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Montevideo, December 13th 2025 - 01:21 UTC

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  • Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 18:18 UTC

    US shuts doors on foreigners from 19 “high-risk” countries

    Haiti, Venezuela, and Cuba are among the countries affected by the USCIS measure

    The US Government of President Donald Trump announced this week a pause on the processing of immigration applications for nationals from 19 countries, while simultaneously initiating a review of asylum and immigration cases approved under the previous administration of Joseph Biden.

  • Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 11:16 UTC

    Brazil clinches export clearances with Philippines, Guatemala, and Nicaragua

    The new deals fell within Brazil's strategy of diversifying exports

    Brazilian authorities have completed negotiations with the Philippines, Guatemala, and Nicaragua to expand agricultural exports to these countries after reaching an understanding on sanitary and phytosanitary requirements.

  • Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 03:18 UTC

    AIHomeworkHelper Review: What We Learned From Testing It

    AIHomeworkHelper works like a private tutor that never gets tired and doesn’t mind repeating a concept until it clicks

    Some homework problems make you stop and wonder if the topic has quietly changed while you weren’t looking. You try a few steps, reread the instructions, and still end up stuck. That’s usually when you start searching for something (anything) that can make the task feel doable.

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  • Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    A woman from Arab Emirates will be leading the UN agency for Tourism

    The appointment of Al Nowais as the new Secretary-General for the term 2026-2029 was the highlight of the first day of the UN Tourism General Assembly

    Ms. Al Shaikha Nowais from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be the first woman to lead the United Nations Specialized Agency for tourism in its 50-year history. She will begin her term at the start of 2026, having gained significant experience in the private sector, most notably as Corporate Vice President at Rotana Hotels.

  • Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Anniversary of the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 8 December 1914

    The wreck was located upright on the seabed, around 100 miles southeast from Stanley

    The Falkland Islands Government has announced that following the centenary commemoration of the great naval battle and defeat of the Imperial German navy, held in 2014, both the Royal Navy and the Royal British Legion globally concluded the practice of marking the 8th December as a separate remembrance event.

  • Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 09:48 UTC

    Ho Chi Minh to be honored at Montevideo's port

    Ho Chi Minh's controversial history is the root of controversy in Montevideo

    Uruguay's National Port Administration (ANP) has authorized the installation of a commemorative plaque honoring the late Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh in the main hall of Montevideo's fluviomaritime passenger terminal.

  • Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 09:46 UTC

    Lev Tahor sect members expelled from Colombia

    Had Lev Tahor settled in Colombia, authorities would have needed a search warrant, Arriero noted

    The Colombian government on Monday expelled nine adult members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect Lev Tahor and placed 17 minors associated with the group into the protective custody of US authorities, following an international alert regarding the safety of the children.

  • Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 00:20 UTC

    Best Site to Sell CSGO and CS2 Skins in Latin America

    LATAM players face higher scam risk due to large trading communities on Discord, Facebook, and local marketplaces. Follow these safety rules

    The Counter-Strike skin market has exploded across Latin America in recent years. From Brazil and Argentina to Mexico, Chile, Colombia, and Peru, millions of players participate in a massive digital economy built around skins, cases, and trading. With the transition from CSGO to CS2, this market has only grown stronger – and so has the demand for fast, secure, and reliable platforms to sell skins for real money.

  • Monday, December 1st 2025 - 18:21 UTC

    Falklands celebrates success of JMC week of discussions with UK and OTs officials

    Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper and Overseas Territories Stephen Doughty, front line, with OTs delegates. Richard Hyslop in second row

    Both hosts and participants underlined the success of the recent Join Ministerial Council 2925 held in London and which brings together UK ministers and officials with Overseas Territories’ representatives.

  • Monday, December 1st 2025 - 18:04 UTC

    “Threats to British Overseas Territories are deemed to be a threat to the UK”

    The Falklands team that participated at the JMC conferences and events in London, together with Governor Colin Martin-Reynolds CMG

    The UK and Overseas Territories reaffirm the importance of respecting and promoting the right of self-determination for the peoples of the Territories, and “recognize that threats to the Overseas Territories are deemed to be a threat to the UK”, so reads the Joint Ministerial Council, JMC, communique chapter on “Security, Sovereignty and Resilience”, made public last week following November’s meeting in London.