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Montevideo, May 23rd 2025 - 18:16 UTC

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  • Tuesday, April 29th 2025 - 20:31 UTC

    Cardinal Becciu agrees to step down from papal-choosing conclave

    Becciu had said he would be participating in the conclave, but now stepped down “for the good of the Church”

    Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, convicted of embezzlement in a Vatican financial scandal involving a luxury London property, agreed Tuesday to Pope Francis' decision to exclude him from the upcoming conclave starting May 7, 2025, despite initially asserting his right to participate. Becciu, sentenced to five and a half years in prison for fraud and financial irregularities, retains his cardinal title and participates in pre-conclave meetings but will not vote in the election of the next pope.

  • Tuesday, April 29th 2025 - 10:53 UTC

    Canada: Carney's Liberals win elections, but will they form a majority gov't?

    Trump will never own us, Carney said (Pic EFE)

    Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal Party won Canada's federal election securing a fourth consecutive term, though it remains unclear if they achieved a majority government requiring 172 seats or will form a minority government reliant on other parties.

  • Tuesday, April 29th 2025 - 09:52 UTC

    Argentina releases Nazi-related documents online

    Mengele entered Argentina in 1949 under the name of Gregor Helmut. In 1956 he submitted his legalized birth certificate

    Argentina's General Archives (AGN) made available some 1,850 documents regarding Nazi activities in the country, including the presence of Josef Mengele, Erich Priebke and Adolf Eichmann. These files can now be accessed online at argentina.gob.ar/interior/archivo-general and include intelligence reports, photographs, and police records. Until now, the documents could only be accessed on site at the AGN headquarters.

  • Monday, April 28th 2025 - 14:49 UTC

    Mass power outage hits large parts of Europe

    Spanish and Portuguese authorities are holding emergency meetings to solve the crisis.

    A massive power outage struck the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) and has also affected Spain, Portugal, and some regions in France, Italy, and the UK, disrupting critical infrastructure including public transport, airports, telecommunications, and traffic systems.

  • Monday, April 28th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    IMF tightens the reins on Colombia

    Petro calls Georgieva “a vampire”

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) authorities were “vampires” who suspended his country's access to a US$ 8.1 billion flexible credit line on Saturday.

  • Monday, April 28th 2025 - 10:45 UTC

    Milei returns to BA after lunch with Meloni

    While attending the Pope's funeral, Milei had lunch with Meloni but almost no contact with any other world leader except Macron

    During his stay in Rome for Pope Francis' funeral, Argentine President Javier Milei had lunch with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and interacted briefly with other leaders such as French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte, but had no direct contact with US President Donald Trump, who had other priorities, like talking to Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky.

  • Monday, April 28th 2025 - 10:15 UTC

    Brazilian woman among 11 dead as SUV rams people at festival in Vancouver

    Kiara Salim was a 34-year-old musician from Rio de Janeiro who had been living in Canada for approximately three years

    A Brazilian woman was among the 11 fatalities left by a 30-year-old man with a history of mental health issues, who late Saturday drove an SUV into a crowd at the Filipino Lapu-Lapu Day festival in Vancouver, Canada, also injuring dozens.

  • Monday, April 28th 2025 - 09:49 UTC

    VE Day 80th anniversary: 1.300 troops will march through London on 5 May

    RAF band start countdown to VE Day 80

    More than 1,300 Armed Forces personnel are set to be involved in a military procession through London to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. The military procession will kick off the celebrations to commemorate 80 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe.

  • Monday, April 28th 2025 - 08:36 UTC

    Thousands of members of the public will be able to watch the personnel along the Mall on 5 May.

    The events will pay tribute to millions across the UK and the Commonwealth who served in the Second World War, telling the stories of those who fought, the evacuated children and those who stepped into the essential roles on the Home Front.

  • Monday, April 28th 2025 - 08:26 UTC

    Falklands, Kosovo forces will be part of UK’s Roulement infantry company

    The current Roulement Infantry Company in the Falklands are the 2 Royal Gurkha Rifles recently involved in Cape Kukri exercise (Pic BFSAI)

    The Legislative Assembly from the Republic of Kosovo approved a bill ratifying an agreement between the United Kingdom and Kosovo on defense issues involving the Falkland Islands.