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Montevideo, December 24th 2024 - 01:04 UTC

International

  • Wednesday, September 25th 2024 - 01:40 UTC

    Falklands support of new cooperation agreement between UK and Argentina

    Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Argentine Foreign Affairs minister Diana Mondino

    On Tuesday, 24th September, following a meeting of Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Argentine foreign affairs minister Diana Mondino at the United Nations, Falklands openly supported the new era of constructive cooperation between UK and Argentina and released the following,

  • Wednesday, September 25th 2024 - 00:18 UTC

    Smart ways to make the most of online promotions and discounts

    Photo: Freepik

    In today’s digital age, online promotions and discounts are everywhere, offering consumers the chance to save on everything from daily essentials to luxury items. However, not all promotions are created equal. Understanding how to navigate these offers can help you maximize the benefits while avoiding pitfalls.

  • Tuesday, September 24th 2024 - 20:43 UTC

    Lula wants permanent UN Security Council seats for Africa and Latin America

    The absence of Africa and Latin America from the UN's Security Council is a remnant of colonialist practices, Lula underlined

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Tuesday opened the 79th United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York with a speech focused on the Security Council's shortcomings in the face of recent global events and called for a permanent seat on the body for Latin America as well as for Africa while insisting that such an omission was “an unacceptable echo of the domination practices of the colonial past.” Today, only the United States, Russia, China, France, and the United Kingdom are permanent members, and all of them have veto powers.

  • Tuesday, September 24th 2024 - 15:50 UTC

    Use of unauthorized suicide capsule sparks controversy in Switzerland

    The Sarco capsule is purple because it is “the color of dignity,” The Last Resort states on its website.

    Authorities in the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen arrested a group of people Tuesday in connection with the first-time unsanctioned use of the assisted suicide capsule known as Sarco, with which a 64-year-old American woman took her own life. Although assisted suicide is permitted in the country under certain conditions, prosecutors fear that these requirements had not been met.

  • Tuesday, September 24th 2024 - 10:35 UTC

    Busy days for Falklands delegation at the stand in Labour's Conference Liverpool

    A flurry of activity and visits at the Falkland Islands stand at the Labour Party Convention taking place in Liverpool with Members of the Legislative Assembly Leona Roberts and Mark Pollard as hosts with the support from staff of the Falklands Government Office in London.

  • Tuesday, September 24th 2024 - 09:59 UTC

    Brazil condemns Israel's onslaught against Hezbollah in Lebanon

    The Brazilian Embassy in Beirut continues to provide assistance and guidance to the local Brazilian community, Itamaraty underlined

    Brazil's Foreign Ministry condemned “in the strongest terms” Israel's deployment into parts of Lebanese territory Monday which left 492 people dead and 1,645 wounded. Itamaraty also deplored Tel Aviv's declarations in favor of the military operations urging “Lebanese civilians to evacuate their homes in those regions” as people fleeing southern Lebanon caused traffic jams.

  • Monday, September 23rd 2024 - 08:55 UTC

    LNG project to go on with or without Petronas, YPF CEO says

    Local media are mentioning a 95% probability that the Malayan company would back down due to a slump in expectations

    Argentina's State-run oil company YPF CEO Horacio Marín admitted that the highly-announced US$ 30 billion joint Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) venture with Malaysia's Petronas in Patagonia would go ahead despite the Asian partner's alleged intention to withdraw from it.

  • Monday, September 23rd 2024 - 08:29 UTC

    Bluetongue virus, BTV 3, has spread to the whole of South East England

    DEFRA announced on Saturday that 'high risk' and 'control' zones previously set up in the UK had been merged and extended.

    As more cases were found temporary restriction zones have been brought in to help stem the spread of the bluetongue virus (BTV-3), some 95 cases, which now cover the whole of the South East England.

  • Monday, September 23rd 2024 - 08:16 UTC

    UK Forces News, Armed Forces alert to the new kind of warfare

    Defense Secretary John Healey said he was confident in the kit the Armed Forces are equipped with. “Really what has been going on is still emerging – unique circumstances in Lebanon.”

    The triggering of hundreds of pagers to kill or maim members of the militant group Hezbollah has raised concerns about the UK's own military supply chain and the use of smart-phones.

  • Monday, September 23rd 2024 - 08:14 UTC

    Exploding pagers, what do we know what really happened

    To maximize the damage, Mossad reportedly sent a message alert to the pagers less than a minute before the actual “explode” command

    By Gwynne Dyer

    The exploding pagers that killed at least 12 people and injured 2 800 others in Lebanon and adjacent places on Tuesday were mostly just a new wrinkle on the exploding cell-phones that Israel has used to assassinate its opponents in the past, but there was one major innovation.