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Montevideo, December 15th 2025 - 08:38 UTC

Stories for 2025

  • Tuesday, November 25th 2025 - 10:43 UTC

    US B-52 approaches Venezuelan coast as tension mounts

    There was no military response from Caracas to the US B-52's mission

    Just hours after designating the Cartel of the Suns as a terrorist organization of which Nicolás Maduro would be its leader, the United States forces conducted one of its closest flyovers of Venezuelan territory since the start of its military deployment in the southern Caribbean.

  • Tuesday, November 25th 2025 - 10:00 UTC

    CFK sends recorded message to feminist annual gathering

    Issues such as censorship, as well as indigenous and land ownership, were also addressed.

    Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner sent a recorded message from her house arrest as the 38th Plurinational Gathering of Women, Travestis, Lesbians, Intersex, and Non-Binaries reached its end in the city of Corrientes on Monday.

  • Tuesday, November 25th 2025 - 10:00 UTC

    Namibia's Adolf Hitler poised for re-election win

    Uunona explained he would not be changing his name because “it's too late for that”

    Voters in the Ompundja in Namibia's Oshana Region are expected to re-elect local politician Adolf Hitler Uunona in Wednesday's local elections. Uunona, a 59-year-old councilor, represents the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), the ruling party of Namibia since its independence in 1990.

  • Tuesday, November 25th 2025 - 09:04 UTC

    Argentina: Mar del Plata to fine beach smokers this summer

    Mar del Plata's move reflects a rapidly accelerating international trend to expand smoke-free policies

    The Argentine city of Mar del Plata will fine people smoking on its beaches as of Dec. 1, ending a three-year implementation period based solely on voluntary compliance. The new rules will impose significant economic penalties on trespassers outside designated areas.

  • Tuesday, November 25th 2025 - 08:56 UTC

    COP30's final document leaves fossil fuels unmentioned

    Corrêa do Lago acknowledged the disappointment of some attendees (Pic GETTY IMAGES)

    The 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) concluded in Belém, Brazil, with the approval of a final document that has drawn both consensus and sharp criticism for its lack of ambition, particularly its silence on the future of fossil fuels.

  • Tuesday, November 25th 2025 - 00:08 UTC

    How Arbitrage Betting Breaks the Rules

    Modern arbers rarely search for these discrepancies manually

    In the vast ecosystem of the gambling industry, there is a fundamental rule that keeps the lights on: the house always holds the edge. Whether it is the spinning roulette wheel or the fluctuating odds of a football match, the mathematical probability is tilted in favor of the operator.

  • Monday, November 24th 2025 - 19:47 UTC

    South Georgia, during the 2024/25 season the island received 15.853 passengers

    An expedition cruise ship at Grytviken (Photo by John Fowler)

    The 2024/25 season in South Georgia saw 40 expedition cruise ships make 110 visits, and 7 yachts make 8 visits, with a total of 15,853 passengers, and including all staff and crew on both cruise ships and yachts there was an overall total of 30,037 visitors.

  • Monday, November 24th 2025 - 19:31 UTC

    London tax for visitors, if Parliament passes community empowerment bill

    The UK government is preparing new powers for local leaders under the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, currently progressing in Parliament.

    Visitors to London could soon be paying extra, if they stay overnight in hotels or Airbnb style accommodation by paying a tourist tax. The extra cost could raise hundreds of millions of pounds for mayors to spend on local public transport services as soon as the 2027/28 financial year.

  • Monday, November 24th 2025 - 19:22 UTC

    Royal Navy changes rules of engagement following incident with Russian spy vessel

    The Yantar is not the only thing capable of surveillance as this thermal image of the vessel shows (Picture: MOD)

    The Royal Navy's rules of engagement have been changed in response to the Russian intelligence-gathering ship Yantar directing lasers at RAF pilots. According to Forces.news UK Defense Secretary John Healey said the vessel was currently positioned on the edge of British territorial waters and was being closely tracked by Royal Navy warships and RAF P-8 Poseidon aircraft.

  • Monday, November 24th 2025 - 16:34 UTC

    US labels Maduro a terrorist as Venezuela slams ‘fabricated pretext’ for intervention

    Four senior US officials said the operation’s “second phase” — including covert missions and possible ground actions — could begin within days

    The United States escalated its confrontation with Caracas on Monday, officially designating Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and senior members of his government as part of an international terrorist organization. The move places the so-called Cartel of the Suns on the US State Department’s list of foreign terrorist groups — alongside Al-Qaeda and ISIS — and provides “new tools” for Washington’s expanding military campaign in the Caribbean.