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Montevideo, December 23rd 2024 - 15:04 UTC

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  • Friday, October 11th 2024 - 10:44 UTC

    South Korean woman granted 2024 Nobel Literature Prize

    “I’d like to have tea with my son,” said Han when told about her being granted the € 970,000 cheque

    South Korean author Han Kang has been granted this year's Nobel Prize for Literature, Sweden's Royal Academy of Sciences announced Thursday. She was chosen for her novel The Vegetarian, which has already been awarded the prestigious Man Booker International Prize in 2016, which was also a first for a Korean.

  • Friday, October 11th 2024 - 09:05 UTC

    Brazilian Air Force completes third Operation Cedar Roots flight

    The FAB's KC-30 stops over to refuel at Lisbon on her way to and from Beirut

    Brazil's Air Force (FAB) Thursday completed its third airlift mission bringing back nationals of the South American country out of war-torn Lebanon. The third flight landed at the Guarulhos Air Base in Sao Paulo carrying 217 passengers for a total of 672 evacuees, Agencia Brasil reported. The FAB expects to bring back around 3,000 of the 21,000 Brazilians living in Lebanon at a pace of approximately 500 passengers each week.

  • Thursday, October 10th 2024 - 10:48 UTC

    Keir Starmer: “Falklands are British and will remain British; it's personal for me”

    PM Starmer addressing House of Commons

    British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer made a conclusive statement of support for the Falkland Islands during the Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, hoping to put an end to speculations over the future of British Overseas Territories following on the decision to hand the Chagos archipelago sovereignty (British Indian Ocean Overseas Territory) to the Republic of Mauritius.

  • Thursday, October 10th 2024 - 10:03 UTC

    Italian Deputy PM pledges to help pull through EU-Mercosur FTA

    “Italy and Brazil will cooperate in every way because it is in the interest of our people,” Tajani said

    Italy's Deputy Prime Minister and top diplomat Antonio Tajani told a group of Brazilian businesspeople in Sao Paulo Wednesday that his country was facing “a great opportunity” to strengthen its economic and commercial presence in Latin America, particularly through the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement that is still pending ratification.

  • Thursday, October 10th 2024 - 09:06 UTC

    US State Dept. bans former Ecuadorean leaders from entering the country

    “Nobody in the WORLD has accepted the sentence for 'psychic influence',” Correa replied

    The US State Department announced Wednesday it was designating former Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa (2007-2017) as ineligible to enter the country. The measure also applied to former Vice President Jorge Glas (2013-2018) due to their involvement in cases of significant corruption while in public office. Both leaders reportedly “abused” their position by accepting bribes, including through political contributions, in exchange for awarding public works contracts.

  • Wednesday, October 9th 2024 - 21:00 UTC

    Brazilian nun chosen for UNHCR award

    A graduate lawyer, Sister Rosita has also been instrumental in shaping Brazilian public policy

    Sister Rosita Milesi, a Brazilian nun, lawyer, social worker, and movement builder who has championed the rights and dignity of displaced people for nearly 40 years, has been granted the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award, the United Nations announced in Geneva Wednesday. Besides Milesi, four other women were named regional winners.

  • Wednesday, October 9th 2024 - 13:13 UTC

    Proteins show the way for 2024 Nobel Chemistry Prize winners

    Proteins control and regulate all chemical reactions in the body's cells. Hence the importance of the two works recognized through Wednesday's awards

    Sweden's Royal Academy of Science announced Wednesday that researchers David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John M. Jumper had been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their studies regarding proteins.

  • Wednesday, October 9th 2024 - 08:23 UTC

    Bluetongue restriction zone in the UK widened

    The virus is spread by the bites of midges that are often blown over from the continent during spells of warm weather.

    The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said it had extended the regional bluetongue restriction zone after two cases of the disease were reported along the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire border. This means following restrictions on moving animals.

  • Wednesday, October 9th 2024 - 00:58 UTC

    Key trends shaping the iGaming landscape in South America

    Sports events have always enjoyed a lot of popularity in South America

    In the past few decades, online casinos have grown in popularity all over different continents, and South America is no exception to this rule. As per platforms like Statista, we can see that the revenue reached by this sector is expected to get to $8.71 billion by 2029. However, to understand what is behind this growth, let’s dive deeper into the current state of online casinos and the key trends below.

  • Tuesday, October 8th 2024 - 13:33 UTC

    Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to artificial intelligence pioneers

    The two laureates “used fundamental concepts from statistical physics to design artificial neural networks that function as associative memories and find patterns in large data sets,” it was explained

    Sweden's Royal Academy of Sciences announced Tuesday that it was granting the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton for their “discoveries and inventions in artificial intelligence” and “machine learning with artificial neural networks.” The distinction also represented a € 970,000 cheque.