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Montevideo, June 24th 2026 - 02:29 UTC

Stories for 2026

  • Wednesday, May 27th 2026 - 20:41 UTC

    Uruguay: President Orsi faces questions over purchase of vehicle with USD 25,000 discount

    Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi is this week facing public questioning over the purchase, eight days before his inauguration on 1 March 2025, of a zero-kilometre Hyundai Santa Fe SUV for an invoiced value of USD 54,000, although the model was being offered by the same company at around USD 78,990. The difference, close to USD 25,000, was confirmed by the presidential entourage as a “discount or rebate” on the transaction, without specifying whether it corresponded to a standard commercial policy of the dealership or to a particular condition extended to the then-president-elect.

  • Wednesday, May 27th 2026 - 18:47 UTC

    Blair calls on Labour to abandon ideology and embrace a “radical centre” or face relegation

    The text also targets the two main contenders to succeed Starmer in the leadership election being pressed for from the parliamentary base

    Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair intervened on Wednesday in the Labour Party's internal crisis with an essay of more than 5,600 words published on the website of his organization, the Tony Blair Institute, in which he demands that his party colleagues abandon ideological disputes, adopt what he calls a “radical centre,” and formulate a national project before contesting the party's leadership. “Trying to remove a prime minister before even knowing what new political direction is being proposed is not a way to behave,” the former Labour leader wrote, in an intervention that has received no public backing from the party's main figures.

  • Wednesday, May 27th 2026 - 18:36 UTC

    Western Europe breaks heat records in mid-spring with deaths in United Kingdom and France

    The episode is part of a trend of extreme events that the scientific community links directly to human-driven climate change

    Several Western European countries this week broke historic temperature records for the boreal spring, in a heat wave described as “unprecedented” by national weather services in the United Kingdom and France, which has caused at least ten deaths and stretched the continent's health services. The episode is part of a trend of extreme events that the scientific community links directly to human-driven climate change, according to a study published on Tuesday that concluded that the temperature spikes “are primarily attributed to human driven climate change.”

  • Wednesday, May 27th 2026 - 18:29 UTC

    Paz promulgates law authorizing Armed Forces to intervene in Bolivia's internal conflicts

    The new law repeals Law 1341, a norm that had entered into force toward the end of Jeanine Áñez's transitional presidency in 2020

    Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz on Wednesday promulgated Law 1731, a measure that removes existing restrictions on the intervention of the Armed Forces in the country's internal conflicts. The signing of the document, which took place past midnight, comes after nearly a month of road blockades led by sectors demanding his resignation, and raises pressure on the president to authorize the deployment of the military on the streets and roads of Bolivia.

  • Wednesday, May 27th 2026 - 18:00 UTC

    Trump rejects Russia or China custody of Iranian enriched uranium in peace negotiations

    Iran holds approximately 440 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60%, close to the 90% generally required to build an atomic weapon

    US President Donald Trump on Wednesday ruled out that Russia or China could take control of Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium as part of a possible agreement to end the war. “No, I would not be comfortable with that,” the president replied tersely to journalists who asked about the possibility of Moscow or Beijing taking custody of the radioactive material with which Tehran could potentially build a nuclear weapon. The statement introduces a new complication into the negotiations both parties are conducting in Doha under Qatari mediation.

  • Wednesday, May 27th 2026 - 02:00 UTC

    BP sacks its Chair over governance standards and conduct issues

    BP said the board unanimously decided that Manifold should no longer serve as chair or director regarding governance oversight that directors deemed unacceptable.

    Oil and gas media is reporting that oil giant BP has removed Chair Albert Manifold with immediate effect after the board cited serious concerns over governance standards, oversight, and conduct, appointing Ian Tyler as interim chair while it begins a search for a permanent replacement.

  • Wednesday, May 27th 2026 - 00:23 UTC

    Important Features To Look For In Portable Oxygen Concentrators

    Photo: Unsplash

    Breathing support equipment is a major investment, and therefore, the device that is not chosen correctly may cause day-to-day frustration rather than convenience. A model that is too heavy, has a short battery life, or cannot provide the oxygen aid that you require can upset timetables, travel arrangements, and general ease.

  • Tuesday, May 26th 2026 - 23:20 UTC

    Legislator Goss takes Falklands' voice to the UN: “We have nothing to hide”

    Goss, a sixth-generation Islander whose ancestor arrived at Port Louis from Stoke-on-Trent in 1841, intervened without political or diplomatic career credentials

    The Member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly Michael Goss on Tuesday presented the archipelago's position before the Regional Seminar of the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation, known as the Committee of 24, held in Managua, Nicaragua. In his address, Goss defended the right to self-determination of the inhabitants of the archipelago, reiterated the Legislative Assembly's invitation for the body to send a visiting mission to the Islands, and questioned Argentina's failure to comply with the bilateral cooperation package agreed with the United Kingdom in September 2024.

  • Tuesday, May 26th 2026 - 23:13 UTC

    Uruguay signs memorandum with United Kingdom on aerospace, infrastructure, and digital innovation

    “This agreement is in line with the strategic objectives set out by President Yamandú Orsi, focused on commercial openness and mutual cooperation,” Oddone (center) said

    The Uruguayan government on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Kingdom to deepen bilateral dialogue and advance cooperation in the aerospace, infrastructure, and digital innovation sectors, in a new step in the rapprochement between the two countries initiated with the visit of Economy and Finance Minister Gabriel Oddone to London in February. The agreement, valid for at least the next four years, was signed between the Uruguayan Ministry of Economy and Finance and the British Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office.

  • Tuesday, May 26th 2026 - 14:21 UTC

    Leo XIV calls for “disarming” artificial intelligence in first encyclical, links it to historical slavery

    He condemned the development of autonomous weapons and the growing delegation of human control over arms, arguing that it reduces the possibilities of qualifying a war as “just”

    Pope Leo XIV on Monday published the first major doctrinal document of his pontificate, an encyclical titled Magnifica Humanitas in which he calls for “disarming” artificial intelligence, warns of its risks to humanity, and delivers one of the most complete and firm apologies from the Vatican for the Catholic Church's historical role in slavery. “The word is strong, I know, but it has been chosen deliberately because this moment demands words capable of capturing attention,” the pontiff said during the presentation of the text at the Vatican, as reported by the BBC.