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  • Wednesday, September 24th 2025 - 10:35 UTC

    Additional financial help for Argentina announced

    Caputo thanked the World Bank for its efforts

    Following meetings in the United States, including the one between President Javier Milei and his US colleague Donald Trump, the South American country has secured significant financial support from international agencies.

  • Wednesday, September 24th 2025 - 10:30 UTC

    Activist target livestock shipments from Montevideo to Israel

    Uruguay is receiving “blood-stained” money for these transactions, they claimed

    Protesters demonstrated this week at the port of Montevideo to object to the shipment of live cattle to Israel. The joint effort by the Coordination for Palestine and the Maritime Port Coordination argued that it was improper to feed the country perpetrating a genocide in the Gaza Strip.

  • Wednesday, September 24th 2025 - 09:17 UTC

    Trump underscores Europe's failures on immigration and energy

    “The immigration and their suicidal energy ideas will be the death of Western Europe,” Trump warned

    US President Donald Trump stressed during his speech at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday that other countries' policies on immigration and energy were “destroying a large part of the free world” and causing nations to “go to hell.”

  • Wednesday, September 24th 2025 - 08:55 UTC

    Chile launches Bachelet's candidacy for UN top position

    Boric described Bachelet as “a figure capable of building bridges”

    During his message before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font officially nominated former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet as a candidate for the next UN Secretary-General.

  • Wednesday, September 24th 2025 - 00:55 UTC

    The Quiet Power of Unpredictability in South America

    South America holds a lesson that goes beyond its borders

    If you live in South America, you know that you can't be sure of anything. Living here has its own beat. It may be rough and crazy, but it never is boring. As you grow up, you know tomorrow can be very different from today. You could lose everything you have in weeks due to inflation, acquire a new president overnight, or see a flood cover up a whole valley. It does wear you out, but it also makes you tougher in a way that seems to be odd in this part of the world.

  • Tuesday, September 23rd 2025 - 10:47 UTC

    Middle East: Lula favors two-state solution

    Lula wants the restoration of the 1967 borders

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva spoke in favor of the coexistence of Palestine and Israel during his speech on Monday at the second session of the High-Level International Conference for the Peaceful Resolution of the Palestinian Question and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution convened by France and Saudi Arabia.

  • Tuesday, September 23rd 2025 - 09:54 UTC

    Paraguayan President has busy agenda in NY ahead of UN conference

    Peña is scheduled to speak before the UN on Wednesday

    During his trip to the United States ahead of the 80th United Nations General Assembly, which starts Tuesday in New York, Paraguayan President Santiago Peña held a series of strategic meetings to boost his country's international standing

  • Tuesday, September 23rd 2025 - 00:22 UTC

    Datingsmatch Lists The Top 5 Relationship Priorities That Matter Most

    Trust is the foundation of any quality relationship

    Building and maintaining a meaningful relationship is more than shared moments and mutual attraction. While every individual and couple may have unique needs, certain priorities consistently surface as the foundation for healthy, fulfilling connections.

  • Monday, September 22nd 2025 - 23:29 UTC

    WMO Bulletin shows 2024 recovery of ozone layer, on 40th anniversary of UN Vienna Convention

    “Forty years ago, nations came together to take the first step in protecting the ozone layer, guided by science, united in action,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

    The World Meteorological Organization Bulletin, WMO, reported that the low level of ozone depletion observed in 2024 was partly due to naturally occurring atmospheric factors, which drive year-to-year fluctuations. However, the long-term positive trend reflects the success of concerted international action.

  • Monday, September 22nd 2025 - 23:10 UTC

    France joins list of countries recognizing Palestine as a State

    Macron said that a two-state solution would bring peace to the Middle East

    The French Government of President Emmanuel Macron officially recognized Palestine's statehood on Monday, following similar decisions by the UK, Canada, Australia, and Portugal the day before. The move was announced at a summit on the two-state solution hosted by France and Saudi Arabia, which was boycotted by both the US and Israel.