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Montevideo, December 11th 2025 - 21:11 UTC

International

  • Thursday, March 7th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

    RFA Diligence: Veteran of Falklands and Gulf wars headed for scrapping

    Chartered by UK during the critical months of the Falklands War in 1982, and later purchased for £25m in 1983, this ship has been at the forefront of naval logistics and repair

    RFA Diligence, a forward repair ship, finds its storied career ending not with a bang, but with the quiet anticipation of scrapping. Commissioned in 1981, and having served with distinction through conflicts such as the Falklands War and the Gulf War, this vessel's journey from a civilian oil rig support ship to a key military asset symbolizes the adaptability and resilience required in naval warfare.

  • Thursday, March 7th 2024 - 08:39 UTC

    Gibraltar new governor takes office June: Lieutenant General Sir Benjamin Bathurst

    The new Governor arrives in Gibraltar having served most recently as the UK’s military representative to NATO and the EU.

    Lieutenant General Sir Benjamin Bathurst, KCVO, CBE, has been appointed as the next Governor of Gibraltar, in succession to Vice Admiral Sir David Steel KBE, KStJ, DL. Sir Benjamin will take up the post in June 2024, with Sir David set to depart Gibraltar towards the end of May 2024.

  • Thursday, March 7th 2024 - 04:44 UTC

    HMS Trent seized £290.66m of cocaine in two huge blows to drug runners in the Caribbean

    This was HMS Trent’s second drugs bust in the space of three weeks, having seized £70.1m of cocaine in a separate operation in January

    A Royal Navy warship seized £290.66m of cocaine and narcotics in two huge blows to drug runners in the Caribbean. British sailors, Royal Marines and a US Coast Guard team on HMS Trent intercepted a suspected smuggling speedboat south of the US Virgin Islands.

  • Wednesday, March 6th 2024 - 10:42 UTC

    Boric gives thumbs down to Israel's presence at aerospace event

    Boric's government gave no official reason for its decision

    Chile's Government of President Gabriel Boric Font has given the thumbs down to the presence of Israeli companies at the 2024 edition of the traditional aerospace FIDAE event, which was announced in Santiago on Tuesday. A statement from the Defense Ministry read that the measure was adopted “by decision of the Chilean government” with no further explanations as to the reasons for it, although it is speculated that it is in reprisal of Israel's military deployment in Gaza.

  • Wednesday, March 6th 2024 - 09:59 UTC

    Beijing ambitious 2024 growth target, 5%, but economists and circumstances are not convinced

    Premier Li Qiang said China plans to issue US$ 139 billion in treasury bonds over the next few years while offering support to debt-laden local governments

    China on Tuesday announced an ambitious economic growth target of 5% for 2024, vowing to “seek progress while maintaining stability” amid a sluggish economy and weak confidence among investors and consumers. This contrasts with the 5,2% reported for 2023 and 3% during 2022.

  • Tuesday, March 5th 2024 - 10:26 UTC

    Lula and Georgieva hold a “good conversation”

    Lula insisted that the IMF needs to be “more representative of today's world”

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Monday suggested International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva should move on with the reform of the credit agency, among other issues they discussed during their “good conversation” in Brasilia where they also reviewed “social inclusion” and the “Poverty in the world” project.

  • Tuesday, March 5th 2024 - 02:27 UTC

    Foreign Affairs Committee calls for evidence on UK support for BOT students

    There currently three Overseas Territories that do not have access to higher education facilities in territory: The Falkland Islands; Pitcairn; and St Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha.

    The Foreign Affairs Committee’s Sub-Committee on the British Overseas Territories issued a call for written evidence on how the UK Government supports the education of students from the Overseas Territories both in the UK and in their respective territories.

  • Tuesday, March 5th 2024 - 02:08 UTC

    Argentina leads in complying with EU deforestation legislation

    Argentine exporters have shipped 46,000 tons of soybean meal from over 570 production units

    Deforestation-free soybeans to the European Union, guess who is taking the lead? Believe it or not Argentina have sent three soy-meal shipments via the Visec platform, each with fully traceable data. By the second semester, the entire soybean chain in the country will utilize the platform making Argentina the first country to fully comply with deforestation legislation implemented by the European Parliament.

  • Monday, March 4th 2024 - 21:39 UTC

    Falklands, most Britons believe it should remain a BOT, and if the Islands join Argentina, “35% would be upset”

    Britons’ opinions on the Falklands largely mirror those towards Gibraltar: 47% put the decision to the Islanders on the three-way question.

    UK public opinion pollster YouGov asked Britons about their views towards Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands based on the question of ”How would Britons feel if parts of the UK left?, including the two Overseas Territories, Falkland Islands and Gibraltar, which have regional disputes, Argentina and Spain.

  • Monday, March 4th 2024 - 21:26 UTC

    UK improving links with BOTs; announcement this year, Minister Rutley tells Parliament

    MP Andrew Rosindell asked, “what steps he is taking to [a] improve links and [b] increase cooperation with the British Overseas Territories.”

    “The FCDO is leading a refresh of the UK's strategy on the Overseas Territories, for publication this year,” said Minister of State Foreign Office for the Americas and Overseas Territories, David Rutley when asked in Parliament about plans to bolster ties and collaboration with the British Overseas Territories.