Stories for 2025

Wednesday, November 12th 2025 - 09:36 UTC
China and Uruguay launch joint agri-science cooperation project

Scientific and educational institutions from China and Uruguay have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a groundbreaking Joint Pasture Agriculture Laboratory, aiming to strengthen scientific and technological cooperation in agricultural innovation under China's Belt and Road Initiative.
Wednesday, November 12th 2025 - 09:30 UTC
Argentina and Paraguay expedite OECD membership applications

Argentina has formally initiated the technical phase of its bid to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), submitting its “initial memorandum” to the Paris-based body. The document, a preliminary self-assessment of the country's alignment with international standards, was delivered by Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno to OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann, who is currently visiting Buenos Aires.
Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 23:22 UTC
No clear winner in Chile's last debate before Nov. 16 presidential elections

The last debate between Chile's eight presidential candidates late on Monday had no clear winner, but there was some sort of consensus regarding a clear loser: Eduardo Artés of the Proletarian Action Communist Party.
Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 20:45 UTC
Bolsonaro's inner circle fears imminent imprisonment of former Brazilian President

Allies of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro fear the former head of State, who has been sentenced by the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to 27 years and 3 months in jail for masterminding the Jan. 8, 2023, attempted coup d'état, will soon be transferred from his house arrest to a detention facility.
Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 15:25 UTC
Armistice Day To Be Marked With Two-Minute Silence

A two-minute silence will be observed this Tuesday, 11 November 2025, to mark Armistice Day. The silence began at 11am and will be signaled by the firing of the saluting guns on Victory Green.
Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 15:23 UTC
FAO Food Prices decline in October, with the exception of beef

World food commodity prices generally declined in October, driven largely by ample global supplies, according to the benchmark measure released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). However beef continued to rise because of a very firm global demand.
Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 10:59 UTC
COP30 starts in Belem with a focus on accelerated global warming

The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change officially kicked off in the city of Belém (Brazil), marking the first time the global climate summit has been held in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. The meeting, set to run for two weeks, brings together world leaders from 163 countries to address the urgent crisis of global warming.
Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 09:41 UTC
Uruguay chosen to UNESCO Board

Uruguay has secured a seat on the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for a four-year term, following an election held during the organization's 43rd General Conference in Uzbekistan. The South American country obtained 119 votes from the Member States present at the event.
Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 09:38 UTC
Syrian President meets with Trump at White House

US President Donald Trump hosted Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House on Monday, marking the first official visit by a Syrian head of state since the 1940s and signifying a dramatic reversal of fortunes for the new Middle Eastern leader.
Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 08:54 UTC
SCOTUS rejects challenge to same-sex marriage ruling

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Monday upheld its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide by rejecting an attempt by a former Kentucky county clerk to overturn the ruling. The justices, operating with a 6-3 conservative majority, declined to take up the controversial case, avoiding direct engagement with the issue three and a half years after overturning federal abortion rights.