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Montevideo, November 3rd 2025 - 18:56 UTC

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  • Wednesday, March 9th 2016 - 06:02 UTC

    Sharapova, the highest/paid female athlete in the world, loses major sponsors

    Sharapova told reporters in Los Angeles on Monday that she tested positive for meldonium, which was recently banned.

    Tennis star Maria Sharapova has lost several major sponsors after admitting that she failed a drug test at the Australian Open. The former world champion has been the highest-paid female athlete in the world for 11 years in a row, Forbes reported last year. She earned US$29.7 million last year — including “US$23 million from endorsements and appearances,” according to Forbes.

  • Wednesday, March 9th 2016 - 05:35 UTC

    Argentine Lower House clears the way for a floor discussion of accord with holdouts

    The bill will reach the floor next week. If it passes, it will then be up for debate in the Senate, where Let’s Change needs help from opposition lawmakers

    After rough discussions, Argentina's Lower House committees on Tuesday managed to clear the holdouts bill for debate with changes proposed by the allied Renewal Front and criticism from Victory Front lawmakers.The bill will reach the floor next week. If it passes, it will then be up for debate in the Senate, where the situation is similar, with the ruling Let’s Change needing help from opposition lawmakers to ensure the bill passes.

  • Wednesday, March 9th 2016 - 05:08 UTC

    Sambo fish to combat mosquitoes in the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio

    This fish, native to El Salvador, is known for feeding on mosquitoes—the same insects that transmit the virus said to be causing physical deformities to babies.

    Governments have been using various tools to fight the spread of the Zika virus in Latin America: fumigation, spraying of insecticides and even a plan to distribute mosquito repellents to athletes during the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

  • Tuesday, March 8th 2016 - 08:24 UTC

    Germany warns Brexit would damage UK, European and global economies

    German finance minister said it would be a “catastrophe” if Britain left the bloc, but while the EU would be weaker without Britain, it would “not commit suicide.”

    British vote to leave the European Union would damage the British, European and global economies, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said in an interview with the BBC

  • Tuesday, March 8th 2016 - 06:33 UTC

    International Women’s Day celebrations champion a Planet 50-50 by 2030

    At UN Headquarters, prominent speakers from governments, businesses and civil society will convene to debate how to advance women’s empowerment

    International Women's Day celebrations on 8 March will mobilize people around the world to call for a Planet 50-50 by 2030. UN Women is organizing a series of diverse, high-profile events in over 40 countries, where ordinary citizens, activists, musicians, athletes, students, security personnel, scholars and stock exchange officials will be among those who commit to “Stepping It Up for Gender Equality.”

  • Tuesday, March 8th 2016 - 06:15 UTC

    International Women's Day: “From the Glass Ceiling to a Carpet of Shards”

    “I appointed the first-ever female Force Commander of UN troops, and pushed women’s representation at the upper levels of our Organization to historic highs”

    By UN Secretary General, Ban Ki moon - As a boy growing up in post-war Korea, I remember asking about a tradition I observed: women going into labor would leave their shoes at the threshold and then look back in fear. “They are wondering if they will ever step into those shoes again,” my mother explained.

  • Monday, March 7th 2016 - 14:33 UTC

    UK/Uruguay training and academic exchange program in science and math's education

    UK ambassador Lyster-Binns, with Education Minister Maria Julia Muñoz, and the head of the Education Training Council (CFE) Ana Lopater in Maldonado

    The United Kingdom and Uruguay are implementing a program in science education and innovation, part of an ambitious umbrella project which consists of a series of training opportunities offered by British experts in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) for almost 100 teachers of primary and secondary school and teacher trainers, due to an agreement with CFE.

  • Monday, March 7th 2016 - 04:47 UTC

    China anticipates rough times as it tries to create jobs and restructure the economy

    “Our country's development faces more and greater difficulties...so we must be prepared for a tough battle,” Li said.

    China faces a tough battle to keep its economy growing by at least 6.5% over the next five years while creating more jobs and restructuring inefficient industries, Premier Li Keqiang said as he opened China's annual parliament.

  • Monday, March 7th 2016 - 04:40 UTC

    The Football Association Board approves the use of video technology to aid referees

    “We have taken a really historic decision for soccer. IFAB and FIFA are now leading the debate and not stopping the debate,” new FIFA president Infantino

    Soccer's law-makers gave the green light this weekend to the use of video technology to aid referees in live matches starting no later than the 2017-18 season. The International Football Association Board (IFAB), the games law-making body, approved a two-year trial period allowing technology to be used in four questionable cases: to determine if a goal has been scored, sending off, penalties and mistaken identity.

  • Monday, March 7th 2016 - 04:06 UTC

    Tax agreement between United Kingdom and Uruguay

    “It is a good deal for British and Uruguayan companies and individuals with interests in both countries”, said Ambassador Lyster-Binns to Uruguayan Vice President Nin Novoa

    United Kingdom and Uruguay signed a convention to avoid double taxation and prevent fiscal evasion related to taxes on income and on capital. British Ambassador Ben Lyster-Binns and the Uruguayan Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa signed the agreement in a ceremony at the Palacio Santos in Montevideo.