International

• Wednesday, May 25th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  UK/Uruguay joint statement reaffirms strong relationship and commitments

  

  The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Rt. Hon. Boris Johnson MP, and the President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Dr Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou, met on 23 May.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2022 - 09:39 UTC

  China needs no teachers telling it how to defend human rights, Xi says

  

  Chinese President Xi Jinping and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet met virtually Wednesday ahead of the former Chilean President's visit to areas mentioned in recent reports where an alleged “genocide” has been perpetrated.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2022 - 09:05 UTC

  US, Japan and ten more nations establish the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework

  

  United States President Joe Biden established a new trade agreement with 12 Indo-Pacific countries to strengthen economic relations in the region. The announcement was made Monday at a press conference following a meeting between Biden and the Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida.

• Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 10:33 UTC

  UK Foreign office releases paper on Business Risks in Uruguay

  

  Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou is currently on a four-day visit to Great Britain, invited by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. According to Uruguayan officials, the main purpose of the visit is to promote trade and investments and reinforce the strong historic ties between the two countries.

• Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 10:25 UTC

  Investing elsewhere too easy for Argentine entrepreneurs

  

  Argentine entrepreneurial migrants who seek a better future elsewhere prefer Uruguay, Paraguay, Bahamas, and Portugal to start anew, it was reported.

• Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 10:14 UTC

  New Darwin Plus Initiative funding for Falklands' New Island Nature Reserve

  

  Threatened species across the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) are set to benefit from £6.4 million in government funding announced on Monday 23 May. Green turtles and the West Indian whistling duck are just some of the species that will be boosted by a share of the Darwin Plus Initiative. Likewise Falklands' New Island Nature Reserve and Peatlands.

• Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 10:09 UTC

  Guess where consumers' choice best gin in the world comes from?

  

  Which brand is the best gin, and where is it made? Believe it or not, Chile according to the latest SIP Awards, the only internationally recognized consumer judging spirits competition.

• Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Argentine Air Force tests JF-17 warplanes

  

  A delegation of Argentine Air Force (FAA) officers has visited China's National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC) to further evaluate that country's JF-17 Thunder jets for a possible purchase.

• Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  Eichmann audios recorded in Argentina to be released

  

  An Israeli documentary to be released shortly features voice recordings of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, who was captured by the Mossad in the early 1960s in San Fernando, north of Buenos Aires, Argentina, it was reported.

• Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Biden on Asian tour amid growing military threats from China, N.Korea

  

  US President Joseph Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met Monday at Tokyo's State House to discuss their two countries' joint deterrence and response capabilities in case of a military conflict involving China, which has sent dozens of warplanes into Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone in recent weeks.