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Monday, June 10th 2024 - 19:00 UTC
Argentine Foreign Ministry highlights June 10 Malvinas Sovereignty Day

Argentina's Foreign Ministry issued a statement Monday on the 195th anniversary of the establishment of a garrison known as the Political and Military Command in the Falklands/Malvinas Islands in the name of the Province of Buenos Aires. The settlement remained there until it was displaced in 1833 by a stronger British force. The document reviewed Argentina's claims following that event.
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Monday, June 10th 2024 - 10:21 UTC
European Parliament elections show continent switching rightwards

European Union citizens switched to the right en masse at Sunday's parliamentary polls dealing a severe blow to progressive administrations such as the ones in Belgium and France, resulting in the resignation of Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and President Emmanuel Macron dissolving the National Assembly and calling snap elections, respectively.
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Monday, June 10th 2024 - 09:26 UTC
Brazil: STF signs agreement to fight fake news

Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court (STF) last week signed an agreement with companies such as YouTube, Google, Microsoft, Kwai, TikTok, and Meta to tackle online disinformation, Agencia Brasil reported. The initiative seeks to promote educational and awareness-raising activities regarding the negative impacts of these practices.
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Monday, June 10th 2024 - 09:19 UTC
Mercosur signs AMIA declaration against terrorism

Dignitaries from all South American Common Market (Mercosur) nations gathered in Asunción last week to sign a declaration against terrorism which was named after the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) in Buenos Aires just a month before the 30th anniversary of the bombing of its headquarters on July 18, 1994, killing 85 people and leaving some 300 wounded.
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Monday, June 10th 2024 - 09:10 UTC
Respiratory diseases surge in Argentina as fewer people get jabbed

Argentine healthcare experts in the Buenos Aires area said this weekend that medical wards were on the brink of collapse given the number of people seeking attention with symptoms of influenza or other respiratory diseases such as influenza A or pneumonia. At the same time, they encouraged the population to get vaccinated against the flu because coverage this year was below 40% while cases went up by 15% from 2023.
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Monday, June 10th 2024 - 09:10 UTC
Antarctica tour companies working closely with IAATO in conservation measures

Data collected by tour companies operating in Antarctica is bolstering conservation measures for whales and seals along the region’s Peninsula, according to a piece by Travel and Tour World news site.
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Monday, June 10th 2024 - 08:30 UTC
Lula attending G7 Summit this week

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will be attending this week's G7 Summit in Borgo Egnazia at the invitation of Prime Minister Georgia Meloni with a mission to focus on social inclusion and climate change, Agencia Brasil reported.
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Monday, June 10th 2024 - 07:12 UTC
We need to “Awaken new Depths”: UN invitation on World Oceans Day celebrations

On Saturday the South Atlantic Environment Research Institute, SAERI, invited the Falkland Islands community to celebrate Oceans Day, and create awareness of how much the South Atlantic islands depend on them. According to Resolution 63/111 of December 2008, the UN General Assembly designated 8 June as World Oceans Day. And “Awaken New Depths” is the theme for World Oceans 2024.
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Monday, June 10th 2024 - 07:07 UTC
Christine Lagarde: Why we adjusted interest rates

By Christine Lagarde

The ECB has cut interest rates, 6th June. President Christine Lagarde explains why and sets out what still needs to be done to bring inflation back to 2% over the medium term. (*)
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Monday, June 10th 2024 - 07:06 UTC
Cattle in eleven US states with outbreaks of avian flu H5N1

With the outbreak of Avian flu H5N1 in Minnesota, Midwest state bordering Canada, the number of infected cattle in the United States confirmed has reached over eighty animals across some eleven states. Besides Minnesota the other states with infected cattle include, South Dakota, New Mexico, Michigan, Iowa, Idaho, Ohio, Colorado and North Carolina.
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