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Montevideo, January 5th 2026 - 11:13 UTC

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  • Wednesday, August 1st 2018 - 08:31 UTC

    UK government engaged in “sensible precautions” in case of a no-deal Brexit

    The Prime Minister’s spokesman said: “We have been absolutely clear that it’s in the interests not just of ourselves but the EU to get a deal.”

    Downing Street has insisted the UK Government is engaged in “good planning” and taking “sensible precautions” in case there is a no-deal Brexit. Asked if Theresa May would continue to lead the country if her negotiations fail and the UK is plunged into a no-deal scenario, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said she is “fully committed to delivering on the will of the British people”.

  • Wednesday, August 1st 2018 - 07:51 UTC

    Last year was the fifth warmest for UK in over a century

    Nine of the 10 hottest years in the UK have happened since 2002 and 2017 was the fifth warmest on record, figures dating back to 1910 show, the Met Office said.

    Last year was the fifth warmest for the UK in records dating back more than a century, the Met Office has confirmed. Figures show the UK climate is warming, with average temperatures over the last decade around 0.8C above the 1961 to 1990 average, while the country has also seen 8% more rain and 6% more sunshine.

  • Wednesday, August 1st 2018 - 07:21 UTC

    Europe melting: river water suffocates fish and is too hot to cool nuclear power stations

    Several of Germany’s nuclear power stations are reducing energy output because rivers used to cool the power plants are too warm.

    The heat wave gripping large stretches of Europe has already been blamed for deadly forest fires and crop failures. Now, freshwater fish could be its next victims. Some regions in Germany sweltered as the mercury hit 39C, and the German Meteorological Office said the country’s all-time record of 40.3C could be topped this week.

  • Wednesday, August 1st 2018 - 07:12 UTC

    China and Argentina ties increasingly closer

    China proposed an expansion of the currency swap deal with Argentina, whose foreign reserves have been drained by interventions aimed at propping up the peso

    China's offer of financial support to Argentina is the latest example of the Asian nation filling a vacuum in what has traditionally been the backyard of the U.S. While President Donald Trump has not paid a visit to Latin America since his inauguration in January 2017, China has stepped up its financial assistance to Argentina and worked to strengthen their trade ties.

  • Tuesday, July 31st 2018 - 14:20 UTC

    “Some children in UK start school unable to speak in full sentences or read simple words”, claims Education Secretary

    Education Secretary Damian Hinds says it is a “scandal” that some children still start school unable to speak in full sentences or read simple words

    Britain's Education Secretary Damian Hinds says it is a “scandal” that some children still start school unable to speak in full sentences or read simple words. Children who start school behind their peers rarely catch up - “the gap just widens”, Hinds will say in a speech pledging halve the number of pupils starting school behind in early talking and reading skills by 2028.

  • Tuesday, July 31st 2018 - 10:26 UTC

    BRICS' leaders support Argentina's economic strategy, claims president Macri

    BRICS countries “have a positive outlook of our future,” said Macri, who attended the Johannesburg summit as the current president of the G20

    Leaders from the BRICS bloc of emerging economies share a “positive outlook” on Argentina's embattled economy, President Mauricio Macri said on Monday. Macri added that leaders from BRICS members - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - meeting in Johannesburg for the July 25-27 summit also expressed their support for the Argentine government's economic strategy.

  • Tuesday, July 31st 2018 - 08:36 UTC

    Guyana top country in discovered oil resources during 2018

    ExxonMobil made three major discoveries in the Stabroek block: Ranger, Pacora and Longtail, which together can hold almost one billion barrels of oil or more

    Discovered resources globally of conventional oil and natural gas surpassed 4.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent in the first half of 2018, making for an exciting recovery with Guyana leading the way, according to analysis by Rystad Energy. Average monthly discovered volumes are 826 million barrels of oil equivalent. This is a 30% increase from 2017.

  • Tuesday, July 31st 2018 - 08:29 UTC

    Taiwan president will attend inauguration of Paraguay's Mario Abdo Benitez

    President Tsai's itinerary in Paraguay includes visiting Taiwan's technical mission and the site of a planned Taiwan-Paraguay university of industrial technology

    President Tsai Ing-wen will visit two of Taiwan's diplomatic allies, Paraguay and Belize, Aug. 12-20, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Maria Liu said on Monday. On the trip, Tsai will make transit stops in the United States - in Los Angeles on first leg and in Houston on the return journey, Liu said.

  • Tuesday, July 31st 2018 - 08:12 UTC

    Argentina and Spain sign fisheries MoU to promote conservation and management of straddling species

    The MoU was stamped in Buenos Aires at the recent G20 Agriculture ministerial meeting by Argentina's Luis Miguel Etchevehere and Spain's Luis Planas.

    Argentina and Spain have signed a fisheries and aquaculture bilateral cooperation Memorandum of Understanding. The MoU was stamped in Buenos Aires during the recent G20 Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries ministerial meeting by Argentina's Luis Miguel Etchevehere and Spain's Luis Planas.

  • Tuesday, July 31st 2018 - 07:47 UTC

    King penguins down to 10% of original population in three years in French island

    Satellite images and photos taken from helicopters show penguin population has collapsed, some 200,000 remaining, according to a study in Antarctic Science

    The planet's largest colony of King penguins has declined by nearly 90% in three decades, alarmed researchers said on Monday. The last time scientists set foot on France's remote Ile aux Cochons — roughly half way between the tip of Africa and Antarctica — the island was blanketed by two million of the flightless birds, which stand about a meter tall.