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Montevideo, December 31st 2025 - 05:27 UTC

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  • Monday, May 20th 2024 - 10:54 UTC

    Spanish lawmaker supports Milei through diplomatic controversy

    Álvarez de Toledo, who also holds Argentine citizenship, spoke of “double standards” within Spain's government

    Spanish Congresswoman Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo y Peralta Ramos supported Argentine President Javier Milei's statements about Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's wife Begoña Gómez. The Popular Party (PP) lawmaker grew up in Buenos Aires and has Argentine and French citizenships, in addition to her Spanish nobility titles.

  • Monday, May 20th 2024 - 10:52 UTC

    Lula urges UK authorities not to extradite Assange

    Assange's possible extradition to the United States is to be decided upon Monday in London

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called on British magistrates not to grant WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition to the United States, which is to be decided upon in London on Monday, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Monday, May 20th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

    Wars and climate change to blame for slowdown in world commerce, UN official says

    Grynspan, 68, of Costa Rica was appointed the eighth UNCTAD Secretary-General on Sept. 13, 2021, thus becoming the first woman to hold this position

    A high-ranking United Nations (UN) official warned last week that worldwide commerce was threatened by climate change and wars such as the ongoing conflict in Gaza.

  • Monday, May 20th 2024 - 10:36 UTC

    Milei's deficient diplomacy triggers concurring responses

    Milei keeps steering Argentine into diplomatic conflicts owing to mere “ideological tantrums of the president,” Lousteau stressed

    The European Union's top diplomat Josep Borrell criticized Argentine President Javier Milei for his derogatory remarks in Madrid targetting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's wife Begoña Gómez and insisted that “attacks against relatives of political leaders have no place in our culture.” Borrell thus became just another voice condemning the South American leader's attitude.

  • Saturday, May 18th 2024 - 11:07 UTC

    China purchasing 95,000 tons of beef monthly from Brazil

    Fresh meat accounted for the lion’s share with 88% of total overseas sales, followed by offal at 7.09%, and processed meat at 3.7%.

    April 2024 was a historic milestone in beef exports for Brazil having shipped 236,842 tons, generating revenues totaling US$ 1.043 billion, points out Agrilink. Leading the list was China, trailed closely by the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong, which experienced a substantial 38.9% surge in imports compared to March 2024, driven by increased demand for beef offal.

  • Saturday, May 18th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    Falklands War: partly released documents on Welsh Guard losses trigger more controversy

    Sir Galahad survivor Simon Weston: Veterans want a full and final answer on who is to blame for the huge loss of British lives

    BBC is reporting that declassified documents, --to be kept secret until 2065--, have cleared an army regiment of any blame in the biggest loss of British life during the Falklands War. Forty-eight crew were killed when the Sir Galahad, an unarmed and undefended supply ship carrying British troops to the Falklands, was hit by the Argentine air force bombs on 8 June 1982, six days before the end of the conflict.—

  • Saturday, May 18th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

    BAS marine biologist elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society

    Professor Lloyd Peck has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society

    Professor Lloyd Peck, Science Leader and marine biologist at British Antarctic Survey (BAS), joins over 90 exceptional researchers from across the world in being elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences.

  • Saturday, May 18th 2024 - 10:35 UTC

    Two more Uruguayan meatpacking plants cleared for shipments to China

    According to Torre Ejecutiva, this achievement resulted from President Luis Lacalle Pou's trip to China in Nov. 2023

    Chinese authorities have authorized additional Uruguayan slaughterhouses to ship beef and horsemeat from plants in Florida and Canelones to that country, Agriculture and Livestock Minister Fernando Mattos confirmed Friday.

  • Saturday, May 18th 2024 - 10:05 UTC

    Council of Europe adopts first international treaty on artificial intelligence

    The convention is the outcome of two years' work by an intergovernmental body, the Committee on Artificial Intelligence, CAI.

    The Council of Europe has adopted the first-ever international legally binding treaty aimed at ensuring the respect of human rights, the rule of law and democracy legal standards in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems.

  • Saturday, May 18th 2024 - 09:50 UTC

    Prime Minister Sunak and wife among the richest families in UK

    The Rishi Sunak couple wealthy standing has been mainly due to Ms Akshata Murty's shares in Infosys, the Indian IT giant co-founded by her father (Pic PA)

    The Sunday Times Rich List has published that the personal wealth of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and wife Akshata Murty has been estimated at £651m, up from £529m in 2023. This was mainly due to Ms. Murty's shares in Infosys, the Indian IT giant co-founded by her father.