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Montevideo, June 24th 2026 - 01:21 UTC

Stories for 2026

  • Tuesday, June 9th 2026 - 07:43 UTC

    Brazil suspends its dengue vaccine as a precaution after two deaths

    The vaccine was approved by the regulatory agency ANVISA in late 2025 for people aged 12 to 59, and the campaign began in February with health personnel

    Brazil temporarily suspended the dengue vaccination campaign it began in January, after detecting two deaths and several cases of serious adverse reactions. The vaccine, the world's first single-dose shot, was developed by the Butantan Institute in São Paulo and had already been given to half a million people through the public health system. Health authorities stressed that there is not yet enough data to link the deaths to the product and that the interruption is a preventive measure.

  • Tuesday, June 9th 2026 - 07:07 UTC

    Uruguay's Orsi slips to 12th in a regional presidential ranking; Bukele leads

    According to the poll's breakdown, 19.8% of those surveyed said they had a “very good” image of the president and 19.0% a “good” one; at the other end, 33.5% rated it “very bad” and 22.2% “bad”

    Uruguay's President Yamandú Orsi fell to 12th among the 18 leaders in the June ranking of best-rated Latin American presidents compiled by the Argentine consultancy CB. With a 38.8% positive image, Orsi dropped one spot from May and remains in the survey's “regular” band.

  • Tuesday, June 9th 2026 - 06:59 UTC

    Venezuela's Cabello rejects Machado's offer of talks with the chavista leadership

    At his customary press conference, Cabello dismissed rumors of a possible dialogue as “idle talk” and denied that “any meeting anywhere in the world” had taken place

    Venezuela's Interior, Justice and Peace Minister and secretary general of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, on Monday ruled out any political negotiation with opposition leader María Corina Machado and with the Democratic Unitary Platform, days after the opposition made an unprecedented offer to sit down for talks with chavismo. “There is nothing on the table with them, and even less with her,” he said.

  • Tuesday, June 9th 2026 - 00:53 UTC

    What Is Dressly? User Reviews, Features, and 3 Problems It Solves

    A great style should be effortless, like you wake up one morning, open the closet, and there is a perfect combination of outfits awaiting you inside. But alas, for most people, choosing a proper outfit requires quite an effort, ranging from figuring out why the size of your dress doesn't match the one at the fitting room to finding out that you will never wear any of the clothing items you've purchased.

  • Monday, June 8th 2026 - 23:22 UTC

    Falklands: how important it is for UK electorate to have the Islands remaining British

    James Cartlidge, the shadow defense secretary, said the sovereignty of the Falklands was “not up for negotiation”.

    This is a special week for the Falkland Islands and its people, Sunday is 14th June, the 44th anniversary of the Liberation of the Islands from the invading Argentine troops, which on that day definitively signed their surrender to the British Task Force sent to the South Atlantic to liberate the forcibly submitted Falklands people after 74 days.

  • Monday, June 8th 2026 - 23:01 UTC

    Trump interested in buying Chagos Islands with the strategic Diego Garcia air base

    Previous legislation to hand the islands to Mauritius was shelved in April after the US removed its support of the deal.

    The US president Donald Trump is considering a plan to buy the Chagos Islands from Mauritius amid stalled plans from the UK to cede sovereignty of the territory, the Telegraph reported over the weekend.

  • Monday, June 8th 2026 - 23:00 UTC

    Sánchez narrowly ahead in Peru runoff quick count; both candidates urge caution

    The result shifted through the night. Exit polls released as voting closed had initially placed Fujimori first, but the quick count reversed the trend

    Peru's presidential runoff ended without a clear winner after an extremely close vote. A quick count by the pollster Ipsos, carried out with the NGO Transparencia on a representative sample of tally sheets, gave a slight edge to leftist candidate Roberto Sánchez, with 50.3% of the vote, against 49.7% for conservative Keiko Fujimori. The gap, within the margin of error, amounts to a technical tie that prolongs the uncertainty in a country that has had nine presidents in a decade.

  • Monday, June 8th 2026 - 21:13 UTC

    The Single Number That Separates Online Roulette Variants

    Online roulette looks like one game, but it is really a family of close cousins that pay the same odds while offering very different value. The gap between them comes down to how many zeros sit on the wheel.

  • Sunday, June 7th 2026 - 23:52 UTC

    Argentina seeks a trade pact that would link it with the UK for the first time since 1982

    “I handed over the formal letter of intent to join one of the broadest, most modern and dynamic trade agreements in the world,” Quirno said

    Argentina has applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), a step that, if completed, would place it for the first time since the 1982 Falklands War in a trade agreement that also includes the United Kingdom. Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno announced the decision during a tour of Europe and handed the formal letter of intent to New Zealand, the treaty's depositary.

  • Sunday, June 7th 2026 - 21:24 UTC

    Trump says he will urge Netanyahu not to retaliate after Iran's missile attack on Israel

    “I am going to call Bibi right now and tell him not to retaliate. Each of them had their moment: Israel had its strike, and Iran had its strike. We don't need another one,” Trump said

    US President Donald Trump said he would call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ask him not to respond to the missiles Iran fired at Israel on Sunday, in an effort to prevent a new escalation and salvage a deal with Tehran that he considers “very close.” It was Iran's first direct attack since the ceasefire reached on April 8.