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  • Wednesday, April 30th 2025 - 07:27 UTC

    Youth Mobility Scheme for Uruguayan and British citizens starting 2025

    The Youth Mobility poster; Uruguay was the first country in South America to join the program

    In 2025, 500 British and 500 Uruguayan nationals aged 18 to 30 years old will be able to experience life and culture in each other’s country for up to 2 years, as established in the agreement that came into effect in both countries on 31 January 2024.

  • Wednesday, April 30th 2025 - 07:19 UTC

    Darwin Plus funding, Falklands raises the issue on every possible call with UK officials

    “There are projects in limbo at the moment while people are waiting to hear what the future of Darwin and Darwin plus are,” pointed out MLA Roberts

    Amid concerns that the Darwin Plus funding for Overseas Territories could be cut, Falkland Islands lawmaker MLA Leona Roberts, underlined that key environmental funding is “always on the agenda of the Falklands”.

  • Wednesday, April 30th 2025 - 07:02 UTC

    Canadian Liberals retain office with Trump’s annexation threat ‘help’; Carney congratulated by Sir Starmer

    Mark Carney, the former chair of the Bank of England during a recent visit to 10 Downing Street to meet with Sir Keir Starmer

    Canadian Liberals led by PM Mark Carney, and with the help from Trump’s annexation threats, have retained office on Monday’s election, although a minority government, three short from a majority. Liberals managed 169 seats, Conservatives 144 out of a total 343 in the House of Commons.

  • Tuesday, April 29th 2025 - 20:31 UTC

    Cardinal Becciu agrees to step down from papal-choosing conclave

    Becciu had said he would be participating in the conclave, but now stepped down “for the good of the Church”

    Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, convicted of embezzlement in a Vatican financial scandal involving a luxury London property, agreed Tuesday to Pope Francis' decision to exclude him from the upcoming conclave starting May 7, 2025, despite initially asserting his right to participate. Becciu, sentenced to five and a half years in prison for fraud and financial irregularities, retains his cardinal title and participates in pre-conclave meetings but will not vote in the election of the next pope.

  • Tuesday, April 29th 2025 - 10:53 UTC

    Canada: Carney's Liberals win elections, but will they form a majority gov't?

    Trump will never own us, Carney said (Pic EFE)

    Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal Party won Canada's federal election securing a fourth consecutive term, though it remains unclear if they achieved a majority government requiring 172 seats or will form a minority government reliant on other parties.

  • Tuesday, April 29th 2025 - 09:52 UTC

    Argentina releases Nazi-related documents online

    Mengele entered Argentina in 1949 under the name of Gregor Helmut. In 1956 he submitted his legalized birth certificate

    Argentina's General Archives (AGN) made available some 1,850 documents regarding Nazi activities in the country, including the presence of Josef Mengele, Erich Priebke and Adolf Eichmann. These files can now be accessed online at argentina.gob.ar/interior/archivo-general and include intelligence reports, photographs, and police records. Until now, the documents could only be accessed on site at the AGN headquarters.

  • Monday, April 28th 2025 - 14:49 UTC

    Mass power outage hits large parts of Europe

    Spanish and Portuguese authorities are holding emergency meetings to solve the crisis.

    A massive power outage struck the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) and has also affected Spain, Portugal, and some regions in France, Italy, and the UK, disrupting critical infrastructure including public transport, airports, telecommunications, and traffic systems.

  • Monday, April 28th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    IMF tightens the reins on Colombia

    Petro calls Georgieva “a vampire”

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) authorities were “vampires” who suspended his country's access to a US$ 8.1 billion flexible credit line on Saturday.

  • Monday, April 28th 2025 - 10:45 UTC

    Milei returns to BA after lunch with Meloni

    While attending the Pope's funeral, Milei had lunch with Meloni but almost no contact with any other world leader except Macron

    During his stay in Rome for Pope Francis' funeral, Argentine President Javier Milei had lunch with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and interacted briefly with other leaders such as French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte, but had no direct contact with US President Donald Trump, who had other priorities, like talking to Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky.

  • Monday, April 28th 2025 - 10:15 UTC

    Brazilian woman among 11 dead as SUV rams people at festival in Vancouver

    Kiara Salim was a 34-year-old musician from Rio de Janeiro who had been living in Canada for approximately three years

    A Brazilian woman was among the 11 fatalities left by a 30-year-old man with a history of mental health issues, who late Saturday drove an SUV into a crowd at the Filipino Lapu-Lapu Day festival in Vancouver, Canada, also injuring dozens.