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Montevideo, October 11th 2026 - 23:09 UTC

Stories for 2026

  • Thursday, August 27th 2026 - 21:32 UTC

    Specialist outlets estimate GTA VI absenteeism could cost the US a billion dollars

    The game is being developed at Rockstar North, the company's Edinburgh base, where some 900 people work, though around 4,000 employees across all the group's studios have contributed to the project

    Video game and technology outlets estimate that the launch of Grand Theft Auto VI, scheduled for November 19, could cost the United States economy more than a billion dollars in lost productivity, due to the number of workers expected to skip work to play. The estimate has circulated within the sector's digital ecosystem since last year and does not come from a published study.

  • Thursday, August 27th 2026 - 21:00 UTC

    More than 390 bodies recovered and nearly 1,500 unaccounted for after the Nepal Himalaya flood

    The high number of foreigners reflects the corridor's role. It is one of the main overland links between Kathmandu and Tibet

    Rescue teams have recovered at least 389 bodies in Nepali territory and three more in China's Tibet region, while close to 1,500 people remain unaccounted for after the flood that swept down Himalayan valleys on Wednesday along the border between the two countries. A Nepali police spokesman told the Reuters news agency the death toll would continue to rise as relief work advances.

  • Thursday, August 27th 2026 - 08:20 UTC

    Beijing asks Washington to “overcome obstacles” before Xi's White House visit

    The visit is scheduled for September 24. It will be the first by a Chinese leader to the White House since September 2015, when Xi was received by Barack Obama

    Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has urged the United States to “remove interference” and “overcome obstacles” in high-level exchanges between the two countries, during a meeting in Beijing on Wednesday with US Ambassador David Perdue, as part of preparations for President Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington.

  • Thursday, August 27th 2026 - 08:09 UTC

    Argentine lawmakers travel to Brasília to repair relations with Brazil

    Among the Argentine interests he considers to be at stake, Massot cited the functioning of Mercosur and Brazil's backing for Argentina's sovereignty claim over the Falklands.

    A delegation of Argentine deputies and senators from opposition parties will travel to Brasília next Wednesday with the aim of repairing bilateral relations, strained since President Javier Milei referred to his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in offensive terms. The group is due to meet the Brazilian Senate's foreign relations committee, the foreign ministry and representatives of the presidency.

  • Wednesday, August 26th 2026 - 22:26 UTC

    Ruben Rada, who took Uruguayan candombe to international audiences, dies at 83

    Rada built a career spanning more than six decades centred on candombe, the Afro-Uruguayan percussive tradition inscribed by UNESCO in 2009 on its list of intangible cultural heritage

    Uruguayan singer, composer and percussionist Ruben Rada died on Wednesday at the age of 83 in Montevideo. His family announced the death on the artist's social media accounts, specifying that it occurred at 3.30pm, “after fighting for a month against pneumonia and its complications.”

  • Wednesday, August 26th 2026 - 16:46 UTC

    Twelve Britons are among travellers unaccounted for after the flood on Nepal's border

    The flood first struck Rasuwa district, home to around 50,000 people, and particularly the settlements of Timure and Syabrubesi, where rescue helicopters were unable to land

    Twelve British citizens appear on a provisional list of travellers Nepali authorities have been unable to contact following the flash flood and landslides that struck the border corridor between Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday. The country's tourism board included hundreds of people on that register, among them 105 Indian nationals, three Americans, one Australian and one Dutch citizen, as well as Nepalis.

  • Wednesday, August 26th 2026 - 16:41 UTC

    The US postpones residence visa interviews at all its consulates

    The measure mainly affects family- and employment-based residence applicants processing their cases through a consulate

    The United States State Department has instructed its embassies and consulates worldwide to reschedule immigrant visa interviews, the category covering applicants for permanent residence from abroad, while consular officers complete a training programme on admissibility criteria.

  • Wednesday, August 26th 2026 - 08:42 UTC

    Chile debates a state of emergency of up to eight months without congressional approval

    The main point of friction is parliamentary oversight

    José Antonio Kast's government indicated on Tuesday it was willing to amend the constitutional security reform bill it submitted to the Senate on August 17, after the proposal drew objections both from the opposition and from parties within its own coalition.

  • Wednesday, August 26th 2026 - 08:35 UTC

    Chevening Scholarship Falkland Islands; Deadline: 06-Oct-2026

    The Chevening crest

    The Chevening Scholarship Falkland Islands offers exceptional future leaders from the Falkland Islands the opportunity to pursue a fully funded one-year master's degree at a UK university. The program supports individuals with leadership potential who want to develop their professional expertise and return home to contribute to positive social, economic, environmental, or community development.

  • Wednesday, August 26th 2026 - 08:25 UTC

    PM Burnham on taxes, “I won't be unrealistic, and people need to understand that”

    “I ran Greater Manchester for 10 years and we ran a very tight ship with rock solid finances,” Burnham said.

    Prime Minister Andy Burnham has suggested tax rises could be on the cards in the coming Autumn Budget, warning “I won’t be unrealistic” over the state of the public purse. The PM quickly pledged to give people “breathing space” and ease the cost of living after taking the keys to No.10 last month.