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  • Tuesday, June 10th 2025 - 09:35 UTC

    Milei lands in Israel and prays at the Wailing Wall

    Milei will stay in Israel for a few days to receive an accolade and sign a key understanding with Netanyahu

    After arriving in Israel on Monday, Argentine President Javier Milei's first activity was to pray at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, alongside his Presidential Secretary and sister Karina Milei, Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein, Argentine Ambassador to Tel Aviv Axel Wahnish, and Israel's Ambassador to Buenos Aires Eyal Sela.

  • Tuesday, June 10th 2025 - 00:45 UTC

    The Economic Impact of Crypto in the West

    Photo: Pexels

    When the first Bitcoin (BTC) was mined at the start of 2009, no one could have imagined the huge impact that cryptocurrencies were going to have on the world. With the price of BTC rising to over $100,000 and cryptos being used in various industries, it has now become a huge part of the financial scene in many countries.

  • Monday, June 9th 2025 - 20:18 UTC

    FAO Food Price Index dips in May amid lower cereal, sugar and vegetable oil prices

    Global maize prices declined sharply, owing to strong harvests and robust availability in Argentina and Brazil and expectations of a record crop in the United States

    The benchmark of world food commodity prices dropped in May as marked declines in international quotations for maize and palm oil outweighed historically high prices for butter and bovine meat, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported.

  • Monday, June 9th 2025 - 19:08 UTC

    Food security tops Brazil-Caribbean Summit agenda

    The event is starting Friday in Brasilia, with many issues at stake, Padovan explained

    The Brazil-Caribbean Summit, set for June 13 in Brasilia, will focus on five key areas for a final document: food and nutrition security, climate change, energy transition, risk management, and connectivity, a high-ranking official from Brazil's Foreign Ministry confirmed Monday.

  • Monday, June 9th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    Lula condemns drop in financial assistance to developing countries amid surging military spending

    “If it were a country, the ocean would rank fifth among the world's largest economies,” Lula noted

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva condemned on Sunday the reduction in financial aid for environmental, economic, and social causes from wealthier countries to the poorer nations, highlighting a 7% drop in Official Development Assistance (ODA) in 2024, while military spending increased by 9.4%.

  • Monday, June 9th 2025 - 10:49 UTC

    Chad cancels all visas to US travelers

    Chad has its dignity, Deby argued

    Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby announced Sunday a suspension of visa issuance to US citizens in retaliation for President Donald Trump's executive order banning the entry of citizens from 12 countries -Chad included- citing issues like terrorism, lack of security cooperation, high visa overstays, and refusal to accept deported nationals.

  • Monday, June 9th 2025 - 09:48 UTC

    Tensions Rise as Israeli Forces intercept Gaza-bound humanitarian ship in international waters

    The Madleen, sailing under international law in non-Israeli waters, had not breached the naval blockade of Gaza at the time of the operation.

    A humanitarian vessel carrying international volunteers, including climate activist Greta Thunberg and French national Pascal Maurieras, was reportedly intercepted and boarded by Israeli forces in international waters early Sunday morning, according to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC).

  • Monday, June 9th 2025 - 09:12 UTC

    UK Government wants to end bottom trawling to protect MPAs sea beds; 12 weeks consultation

    A consultation will invite marine and fisheries stakeholders to share their views and evidence on the prohibition of destructive bottom-towed fishing gear (Pic Greenpeace)

    Bottom trawling – a fishing method that involves dragging large nets along the sea floor – could be banned across more vulnerable areas of English seas. The government is committed to protecting UK oceans and has outlined plans to ban the destructive practice in more Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). The measures would help protect rare marine animals, as well as the delicate sea-beds on which they rely, from indiscriminate and potentially irreversible damage.

  • Saturday, June 7th 2025 - 10:56 UTC

    Milei and Meloni meet for two hours in Rome

    The Argentine leader arrived earlier Friday in the Italian capital

    Argentine President Javier Milei met Friday with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at Rome's Palazzo Chigi to oversee the signing of an energy agreement between YPF and ENI for the “Argentina LNG” project, aimed at exploiting and exporting gas from Vaca Muerta using floating Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) technology.

  • Saturday, June 7th 2025 - 10:21 UTC

    Will Uruguay train Palestinians in sustainable agriculture?

    “Our government is committed to humanitarian aid and to finding viable solutions that benefit the Palestinians,” Lubetkin said

    from the West Bank in sustainable agriculture, Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin announced in Montevideo Friday.