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Montevideo, May 10th 2024 - 07:33 UTC

Stories for 2017

  • Thursday, May 25th 2017 - 10:20 UTC

    Economists point out serious math errors in Trump's budget proposal

    “It appears to be the most egregious accounting error in a presidential budget in the nearly 40 years I have been tracking them,” wrote Larry Summers

    The White House has denied the president's budget proposal contains an “egregious” math error. Former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers pointed out the spending plan double-counts US$2trillion. But White House budget director Mick Mulvaney told reporters: “We stand by the numbers.”

  • Thursday, May 25th 2017 - 10:00 UTC

    Canadian combat management systems for Chile's Type 23 frigates

    Lockheed Martin’s Combat Management System 330 was chosen by Chile after a world-wide competition. Canada's Halifax-class frigates use a similar system.

    Lockheed Martin Canada will provide and install new combat management systems for three of the Chilean Navy’s frigates. The majority of the work will be done at Lockheed Martin Canada’s facilities in Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax. The combat management systems and other equipment will be installed on Chile’s Type 23 frigates.

  • Thursday, May 25th 2017 - 09:50 UTC

    Falklands cemetery combatants identification: Red Cross delegation expected in Buenos Aires

    The agreement signed in London by Alan Duncan and Villagra Delgado. Standing are ambassadors in London and Buenos Aires, Carlos Sersale and Mark Kent

    An advance mission from the International Committee of the Red Cross is expected in Buenos Aires next week to iron out details of the DNA process to be implemented for the identification of unknown Argentine combatants buried in the Falkland Islands at the Darwin cemetery. The news was advanced in the Buenos Aires media.

  • Thursday, May 25th 2017 - 07:37 UTC

    Manchester terrorist´s family members arrested; search for support network in Europe

    Libyan authorities had been following Hashem Abedi, the suspect's brother, for a month and a half because of suspected links to ISIS

    The brother of Salman Abedi, the suspect accused of carrying out a bombing in Manchester, England, that killed 22 people, allegedly said he knew his brother was going to carry out an attack, but did not know where or when, according to a spokesman for Libya's counter terror forces.

  • Thursday, May 25th 2017 - 07:23 UTC

    UN warns Trump´s budget cut will make peacekeeping operations “impossible”

    UN secretary general Antonio Guterres has been lobbying Congress members on the importance of international peacekeeping.

    The United Nations has warned that President Donald Trump's plans to cut contributions to peacekeeping will make such work “impossible”. The US administration signaled heavy cuts to UN operations, in its budget proposals released on Tuesday. The US foots more than a quarter of the UN's US$7.9bn peacekeeping bill.

  • Wednesday, May 24th 2017 - 14:47 UTC

    Trump selling his beachfront estate in St Martin Island, US$ 28 million

    Le Château des Palmiers includes a 5-bedroom ocean side villa, a 4-bedroom garden side villa and a two-bedroom manager’s area.

    United States President Donald Trump is selling off his multi-million-dollar 11-bedroom beachfront estate in the French Caribbean island of St Martin. Le Château des Palmiers, located on Plum Bay Beach, Terres Bassesis on the south-western tip of the island, has been listed by Sotheby's International Realty, which does not reveal any asking price on its website. It says the price is available upon request.

  • Wednesday, May 24th 2017 - 09:50 UTC

    Manchester terrorist with ISIS “proven links” in Libya and Syria; UK threat level at its highest; 3.800 troops on patrol

    Home Secretary Ms Rudd said that it is “likely” Abedi was not acting alone as she confirmed up to 3,800 troops can be deployed across the UK.

    The man British police say blew himself up as a packed concert was letting out in Manchester, England Monday night is believed to have traveled to Syria and had “proven” links with ISIS. France's interior minister Gerard Collomb said Wednesday that British and French intelligence have information that Salman Abedi, 22, had been to Syria, although it is unclear if he was part of a larger network of attackers.

  • Wednesday, May 24th 2017 - 09:22 UTC

    Gibraltar will switch the EU flag for Commonwealth flag after Brexit

    “Brexit is an obvious dominating political issue because of the interplay that Gibraltar has with the UK and with the rest of the EU,” Mr Picardo said.

    Gibraltar will switch the EU flag for the Commonwealth flag as it seeks to forge “strong and enduring” trade relationships around the world after Brexit, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said. The Chief Minister was speaking at the opening of a conference focusing on Brexit and the importance of the Commonwealth to the UK and Gibraltar’s futures.

  • Wednesday, May 24th 2017 - 09:15 UTC

    Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus elected next WHO Director General

    Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ethiopia from 2012-2016 and as Minister of Health, Ethiopia from 2005-2012

    Members States of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday elected Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as the new Director-General of WHO. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was nominated by the Government of Ethiopia, and will begin his five-year term on 1 July 2017.

  • Wednesday, May 24th 2017 - 09:06 UTC

    Argentina economy grows 0.8% in March from a year earlier

    The Argentine economy grew 1.9% in March versus February, Indec said.

    Argentina's economy grew 0.8% in March from a year earlier, the Indec statistics agency said on Tuesday. The economy also grew 1.9% in March versus February, Indec said.On Tuesday the Argentines central bank also kept its benchmark interest rate at 26.25% and said it believes the country's inflation rate is easing in May.