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Montevideo, February 5th 2026 - 07:55 UTC

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  • Monday, January 12th 2026 - 00:28 UTC

    How Does Technology Impact Student Learning Outcomes?

    Photo: Unsplash

    Walk into a modern classroom or open a student's laptop, and the shift is impossible to miss. Lecture recordings replace missed classes. AI tools suggest outlines. Digital platforms track progress in real time. Technology has quietly rewritten how learning happens, often without pausing to ask whether outcomes are actually improving.

  • Saturday, January 10th 2026 - 18:40 UTC

    Italian PM Giorgia Meloni given Margaret Thatcher Award by EU Conservatives

    The Italian PM addressing the New Direction Foundation when she was awarded the Margaret Thatcher Award

    “I am a soldier in the service of an idea,” Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on receiving the Margaret Thatcher Awards, an event in mid- December organized at the Roman Aquarium by New Direction, the think tank of the European Conservative and Reformist family.

  • Saturday, January 10th 2026 - 12:34 UTC

    FAO Food Price Index fell in December and also from its level a year ago

    Wheat and maize prices tended to rise but all rice fell sharply reflecting ample production and surpluses

    The benchmark for world food commodity prices fell in December compared to the previous month, as declines in dairy product, meat and vegetable oil quotations more than offset increases in those for cereals and sugar, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported in its latest release.

  • Saturday, January 10th 2026 - 10:24 UTC

    Trump wants Greenland at any cost

    If buying Greenland does not work, the military option is still on the table

    US President Donald Trump insisted on Friday that his administration needed to take effective control of Greenland because otherwise Moscow or Beijing would do it. “By hook or by crook,” Washington needs to prevent it from falling under the influence of Russia or China, Trump explained to reporters at the White House.

  • Friday, January 9th 2026 - 20:33 UTC

    EU-Mercosur deal to be signed in Asunción on Jan. 17

    Mercosur Presidents do not need to attend the signing, but they will most likely be there, Lubetkin foresaw

    The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and the European Union (EU) will be signed in Paraguay on Saturday, Jan. 17, Argentine Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno confirmed on Friday, following the decisive round of voting in Brussels, where France and its allies failed to reach the minimum number to topple the initiative.

  • Friday, January 9th 2026 - 20:12 UTC

    EU gives nod to Mercosur FTA despite fragmented France's rejection

    Von der Leyen will sign the treaty in Asunción on Monday

    A qualified majority of European Union (EU) member states voted Friday to approve the landmark Free Trade Agreement with the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). The decision marks a historic geopolitical shift, positioning the EU to counter rising US tariffs and Chinese competition, even as it ignites a firestorm of domestic unrest in France.

  • Friday, January 9th 2026 - 10:55 UTC

    It is all-or-nothing for EU-Mercosur FTA in Brussels

    If Italy votes “yes,” France will fail to reach the 35% needed o halt the initiative

    The feasibility of the long-awaited Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the Southern Common (Market) and the European Union (EU) seems to be just hours away from its all-or-nothing hour, as France, Poland, Hungary, and Ireland have confirmed they would vote against it.

  • Thursday, January 8th 2026 - 21:35 UTC

    How logistics and supply chain software Enhances Operational Efficiency

    Globalization, e-commerce growth, and rising customer expectations have reshaped supply chain management

    Operational efficiency has become a defining factor for success in modern logistics networks. As supply chains expand across regions, channels, and partners, managing operations through spreadsheets, emails, and disconnected tools creates delays, errors, and rising costs. Businesses now require smarter systems that bring speed, accuracy, and transparency into daily logistics workflows.

  • Thursday, January 8th 2026 - 10:30 UTC

    Argentina and UK confirm cooperation in combating international crime and border threats

    Argentine Security minister Alejandra Monteoliva meeting with UK Ambassador David Cairns.

    Argentina and UK have coincided in strengthening cooperation in combating international crime, border threats caused by massive immigration and other related illegal activities. This was the result of a recent meeting between Argentine National Security minister Alejandra Monteoliva and British ambassador in Buenos Aires David Cairns.

  • Thursday, January 8th 2026 - 10:20 UTC

    US keeps seizing tankers linked to Venezuela

    A vessel in the North Atlantic was renamed and re-flagged to Russia to deter US boarding

    United States forces executed back-to-back seizures of two major oil tankers on Wednesday, marking a significant escalation in the naval blockade of Venezuela. The operations, part of the broader “Operation Southern Spear,” targeted vessels accused of defying sanctions and operating within the “dark fleet” to transport Venezuelan crude.