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Montevideo, May 24th 2025 - 07:59 UTC

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  • Thursday, February 13th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    End of war in Ukraine nearer after Trump-Putin talks

    Trump and Putin agreed: they both want peace

    US President Donald Trump held a telephone conversation Wednesday with his Russian colleague President Vladimir Putin, with whom he discussed for over 90 minutes the idea of starting negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. Both leaders expressed their eagerness to end the conflict at the earliest opportunity possible.

  • Thursday, February 13th 2025 - 01:05 UTC

    UKOTs, including Falklands, in SAR workshop with exercise of cruise vessel incident

    The Overseas Territories SAR (OTSAR) Capability Project has been running since 2016 and began with reviews of SAR capabilities within the UK OTs.

    The annual SAR, workshop for UK Overseas Territories took place in Miami during the first week of February, with the purpose of sharing experiences and recognizing common challenges. The workshop was facilitated by HM Coastguard and funded by UK Government and referred to two main theatres of action, one involving a cruise ship and the other an aviation incident.

  • Wednesday, February 12th 2025 - 21:26 UTC

    January FAO Food Price Index down 1,6% from December but 6,2% higher year ago

    The FAO Vegetable Oil Price Index decreased by 5.6% from the previous month, reversing a recent increase, though it remained 24.9% higher than a year ago

    The FAO Food Price Index, the benchmark for world food commodity prices, declined in January, averaging 124.9 points during the month, down 1.6% from its December level. The drop was driven by significant decreases in the international quotations for vegetable oils and sugar, FAO reported.

  • Wednesday, February 12th 2025 - 18:22 UTC

    Last year was the deadliest for reporters, CPJ survey finds

    The organization claimed Israel accounted for over 70% of the casualties

    Over 70% of newspeople killed last year while on the job deaths were attributed to Israeli actions by a report released Wednesday by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Israel's Defense Forces (IDF) were said to have been behind the demise of 82 Palestinian journalists in Gaza and three in Lebanon.

  • Wednesday, February 12th 2025 - 15:41 UTC

    Arab League opposes Trump's plans for Gaza

    Displacing Palestinians from the Gaza Strip is “unacceptable,” Ahmed Abul Gheit said

    Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Abul Gheit spoke Wednesday during the World Governments Summit in Dubai against relocating the Palestinian population living in the Gaza Strip, as US President Donald Trump suggested earlier this month. Abul Gheit thus concurred with Jordan's King Abdullah II, who made similar remarks after talks with the Republican leader at the White House late Tuesday. Trump had suggested Jordan could be one of the destinations for the Gaza residents after the US takes it over.

  • Wednesday, February 12th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Brazil’s Finance Minister: Trump's tariffs damage global trade

    Haddad will discuss the matter deeper with representatives of Brazil's steel and aluminum sectors when he returns from his Feb.14-20 Middle East tour

    Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad stressed Tuesday that US President Donald Trump's decision to impose 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports was “counterproductive” to the global economy. “The global economy loses with this, with this retraction, with this de-globalization that is happening,” he added.

  • Wednesday, February 12th 2025 - 09:56 UTC

    Yamandú Orsi calls for tougher measures in Congo

    Pulling Uruguay from the Monusco force needs to be decided with all the elements on the table, Orsi argued

    Uruguay's President-elect Yamandú Orsi maintained Tuesday that the United Nations must do something concrete about the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where troops from the South American country are stationed as part of the international Monusco peacekeeping mission. “The United Nations Security Council has to take a firmer decision,” Orsi stressed.

  • Wednesday, February 12th 2025 - 00:01 UTC

    Interesting ways of random number generation

    Photo: PxHere

    Random number generation is a key part of cybersecurity and encryption, and it is applied to many apps used in everyday life, both for business and leisure.

  • Tuesday, February 11th 2025 - 19:26 UTC

    Taiwan largest market for Paraguayan pork exports

    Overall, Paraguayan pork shipments grew both in volume and revenue over the past year

    Taipei's Embassy in Asunción confirmed this week that Paraguay's pork exports to Taiwan grew by 108% last year, thus grabbing an 87% share of the South American country's shipments of the product, yielding revenues around US$ 29 million.

  • Tuesday, February 11th 2025 - 14:23 UTC

    Guterres wants Israel and Hamas to keep negotiating while Trump heralds hell in Gaza

    “We must avoid at all costs the resumption of hostilities,” Guterres said

    United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres Tuesday urged the terrorist group Hamas not to drop the plan to release Israeli hostages in exchange for convicted Palestinians. The Portuguese diplomat urged both sides of the conflict to avoid “hostilities” and carry on with the second stage of the ceasefire. Hamas had announced it would not abide by the deal after Israel allegedly violated the truce.