Investments

Tuesday, November 10th 2026 - 10:38 UTC
Falklands Sports Complex, the joint effort of Government and private sector companies

The opening of the new multi-sports Falkland Islands National Sports Complex makes the Islands’ community reflect on the joint effort that brought this to fruition.
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Tuesday, November 10th 2026 - 02:47 UTC
RN inaugurates “hybrid navy” with its First Autonomous Squadron of un-crewed boats

The Royal Navy has created a squadron made up of un-crewed boats for the first time in its efforts to move towards a 'hybrid navy'. The 28ft boats will be based at Portsmouth Naval Base and will be dedicated to operating autonomous boats on the front line.
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Monday, November 9th 2026 - 15:59 UTC
The first Islander aircraft built entirely in the UK arrives in the Falklands

The Falkland Islands Government Air Service (FIGAS) is welcoming a new Islander aircraft on Monday, VP-FTS, the first of the type to be assembled entirely in the United Kingdom, which arrives in Stanley from Punta Arenas, Chile, after a delivery flight of almost three weeks.
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Friday, November 6th 2026 - 00:51 UTC
Big Tech loses a trillion dollars in a day after the Democratic win

Shares in major technology companies plunged on Wall Street on Thursday and in Asian markets on Friday, in a sell-off that wiped hundreds of billions of dollars of market value, on fears that the Democratic victory in the US midterm elections will slow the expansion of data centres and artificial intelligence. The so-called magnificent seven, including Apple, Nvidia and Tesla, together lost a trillion dollars in a single session, according to the BBC.
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Wednesday, November 4th 2026 - 08:27 UTC
Paraguay takes over Ueno Bank, with 3 million customers, and freezes its deposits

Paraguay’s Central Bank on Tuesday took over Ueno Bank, one of the country’s largest banks, after its solvency ratio fell below 50% of the legal minimum, and froze all its assets and liabilities, including the savings of some 3 million customers and more than US$800 million in public funds. The bank immediately suspended all its services.
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Friday, October 30th 2026 - 01:09 UTC
Brazil to spend nearly three-quarters of its 2027 defence budget on personnel and pensions

Brazil plans to allocate 147.68 billion reais to defence in 2027, about US$27 billion at current exchange rates, but 73% of that will go on salaries, retirement benefits and pensions, according to the budget bill sent to Congress. With only 8.6% set aside for investment, the country will have to decide the pace of programmes that include fighter jets, frigates, armoured vehicles and a nuclear-powered submarine.
Wednesday, October 28th 2026 - 10:28 UTC
Adderstone builds on the foundations of hangar success with new Stanley House contract

Adderstone Construction (Falkland Islands) Limited, part of the Newcastle-headquartered property and construction group, has been awarded a further contract by the Falkland Islands Government, shortly after completing the redevelopment of the FIGAS aircraft hangar in Port Stanley.
Monday, October 19th 2026 - 19:46 UTC
Argentina spent US$445 million on weapons and military equipment under Milei

Argentina’s government spent some US$445 million on weapons, military and security equipment from when Javier Milei took office in December 2023 to August 2026, according to an analysis by the newspaper Infobae based on the state’s official procurement system and agreements signed with other countries. The figure already exceeds what was invested during the full terms of Alberto Fernández and Mauricio Macri.
Sunday, October 18th 2026 - 12:31 UTC
Tesla’s new Roadster uses compressed air and fans to jump and drive upside down

Tesla unveiled on Thursday in Texas a redesigned version of its Roadster electric sports car, developed with SpaceX, which combines suction fans and compressed-air thrusters to climb near-vertical surfaces, drive upside down and flip in the air. The company plans to begin production in 2028.
Friday, October 16th 2026 - 09:52 UTC
Uruguay signs a US$5.7 billion data centre investment with Spain’s Solaria

Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi on Wednesday signed an agreement with Spanish company Solaria Energía y Medio Ambiente to develop a data centre campus of up to 500 megawatts with its own solar generation, a US$5.7 billion investment the government described as the largest in the country’s history. The opposition has demanded explanations about the company’s financial capacity and the jobs the project will create.