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Montevideo, July 2nd 2025 - 04:25 UTC

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  • Tuesday, February 21st 2023 - 08:33 UTC

    New quake in Türkiye, Syria leaves at least 6 dead

    With thousands of buildings still unusable and likely to collapse, the search for victims is a precarious undertaking

    At least 6 people have been reported dead and more than 760 injured after two new earthquakes measuring 6.4 and 5.8 on the Richter scale hit the Turkish province of Hatay, one of the most affected by the Feb. 6 tremors where 41,020 victims lost their lives. Numerous aftershocks were also recorded Monday.

  • Monday, February 20th 2023 - 10:08 UTC

    Brazil has deja-vu feelings about Suriname riots

    President Chan Santokhi Sunday called on his fellow citizens to return to work

    The Brazilian government of President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Siva condemned during the weekend Friday's events in Paramaribo, Suriname, where scores of rioters stormed the Congress building in an episode that somehow echoed the Jan. 8 events in Brasilia.

  • Saturday, February 18th 2023 - 10:51 UTC

    US kills yet another ISIS leader

    Three US troops and a dog are being treated at a medical facility in Iraq after the helicopter mission

    The Government of the United States Friday announced the killing of Hamza al-Hosi, a senior leader of the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria, in a joint operation with Kurdish-led local democratic forces in which 4 US troops and a dog were injured by an on-target explosion, according to the US Army Central Command (CENTCOM).

  • Saturday, February 18th 2023 - 10:16 UTC

    Survival: Trio rescued after 13 days trapped in rubble

    The 7.8 magnitude earthquake has left more than 41,000 people dead in Turkey and neighboring Syria

    Three people, including a child, were found alive under rubble Saturday in Turkey's southern Hatay province, 13 days after the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6, local media reported.

  • Friday, February 17th 2023 - 09:22 UTC

    Lula, von der Leyen discuss Mercosur deal and deforestation

    Von der Leyen would be most welcome in Brazil, Lula said

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva discussed Thursday the Mercosur agreement with European Union (EU) President Ursula von der Leyen in a telephone conversation during which both leaders also reviewed the South American country's fight against deforestation, it was reported.

  • Friday, February 17th 2023 - 08:05 UTC

    Massa holds meeting with Indian Ambassador in Buenos Aires

    Massa and Bhatia discussed next month's meeting of G-20 economy ministers among other issues

    Argentina's Economy Minister Sergio Massa Thursday met with India's Ambassador to Buenos Aires Dinesh Bhatia to discuss the South American country's participation in the G-20 economic meeting and move forward in the use of local currencies for bilateral trade.

  • Thursday, February 16th 2023 - 20:54 UTC

    Ecuador and Peru fighting a losing battle with China on giant squid fishing in the southeast Pacific

    The squid catch has increased: in the last five years alone, between 800,000 tons and 1.16 million tons have been caught. China has a declared fleet of 671 ships.

    Giant squid, squid or Dosidicus gigas, measures up to 3 meters in length and can reach 50 kilos in weight. It is one of the main species of the southeastern Pacific Ocean and at the same time it is one of the species with the greatest commercial pressure in the world. Thousands of tons are extracted every month, a large part, from the international waters located off the seas of Ecuador, Peru and Chile. The main player behind that voracious appetite is China: it has a declared fleet of 671 ships.

  • Thursday, February 16th 2023 - 12:18 UTC

    Multicultural Falklands organizing 'multicultural takeaway' in support of humanitarian needs in Turkey and Syria

    The Multicultural takeaway will be receiving orders for their service offering a range of delicacies, representing the cuisines of the many nationalities that make the Falklands community.

    Generous Falkland Islands are again organizing to aid human tragedy, this time to collect funds to help with the recovery of the tragic earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria, with an estimated loss of plus 41,000 lives and millions of dollars as hundreds of thousands were left homeless with the collapse of hundreds of buildings.

  • Thursday, February 16th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

    First shipment of Paraguayan pork lands in Taiwan

    Taiwanese consumers pay more than other Asian buyers for Paraguayan pork

    Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benítez headed a delegation from the South American country visiting Taiwan to celebrate the arrival of the first pork shipment to that Asian market. Marking the occasion a ceremony was held in Taipei on Wednesday during which attendees could taste the new product as local businessmen pledged to increase imports shortly.

  • Thursday, February 16th 2023 - 09:24 UTC

    “The Falklands are and will remain British,” MPs from the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme

    Members of the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme with most of the elected members of the Legislative Assembly.

    Rob Butler MP, Conservative MP for Aylesbury, and Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP Labour for Slough are in the Falklands as part of the UK Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme, a program ongoing for more than thirty years with the purpose of better-educating Members of the House of Commons, the House of Lords and others in military matters.