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Montevideo, July 17th 2025 - 01:29 UTC

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  • Monday, June 2nd 2025 - 06:54 UTC

    Royal Navy’s first of five Type 31, --HMS Venturer--, in final phase of construction

    The ship is the first of five Type 31 frigates being built for the Royal Navy, part of a £10bn investment in the Fleet of tomorrow to replace the existing Type 23 flotilla.

    After more than three years’ construction in a cavernous assembly hall in Rosyth, Fife, the 28-metre-tall doors were opened and HMS Venturer began to emerge. The ship is the first of five Type 31 frigates being built for the Royal Navy, part of a £10bn investment in the Fleet of tomorrow to replace the existing Type 23 flotilla.

  • Saturday, May 31st 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Argentina objects to EU's deforestation “standard” risk rating

    Argentina was ranked alongside Brazil and Paraguay but riskier than Uruguay

    Argentina has formally objected to the European Union's preliminary classification of the country as a “standard risk” under the EU Deforestation-Free Regulation (EUDR). The regulation, set to take effect in 2026, aims to ensure that consumer products imported into the EU, such as soybeans, beef, timber, and cocoa, do not originate from deforested areas after December 31, 2020.

  • Saturday, May 31st 2025 - 10:39 UTC

    FIFA takes tougher stance against racism

    FIFA thus joined worldwide efforts to fight racism, Infantino highlighted

    Football's governing body FIFA has announced a tougher Disciplinary Code to combat racism and discrimination in the game, approved unanimously by 211 Member Associations. Key changes include increasing the maximum fine to 5 million Swiss francs (about US$ 6.08 million) and stricter penalties, such as points deductions and expulsions from competitions.

  • Saturday, May 31st 2025 - 10:34 UTC

    Peru sends mission to update Pope Leo XIV's ID

    Pope Leo XIV had a new picture for his new Peruvian ID

    Peru's National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (Reniec) spent over US$ 30,000 to send four officials to the Vatican to update the National Identity Card (DNI) of Pope Leo XIV. The Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost is a naturalized Peruvian since 2015. The mission was framed within the “Identification without Borders” campaign to provide registry services to Peruvians in Italy and train consulate staff in Rome and Milan.

  • Friday, May 30th 2025 - 19:49 UTC

    El Al to fly between Tel Aviv and Buenos Aires

    Milei and Netanyahu will sign the agreement on June 11

    Argentina's Ambassador to Israel, Axel Wahnish, confirmed Friday in a broadcast interview that the flag carrier El Al will start a direct service between Tel Aviv and Buenos Aires to be agreed upon during President Javier Milei's next meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on June 11 when the South American leader travels to receive during a special ceremony at the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) the Genesis Award, an accolade deemed tantamount to “the Jewish Nobel.”

  • Friday, May 30th 2025 - 18:53 UTC

    France announces ban on smoking on beaches and other open spaces

    The measure will become effective on July 1

    France will implement a nationwide smoking ban in public places frequented by children, effective July 1, 2025, Health and Family Minister Catherine Vautrin announced Friday, ahead of World No Tobacco Day on Saturday. In South America, the measure will apply to the overseas department of French Guiana, which follows French national laws. The issue is also environmental, with cigarette butts polluting seashores.

  • Friday, May 30th 2025 - 10:30 UTC

    Brazil recognized once again as free of FMD without vaccination

    Parliamentary Front for Agriculture and Livestock (FPA) Vice-President Senator Tereza Cristina attended the World Organization for Animal Health event in Paris

    Brazil has officially been recognized by the World Organization for Animal Health for the second straight year as free of foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination. The acknowledgment, granted during the organization’s 92nd General Session in Paris, reinforces Brazil’s commitment to livestock health and global trade.

  • Thursday, May 29th 2025 - 10:56 UTC

    Chile pulls military attachés from Tel Aviv Embassy

    Diplomatic relations with Israel are not severed, Van Klaveren explained

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font defended his decision to withdraw the country's military attachés from Tel Aviv, citing the severe humanitarian crisis in Gaza due to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's military actions following the terrorist group Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attacks.

  • Thursday, May 29th 2025 - 10:15 UTC

    Uruguay clinches rapeseed and soybean meal deal with China

    Fratti headed a Uruguayan mission to China, Hong Kong, and other Asian markets

    Uruguay and China signed a historic agreement enabling the South American country to export rapeseed and soybean meal. The phytosanitary protocol ensures safety, inspection, and traceability standards for these high-protein products, which are much in demand for animal feed in Asia.

  • Thursday, May 29th 2025 - 10:11 UTC

    Trump tells UK to get rid of unsightly windmills and open North Sea to modern drilling

    “The U.K. is making a very big mistake. Open up the North Sea. Get rid of Windmills!” President-elect Trump posted in early January on Truth Social

    President Donald Trump on Truth Social has strongly criticized UK’s energy policy of pursuing renewables and further taxing North Sea oil and gas operators. In a piece published in OilPrice he suggests getting rid of “costly and unsightly windmills”.