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Montevideo, January 19th 2026 - 04:35 UTC

International

  • Monday, January 27th 2025 - 08:34 UTC

    Uruguayan peacekeeper killed in DRC as rebels seize Goma

    Uruguayan Sergeant Adrián Fernández has been wounded and is in a “critical” condition

    Various UN peacekeeping troops were killed this weekend in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as the rebel M23 made territorial gains. One Uruguayan was among the dead and another was reported stable, albeit in a critical condition. Three others were wounded. In addition to the Uruguayan casualty, the UN troops also confirmed the killing of two South African soldiers. At least 13 peacekeepers fell last week.

  • Monday, January 27th 2025 - 07:58 UTC

    Polar Medal 2025 for British Antarctic Survey staff

    Steve ‘Binky’ Stiglic-Buxton – Electronics Officer (Communications)

    Congratulations to British Antarctic Survey (BAS) staff who have been awarded a Polar Medal in the 2025 New Year’s Honours List for their contributions to improving our understanding of Antarctica, through scientific or technical work in or about the Polar Regions.

  • Monday, January 27th 2025 - 00:18 UTC

    The path from casual fun to cultural phenomenon of online gaming

    Photo: Pixabay

    Over the last couple of decades, the face of online gaming has dramatically shifted from an arcane hobby into the dominant cultural force that it is. As we delve into the year 2025, the changes will manifest themselves in terms of technology, changing demographics, and game-oriented aspects in everyday life—the journey of online gaming from simple fun to profound culture is elaborated upon here.

  • Saturday, January 25th 2025 - 09:29 UTC

    Moody's improves Argentina's grades

    Lifting exchange rate controls will bring on new challenges for the Libertarian administration

    The international credit rating agency Moody's Friday improved Argentina's long-term foreign and local currency issuer grades from Ca to Caa3 but warned that “there are still significant risks to the country's ability to cover upcoming external debt payments.”

  • Friday, January 24th 2025 - 21:10 UTC

    Giant iceberg approaching South Georgia stirs fears

    A23a was confirmed to be intact and 173 miles from South Georgia

    A23a, arguably the world’s largest and oldest iceberg which has been wandering through the South Atlantic and headed for the British Overseas Territory of the South Georgia Islands since last month, has been reported not to have changed course this week nor upped nor melted, thus posing a serious threat to the local fauna. Earlier this week, it was spotted 173 miles (280km) away.

  • Friday, January 24th 2025 - 10:30 UTC

    Trump reviews his four days in office during WEF speech

    The new Government achieved in less than four days more than other administrations have accomplished in four years, Trump also pointed out

    US President Donald Trump suggested four days into his second term in office that companies should manufacture their products at home or face import tariffs. During a video appearance at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos (Switzerland), the Republican leader insisted his constituency had entrusted him to bring about change and thence his carrot-and-stick approach to private investment.

  • Thursday, January 23rd 2025 - 22:50 UTC

    Africa again on alert as mpox cases on the rise, including 38 deaths

    “Mpox remains a serious public health emergency in Africa,” CDC Africa's Director warned

    The African Union's (AU) public health agency released an advisory Thursday noting that 5,842 cases of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) had been recorded in 21 countries, with 38 deaths. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Africa (CDC Africa) warned of an upward trend, particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Central Africa.

  • Thursday, January 23rd 2025 - 21:45 UTC

    Milei targets progressiveness during Davos speech

    “Wokeism” has “the manifest desire to destroy criticism and dissent,” Milei warned

    Argentine President Javier Milei said Thursday during his appearance before the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos (Switzerland) that “we must eliminate the virus of woke ideology” that has been subverting the Western civilization's values over the past few years. Milei likened this “aberrant ideology” to a “virus” and insisted it was “the cancer that must be removed” if the “golden age” was to prevail.

  • Wednesday, January 22nd 2025 - 10:48 UTC

    Cuba back on US list of terrorism-sponsoring nations under Trump

    The Republican head of state placed Cuba among those nations where he had already included it during his first term in office (2017-2021)

    US President Donald Trump added Cuba once again to the list of nations sponsoring terrorism and announced tougher measures against Venezuela's Bolivarian regime which stayed in power past Jan. 10 despite half the world not recognizing Nicolás Maduro as the legitimate winner of the July 28, 2024, elections.

  • Wednesday, January 22nd 2025 - 07:36 UTC

    WHO wishes US would reconsider pulling out

    “The United States was a founding member of WHO in 1948,” the UN agency recalled

    After US President announced he was pulling his country once again from the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations (UN) agency issued a statement Tuesday wishing such a decision would be reconsidered. Trump had already left the WHO during his first term in office but his decision was reversed by his successor (and now predecessor) Joseph Biden.