Stories for 2025

Wednesday, January 29th 2025 - 10:44 UTC
Falklands KEMH laboratory receives accreditation from UKAS

The King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH) is pleased to announce that its food and water laboratory has received accreditation from the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS).
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Wednesday, January 29th 2025 - 10:39 UTC
IMF mission leaves Buenos Aires but talks will continue

The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) team rounded up its mission to Buenos Aires Monday saying that negotiations for a new loan will continue. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva's envoys held meetings with Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo and other high-ranking officials from the libertarian administration, after which they reckoned that some progress had been made.
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Wednesday, January 29th 2025 - 09:56 UTC
Chile's Central Bank keeps benchmark interest rate at 5%

Chile's Central Bank Council unanimously voted Tuesday in favor of keeping the monetary policy interest rate (TPM) at 5% for the second month in a row amid high volatility in global financial markets after the recent change of government in the United States. Tuesday's decision halted a downward trend that had been going on for months.
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Wednesday, January 29th 2025 - 09:32 UTC
New Uruguayan airline launched

The company to pick up the baton from Pluna as Uruguay's flag airline was launched Tuesday during a press conference at Montevideo's Carrasco International Airport. SUA (Sociedad Uruguaya de Aviación) intends to position the air terminal as a regional logistics hub by reducing flight times and costs to destinations in Mercosur and Chile, it was explained.
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Wednesday, January 29th 2025 - 09:17 UTC
Taxing the “super rich” pays off for Brazil's gov't

Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad's policy of taxing the “super rich” yielded unprecedented returns of R$ 20.6 billion (US$ 3.32 billion) to the South American country's coffers in 2024, Federal Revenue Secretary Robinson Barreirinhas confirmed Tuesday. The strategy focuses on exclusive investment funds and offshore assets, it was explained.
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Wednesday, January 29th 2025 - 08:36 UTC
Trump's gov't supports Guyana's case regarding Essequibo dispute

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Guyanese President Dr. Irfaan Ali held a telephone conversation earlier this week during which the new Republican administration of President Donald Trump ratified its steadfast support of Guyana’s territorial integrity “in the face of Nicolás Maduro and his cronies’ bellicose actions” regarding sovereignty over the Essequibo region, Spokesperson Tammy Bruce confirmed. They also reviewed the ongoing illegal migration crisis.
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Tuesday, January 28th 2025 - 22:39 UTC
Sheinbaum not attending Celac Tegucigalpa Summit

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum admitted Tuesday that she would not be attending the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) “emergency” Jan. 30 summit called for by Honduras' Xiomara Castro to discuss the ongoing mass deportations by the United States' newly-inaugurated Republican administration that has been fiddling with the idea of imposing 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada.
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Tuesday, January 28th 2025 - 11:52 UTC
Falklands Legislative Assembly reaffirms commitment for Holocaust Memorial Day

In commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly affirms its commitment to the principles of Holocaust Memorial Day, observed annually on 27 January. Members of the Legislative Assembly join the global community in honoring the victims of the Holocaust and all genocides, reflecting on the lessons of the past to build a more just and equitable future.
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Tuesday, January 28th 2025 - 10:55 UTC
Argentina to build fence along Bolivian border

Authorities in the Argentine province of Salta called for tenders to build a “perimeter fence” 200 meters long and 2.5 meters high on the border with Bolivia along the Bermejo River between the Aguas Blancas bus terminal and the immigration checkpoint, in a move to keep irregular aliens and drugs from entering the country.
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Tuesday, January 28th 2025 - 10:00 UTC
Uruguayan gov't records a cyberattack every 30 minutes in 2024

Uruguay's National Computer Security Incident Response Center (CERTUY) issued a report Monday in Montevideo stating that 14,264 attacks were reported last year, a significant increase from the 4,968 incidents in 2023. Most cases consisted of phishing, followed by unauthorized access to systems, malware installation, intrusion attempts, and proactive breaches of state systems.
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