - 00:48 UTC
Trump says US will leave Iran in “two or three weeks,” claims regime change achieved

President Donald Trump said Tuesday from the Oval Office that U.S. forces will withdraw from Iran “in two or three weeks,” asserting that the military campaign has achieved its core objectives.
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Tuesday, March 31st 2026 - 23:25 UTC
Falklands heritage trust takes Endurance replica on first UK tour

A 3D scale model of the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance will go on public display in Scotland for the first time on April 30 at Discovery Point in Dundee. It marks the first stop on a planned United Kingdom tour organized by the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust (FMHT), the Falklands-based foundation that led the expedition which located the ship's remains in 2022.
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Tuesday, March 31st 2026 - 18:16 UTC
Falklands representative honors 1982 war veterans at UK reunion

The Falkland Islands Government Representative to the UK and Europe, Richard Hyslop, attended the South Atlantic Medal Association (SAMA 82) Annual General Meeting and Reunion Weekend in Gloucester, England, on March 28–29.
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Tuesday, March 31st 2026 - 03:58 UTC
Oil tops $114 a barrel as Iran conflict drives record monthly surge

Brent crude, the European benchmark, closed Monday at $112.78 per barrel and continued climbing in the futures market past $114, its highest level since July 2022. Oil has surged roughly 55% in March, the largest monthly gain since the contract's inception in 1988.
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