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Montevideo, December 7th 2025 - 00:18 UTC

International

  • Friday, September 15th 2023 - 11:20 UTC

    Presidents of Uruguay, France meet for Rugby World Cup match

    Lacalle saw Los Teros lose to France 27-12 alongside President Macron

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Thursday discussed the European Union-Mercosur trade deal with his French colleague Emmanuel Macron while meeting ahead of the Rugby World Cup clash in Lille between the two countries' national teams, which the hosts eventually won 27-12.

  • Friday, September 15th 2023 - 10:34 UTC

    HMS Bristol: Falklands War destroyer up for sale

    A petition created in 2020 to save the HMS Bristol has garnered over 11,000 signatories

    The British Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA) said four decommissioned Royal Navy units, including the unique HMS Bristol, have been put up for sale. The Bristol belonged to Task Group 317.8 during the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas War. The three other vessels on sale are the frigates HMS Monmouth and HMS Montrose, and the minehunter HMS Walney.

  • Thursday, September 14th 2023 - 11:54 UTC

    As with soybeans and corn, Brazil ready to unseat US as world's top cotton exporter

    The difference in cotton exports from the two countries is sharply narrowing amid a robust season in Brazil, adding to a list of crops where the US is losing dominance.

    As with other crops, Brazil is close to unseating the US to become the world’s biggest cotton exporter as Texas, America’s top-producing region, buckles under searing heat and drought.

  • Thursday, September 14th 2023 - 10:45 UTC

    China holds Venezuela as an all-time strategic partner

    “I leave happy,” said Maduro after almost a full week in China

    Chinese President Xi Jinping Thursday announced after meeting with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro that relations between both countries would be strengthened to the point where the South American nation would become an “all-weather strategic level,” it was reported from Beijing.

  • Thursday, September 14th 2023 - 10:24 UTC

    Deadly virus leads to Covid-19-like measures in India

    There is no vaccine for Nipah and mortality has been estimated at 70%

    Indian authorities have closed schools and offices in the southern State of Kerala in a move to stop the spread of the Nipah virus, which has already caused two deaths. At least seven villages in the Kozhikode district were declared as containment zones, Kerala Health Minister Veena George also explained.

  • Wednesday, September 13th 2023 - 10:44 UTC

    Libyan storm: Death toll reaches 5,300 and 10,000 people are missing

    People had to resort to rudimentary means to retrieve bodies and pull survivors from the mud

    The latest reports from civil war-torn Libya speak of more than 5,300 casualties left by Storm Daniel, in addition to more than 7,000 people treated for injuries and around 10,000 still missing. It is the worst natural disaster to hit this part of the country since the 1963 earthquake in the city of Al Marj.

  • Wednesday, September 13th 2023 - 10:41 UTC

    Russia's war on Ukraine deserves condemnation, Uruguayan Defense Minister says

    Latin America must condemn the human rights in Ukraine since the Russian invasion, García said

    Uruguayan Defense Minister Javier García Tuesday suggested in Buenos Aires that the II Latin American and Caribbean Conference on United Nations Peace Operations should condemn Russia's military deployment in Ukraine.

  • Tuesday, September 12th 2023 - 10:05 UTC

    FDA approves latest Covid-19 vaccines

    “This decision comes at a time when Covid-19 cases are once again climbing,” Bourla said

    The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the latest versions of COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna which target newer variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, it was announced Monday. However, this time around, the US federal government is not covering the costs of the shots. The full price is expected to range between US$ 110 and US$ 130 per dose, it was reported.

  • Tuesday, September 12th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    China foreign trade remains sluggish with world demand weak

    China is also Brazil’s most important trade partner. Apart from a brief rebound in March and April, China’s exports — long a driving force for growth — have been in constant decline since October.

    China’s exports and imports sank again in August, data showed, as the world’s second-largest economy struggles with sluggish global demand and a wider slowdown. However, the pace of contraction slowed from the previous month and was not as bad as feared.

  • Tuesday, September 12th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    Fears of another outbreak of Covid 19 in Europe this coming winter

    Two new variants of the virus are on the rise worldwide. One of them is BA.2.86, also known as Pirola, WHO has classified as a “variant under monitoring.”

    The COVID-19 pandemic is officially over and the World Health Organization has declared it finished. Other news items have long superseded the coronavirus in the headlines. But in several European mainland countries, there is concern since the number of recorded infections has been rising in recent weeks