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Montevideo, December 23rd 2024 - 10:08 UTC

International

  • Thursday, November 21st 2024 - 10:27 UTC

    UK to ax amphibious assault ships, a frigate 31 helicopters and obsolete drones

    Defense Secretary John Healy addressing the Commons and announcing plans to save £500m over five years

    Two former Royal Navy flagships, a frigate and a pair of RFA support tankers will be decommissioned under a series of cost-saving measures announced on Wednesday to the House of Commons by Defense Secretary John Healey.

  • Thursday, November 21st 2024 - 10:00 UTC

    The astonishing sagacity and intelligence of Falklands Caracaras revealed in an IFLScience report

    The Striated caracaras will eat whatever is going on, including penguins (and their eggs) and seal pups

    Scientists challenging the problem-solving capacities of rare birds of prey on the Falkland Islands have found them astonishingly quick to learn when food is on offer – and remember those skills a year later. The finding supports Darwin’s assessment of the birds’ remarkable intelligence when he visited during the voyage of the Beagle, and also shows the sorts of intelligence we most admire are more widespread among birds than has previously been acknowledged.

  • Thursday, November 21st 2024 - 09:55 UTC

    The Gibraltar Chapter of Abraham Accords launched by Picardo and Sir Liam Fox

    Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and former UK minister Sir Liam Fox, chairman of the Abraham Accords, make the announcement at the Rock

    The Gibraltar Chapter of the Abraham Accords Group was launched last week at the Rock, when Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo KC MP, welcomed Sir Liam Fox, Chairman of the Abraham Accords. Sir Liam was previously UK Secretary of State for International Trade from 2016 to 2019 and Secretary of State for Defense from 2010 to 2011. to No 6 Convent Place.

  • Thursday, November 21st 2024 - 09:44 UTC

    Argentina gets IDB and WB loans

    These announcements are linked to Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo's participation last month in Washington at the WB annual meeting, it was reported

    Argentina's Libertarian Government has been granted loans from the World Bank (WB) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) worth around US$ 4 billion, the Economy Ministry in Buenos Aires announced Wednesday. “The IDB and the World Bank approve financing for more than 4 billion dollars for projects in our country,” the ministry said in a statement.

  • Thursday, November 21st 2024 - 09:35 UTC

    Successful trial of the Spear Missiles in Typhoons and F-35B fighters

    Royal Navy and Royal Air Force pilots will benefit from a cutting-edge new cruise missile, following the first successful guided firing trial of the SPEAR missile. SPEAR, which is a next generation turbojet-powered miniature cruise missile, successfully completed the trial after being fired from a BAE Systems-operated Typhoon jet at Vidsel range in Sweden.

  • Thursday, November 21st 2024 - 09:15 UTC

    Argentina is Italy's point of reference in Latin America

    Meloni and Milei are like-minded leaders with joint plans for the near future

    Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni said during his trip to Buenos Aires where she had dinner Tuesday with President Javier Milei and met again one-on-one at Casa Rosada on Wednesday that “Argentina is our point of reference in Latin America.”

  • Wednesday, November 20th 2024 - 09:44 UTC

    Milei meets with IMF Manager in Rio

    Milei hopes his ties with Donald Trump will lead Georgieva's agency to authorize a US$ 10 billion disbursement

    Argentine President Javier Milei met Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro on the sidelines of the G20 Summit with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva to negotiate a new disbursement from the credit agency to boost the South American country's coffers. Also participating in the meeting were Ministers Gerardo Werthein (Foreign Affairs) and Luis Toto Caputo (Economy), among other officials

  • Tuesday, November 19th 2024 - 21:15 UTC

    Paraguayan President says he is okay after Monday's hospitalization

    Peña shifted the spotlight from his health crisis onto sporting events

    Paraguayan President Santiago Peña Tuesday shared a video message on social media saying he had fully recovered from Monday's health crisis that had him hospitalized while attending the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro.

  • Tuesday, November 19th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Rio G20 Declaration signed – Argentina adheres only partially

    The document also enshrines Brazil's achievements while holding the G20 rotating presidency under Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva this year

    G20 Leaders Monday signed at the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro a joint 85-item declaration in which they addressed the world's current challenges. However, Argentine President Javier Milei announced he would not be endorsing the so-called 2030 Agenda goals.

  • Tuesday, November 19th 2024 - 09:47 UTC

    US to release aid package for Brazilian Amazon

    The announcement was made during Biden't trip to Manaus ahead of the G20 Summit in Rio

    The United States offered an aid package for environmental actions in the Brazilian Amazon to address climate change, it was announced Monday during President Joseph Biden's visit to Manaus as part of his journey to the country for the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Agencia Brasil reported. The first trip by a sitting US president to the region marked celebrations of 200 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.