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Montevideo, May 23rd 2025 - 20:28 UTC

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  • Monday, May 12th 2025 - 11:19 UTC

    France to resume parliamentary debate on assisted dying

    French Guiana could join Colombia as the only other place in South America allowing euthanasia

    France's Parliament is expected to resume this week the discussion on whether to legalize euthanasia or any other form of “dignified dying,” with two main bills on the table, one focusing on palliative care and the other seeking to move forward with assisted suicide. The debate had been halted in June when President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly.

  • Monday, May 12th 2025 - 10:56 UTC

    Falklands and Antarctica in the World Longest 301-Day Cruise scheduled 2027

    Prices for Oceanview Villas start at just US$ 38,799, or under US$ 129 per day per person (double occupancy).

    The longest 301-day world voyage across five continents and over 100 countries will be launched in November 2027 points out the Residential cruise line Villa Vie Residences.

  • Monday, May 12th 2025 - 10:54 UTC

    Colombia grants asylum to former Panamanian President Martinelli

    Martinelli had been sheltering at the Nicaraguan Embassy for over a year

    Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014), sentenced to over 10 years in prison for money laundering and bribery in the Odebrecht case, was granted political asylum by Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Saturday.

  • Monday, May 12th 2025 - 10:39 UTC

    Lula kicking off Beijing tour with meetings with businesspeople

    Lula is to sign at least 16 agreements with China this week

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is to meet Monday with executives from two major Chinese companies. Later in the day, he is to hold an encounter with representatives from the health sector and sign a series of agreements before closing the Brazil-China seminar. He is currently in Beijing on an official visit to strengthen business ties.

  • Monday, May 12th 2025 - 10:30 UTC

    Sweden: Top security adviser lasts 30 minutes on the job after intimate dating app pics surface

    Thyberg admitted he should have told the Government about having posted those pictures

    Sweden’s newly appointed national security adviser and former ambassador to Ukraine, Tobias Thyberg, resigned minutes after taking office following the leak of “sensitive” photos from an old Grindr same-sex dating app profile. “I should have informed [the government], but I didn’t,” Thyberg admitted.

  • Monday, May 12th 2025 - 10:21 UTC

    Given Paraguay's trade deficit with China, opportunities such as UAE sought

    UAE investors are interested in expanding the Silvio Pettirossi Airport

    Paraguay trade experts warned this weekend, citing official data from the Central Bank of Paraguay (BCP) that 37.6% of the country's imports in the first quarter of 2025 stemmed from China, where very little is placed: 0.3% of sales abroad, as a result of Asunción's stance towards Taiwan, which prevents any direct trade with Beijing.

  • Friday, May 9th 2025 - 14:51 UTC

    Venezuela seeks support from Russia and China amid economic crisis

    Venezuela’s economic crisis is worsening, with inflation expected to reach nearly 200% in 2025

    Venezuela is turning to its geopolitical allies, Russia and China, to counter a deepening economic crisis, as the South American nation faces dwindling oil revenues, runaway inflation, and a severe currency devaluation.

  • Friday, May 9th 2025 - 11:20 UTC

    Trump congratulates Prevost on becoming the first US-born Pope

    Trump said he looked forward to meeting Leo XIV

    US President Donald Trump congratulated Robert Francis Prevost Martinez on being the first American-born pope, who chose to be known as Leo XIV. Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago native, was praised by Trump on Truth Social as a great honor for the country.

  • Friday, May 9th 2025 - 11:10 UTC

    Lula and Russia's Victory Day celebrations

    From Moscow Lula will be traveling to Beijing (Pic REUTERS)

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had a special seat in Moscow's civil-military parade celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. The event, known as Victory Day, marks the unconditional surrender of the Germans in 1945.

  • Thursday, May 8th 2025 - 23:58 UTC

    Sir Attenborough at 99: “The most important place on Earth is not on land, but at sea”

    Sir David during his first scuba dive in Australia in 1957

    Sir David Attenborough is launching what he says is one of the most important films of his career as he enters his hundredth year. He believes his new, cinema-length film Ocean could play a decisive role in saving biodiversity and protecting the planet from climate change, according to a report in BBC. Sir David, who will be 99 this Thursday, says: ”After almost 100 years on the planet, I now understand the most important place on Earth is not on land, but at sea.