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Montevideo, December 5th 2025 - 05:13 UTC

International

  • Saturday, February 22nd 2025 - 19:17 UTC

    Body of Shiri Bibas handed over at last

    Shiri Bibas was murdered in captivity after being abducted during the October 7 massacre

    The pro-Palestine terrorist organization Hamas finally handed over the body of dual Israeli-Argentine national Shiri Bibas (née Silberman) who was killed early into the conflict stemming from the Oct. 7, 2023, raids from Gaza in which hundreds of Israelis were slaughtered and many others taken hostage. The L. Greenberg Institute of Forensic Medicine at Abu Kabir confirmed Saturday that the remains transferred to Israel on Friday night belong to Shiri Bibas, following extensive testing. The corpses of her two children had already been delivered alongside those of peace activist Oded Lifschitz and a woman originally believed to be Shiri but later determined to be someone else by forensics analysts.

  • Saturday, February 22nd 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Appointment of Argentine Ambassador to London causes stir among 1982 war veterans

    Mariana Plaza, Veterans of the 1982 War warned they would be on alert given the diplomat's appointment

    The Argentine Government's decision to promote Chargé d'Affaires Mariana Plaza to Ambassador in London has caused a stir among veterans of the 1982 South Atlantic War given the diplomat's stance in favor of dropping the country's sovereignty claims over the Malvinas/Falkland Islands.

  • Friday, February 21st 2025 - 10:30 UTC

    Body handed over not that of Shiri Bibas, post mortem reveals

    After the forensics results, the question lingers: Where is Shiri Bibas?

    Israeli authorities reported later Thursday that the body believed to be that of dual Argentine citizen Shiri Bibas (née Silberman) was not hers, while the other three caskets handed over by the pro-Palestine terrorist organization Hamas did contain the cadavers it claimed to hold.

  • Friday, February 21st 2025 - 09:43 UTC

    No signs of imminent IMF disbursement after Milei meets with Georgieva

    The IMF told Milei it was concerned about certain policies undertaken by the Argentine government

    Argentine President Javier Milei met Thursday with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in Washington, D.C., to discuss the South American country's stabilization and growth plan and advance negotiations for a new loan.

  • Thursday, February 20th 2025 - 19:58 UTC

    Spanish Labor Minister announces tour of Argentina and Uruguay

    Díaz will seek to spread a progressive international agenda during her trip

    Spain's Labor Minister and Second Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Díaz will be touring Argentina and Uruguay later this month to attend Yamandú Orsi's inauguration in Montevideo on March 1, among other engagements, her office in Madrid announced Thursday.

  • Thursday, February 20th 2025 - 17:31 UTC

    Hamas hands over bodies of Argentine national and her two children

    The Bibas family became a symbol of what Hamas terrorists are capable of

    Israeli authorities confirmed Thursday that the four bodies handed over by the pro-Palestine terrorist organization Hamas to the Red Cross belonged to Argentine national Shiri Bibas (née Silberman) and her two children, Ariel and Kafir, who were 9 months and 4 years old at the time of their abduction on Oct. 7, 2023. Yarden Bibas, Shiri’s husband and the children’s father, was released on February 1, 2025, as part of the ceasefire. The fourth victim was Oded Lifshitz, an 84-year-old Israeli who had long fought for an understanding between the two peoples but was eventually “betrayed” by the Palestinians, according to his wife, who was released by Hamas 16 days after the incursion. All five had been kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz.

  • Wednesday, February 19th 2025 - 15:19 UTC

    Pod of 157 false killer whales stranded in Tasmania; most died and survivors have to be euthanized

    A large number of false killer whales stranded on a remote Tasmanian beach. Image / Parks and Wildlife

    Australian authorities have confirmed that 67 of the 157 false killer whales stranded on a remote beach on Tasmania’s West Coast overnight Tuesday/Wednesday have died. Parks and Wildlife’s Shelley Graham said on Wednesday afternoon that the surviving whales remain in “unfavorable” conditions, with attempts to refloat two of them unsuccessful, meaning euthanasia is a strong solution.

  • Wednesday, February 19th 2025 - 15:12 UTC

    Two female King Penguins, German born, join Birdland Park in Gloucestershire

    A colony of King Penguins at Volunteer Point, Falklands (Pîc D. Pettersson)

    Two female King penguins arrived last week at Birdland Park and Gardens in Bourton-on-the-Water in the Cotswolds, in Gloucestershire. The pair hatched in Wuppertal, Germany, in 2021 and 2023 and are believed to be the first female king penguins to be imported to the UK in 15 years. The Birdland Park hopes to boost its breeding program of King Penguins.

  • Wednesday, February 19th 2025 - 15:02 UTC

    UK January inflation climbs to 3%; Bank of England anticipates ‘bumpy road’ ahead

    Bank of England policymakers are hopeful that we are in a “hump” and that inflation will fall back to target.

    The UK rate of inflation reached 3% in January, from 2.5% in December, higher than forecasts and with the Bank of England anticipating a “bumpy road” ahead. Forecasts are that it will hit 3.7% later in the year and moving even further away from the Bank's 2% target.

  • Wednesday, February 19th 2025 - 13:06 UTC

    Caricom Conference opening in Barbados

    “I reaffirm the Commonwealth's commitment to continue working with the region to address its unique challenges,” the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, said

    The 48th regular meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) is starting in Barbados Wednesday under the theme “Strength in Unity: Building Caribbean Resilience, Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development.”