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Montevideo, July 6th 2025 - 00:14 UTC

International

  • Friday, November 29th 2024 - 10:57 UTC

    France's Parliament gives thumbs down to EU-Mercosur FTA

    France's Senate joined the Lower House in an unusual display of consensus in an otherwise politically divided country

    France's Parliament was unusually united this week in rejecting the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), thus yielding to protests from local farmers who fear unfair competition. The Senate gave its thumbs down Thursday, just one day after the Lower House did the same by 484 votes against 70.

  • Friday, November 29th 2024 - 10:18 UTC

    Falklands Argos Group receives freezer trawler to catch squid

    300 guests attended the launch of Orion Fishing Company’s new 85-metre Argos Berbés at the Nodosa Shipyard

    Just a few weeks after the delivery of Prion to its Spanish-Falklands joint venture owners, the Nodosa Shipyard in Marín has delivered a second 85-metre freezer trawler designed to catch squid in the South Atlantic.

  • Friday, November 29th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

    Colombia says more time needed for visas with UK

    The time before Christmas is not the best to implement the visa requirement, Ambassador Barreras argued

    Colombia's Ambassador to the United Kingdom Roy Barreras asked Home Secretary Yvette Cooper for a meeting to postpone the application of the visa requirement saying it was highly untimely to set it into force ahead of the Christmas Holidays.

  • Friday, November 29th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

    Schmidt Ocean Institute will explore South Atlantic Ocean in 2025

    The Institute’s research vessel, the Falcor(too), will map the waters surrounding the Antarctic Peninsula in the Bellingshausen Sea in early 2025.

    The California based Schmidt Ocean Institute (*) has announced its 2025 expedition schedule will take it to the South Atlantic Ocean, including Antarctica, South Georgia, Patagonian shelf, Mar del Plata and Uruguay.

  • Thursday, November 28th 2024 - 21:19 UTC

    De Moraes says there is no such thing as self-regulation of social media

    Social media are “a monetized business,” De Moraes argued

    Brazil's Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre De Moraes said Thursday that the Jan. 8, 2023, uprising in the country's capital proved that self-regulation of social networks does not work as its defenders claim it does. The magistrate spoke of the system's “bankruptcy” as the STF resumed reviewing the liability of companies operating social networks for the content posted by users, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Thursday, November 28th 2024 - 10:23 UTC

    Latin American Forum of Ideas 2024 kicking off in Asunción

    Former Uruguayan President Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera will be among the event's attendees, it was announced

    Former Presidents and experts in various fields are to convene on Thursday and Friday at Asunción's Sheraton Hotel for the Latin American Ideas Forum (FLI) 2024, a space for innovation and international cooperation under the motto “Connecting the present with the future of Latin America”.

  • Thursday, November 28th 2024 - 00:12 UTC

    Online entertainment in France and its economic impacts

    Photo: Freepik

    Much has changed over the last decade regarding online entertainment in France. The growth of on-demand streaming, online gaming, video and music platforms, and the creation of digital content and virtual casinos have altered customer behavior and brought substantial value propositions. This review focuses on identifying the main trends promoting this shift, the role of these industries in France economy, France economy problems, and the legal framework.

  • Wednesday, November 27th 2024 - 09:29 UTC

    Colombia and UK instate reciprocal visa requirement

    The UK lifted the need for visas for Colombians on Nov. 9, 2022, but backtracked due to an increase in irregular migration

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced Tuesday that his country would require tourist visas for UK nationals effective immediately in reciprocity for London's decision to reinstate the condition for citizens of the South American country.

  • Wednesday, November 27th 2024 - 08:57 UTC

    Netanyahu announces 60-day truce with Hezbollah

    Netanyahu deemed this decision appropriate to focus on the Iranian threat while renewing Israel's forces and targeting Hamas

    Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday a 60-day ceasefire in Lebanon with Hezbollah. However, his country will maintain “freedom of action” if the understanding is violated.

  • Wednesday, November 27th 2024 - 08:15 UTC

    UK’s BAE Systems testing a new autonomous underwater vehicle

    Called Herne, it is based on a commercial vehicle that is being developed for naval use, it is centered on BAE's Nautomate autonomous military control system.

    For the last eight weeks, BAE Systems has been testing a new extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle at a secret testing harbor on the UK south coast. Called Herne, it is like a small submarine, which can operate using its inbuilt systems without any human input.