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Montevideo, October 19th 2025 - 22:52 UTC

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  • Wednesday, December 11th 2024 - 10:09 UTC

    Labour pledges 150 major infrastructure projects and 1.5 million homes, biggest building boom in half century

    The extensive Plan for Change program announced by the Prime Minister “will deliver a decade of national renewal”.

    The new Labour government in Britain is pledging more giga-factories, solar farms, roads, and railway lines are set to be green-lighted in the next five years, adding billions to the economy, as part of stretching new milestones.

  • Wednesday, December 11th 2024 - 09:01 UTC

    November FAO Food Price Index, highest since April 2023, boosted by dairy and vegetable oils

    Additionally, the weakening of the Brazilian Real against the United States dollar and lower international crude oil prices contributed to the decline in world sugar prices

    The FAO Food Price Index, FFPI, averaged 127.5 points in November 2024, up 0.5 percent from the October level and reaching its highest value since April 2023. The increase was driven by higher price quotations for dairy products and vegetable oils, which slightly outweighed declines in the meat, cereals, and sugar quotations. Compared to historical levels, the FFPI in November was 5.7 percent higher than its corresponding value a year ago but remained 20.4 percent below its peak of 160.2 points reached in March 2022.

  • Tuesday, December 10th 2024 - 13:25 UTC

    The atomization of Syria, following the collapse of 53 years of Assads dictatorship

    The Russians, the Iranians and Hezbollah in Lebanon supported Bashar al-Assad through the last 13 years of hot and cold civil war in Syria

    By Gwynne Dyer - Take a moment, first, to celebrate the fall of a regime of surpassing evil even by the demanding standards of the Middle East. Father and son, the Assad regime oppressed and abused the Syrian people for 53 years, and now it is gone in a week. Even the American-backed regime in Afghanistan did not fall that fast.

  • Tuesday, December 10th 2024 - 10:25 UTC

    Rebels reveal lavish lifestyle of Bashar al-Assad after palace invasion

    ”Al-Assad decided to leave his mandate and the country to enable a peaceful transition of power,” stated Russian officials

    Rebel forces in Syria have unveiled the opulent lifestyle of former President Bashar al-Assad after storming his presidential palace in Damascus. Videos circulated online show a fleet of luxury cars, including Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Aston Martins, and Mercedes-Benz vehicles, as well as boxes of Louis Vuitton items, fine art, and high-end furniture.

  • Monday, December 9th 2024 - 21:27 UTC

    UN Chief condemns massacre in Haiti

    Guterres also pressed Haiti's government to speed up the political transition

    UN Secretary-General António Guterres Monday condemned the slaughtering of over 180 people between Dec. 6 and 8 near Port-au-Prince after a gang leader was told that the victims, all or most of them aged over 60, had rendered a son of his ill through witchcraft.

  • Monday, December 9th 2024 - 09:39 UTC

    Brazil, UK partnership to decarbonize industries explained

    “The UK brings climate finance, expertise in innovative technologies, and experience in public policies aimed at decarbonization,” Zapata said

    After Brazil and the United Kingdom agreed during COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, last month to join forces in decarbonizing industries in both countries in a move to protect the environment, Agência Brasil delved this weekend into the scope of such an understanding.

  • Saturday, December 7th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    FTA to represent 5.1% increase in Brazil's commerce with EU

    The results will be seen by 2044, it was explained

    A Brazilian expert foresees that the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and the European Union (EU) will represent a 5.1% increase in commerce with the bloc that is already South America's largest country's second-largest partner, behind China, Agencia Brasil reported. These projections would mean a 0.34% rise in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the sum of goods and services produced in the country.

  • Saturday, December 7th 2024 - 10:56 UTC

    Chinese diplomat faces imminent expulsion from Paraguay

    Xu Wei is accused of meddling with the South American country's internal affairs while in Asunción for UNESCO talks

    The Government of Paraguay insisted Friday that it would proceed to the expulsion of Chinese diplomat Xu Wei from the country should he fail to leave by Saturday after his visa was revoked. Migrations Director Jorge Kronawetter explained that after the measure Xu lost his right to enter or stay in the country and has 24 hours to leave.

  • Saturday, December 7th 2024 - 10:44 UTC

    Fifth global conference fails to reach deal on curbing plastic pollution

    Fifth global conference fails to reach deal on curbing plastic pollution

    The fifth and intended final meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on plastic pollution in Busan, South Korea, concluded with negotiators unable to reach a deal on a new global treaty to curb plastic pollution. The failure of this fifth session of the INC, or INC-5, to deliver on its mandate highlights the persistent challenges of reaching a consensus to solve the growing issue of global plastics pollution.

  • Friday, December 6th 2024 - 23:07 UTC

    Mercosur-EU FTA signed at last

    “Mercosur will bring significant benefits to consumers and businesses on both sides,” Von der Leyen said

    The South American Common Market (Mercosur) and the European Union announced Friday in Montevideo the final signing of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between both blocs, thus creating the largest and most populated commerce zone worldwide. The understanding was reached after 25 years of negotiations and despite France's reluctance.