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Montevideo, July 3rd 2025 - 11:02 UTC

Politics

  • Sunday, June 2nd 2024 - 16:10 UTC

    UK ambassador to Mexico removed following a video that became viral

    In the video, diplomat Jon Benjamin appears in the front seat of a vehicle and points the weapon towards staff seated at the back

    UK's ambassador to Mexico (and ex to Chile, 2009/2014) has been removed from his post after a video of him jokingly pointing at staff what appears to be a high-powered rifle circulated online, causing controversy.

  • Sunday, June 2nd 2024 - 10:04 UTC

    Banknote featuring King Charles III will be issued 5 June, Bank of England

    There is no need to exchange current banknotes for the new King Charles III notes. BoE has temporary facilities for people to obtain a limited value of the banknotes

    Banknotes featuring a portrait of King Charles III will be issued from 5 June 2024. The portrait of the King will appear on existing designs of all four banknotes (£5, £10, £20, and £50), with no other changes to the existing designs. This means you can check these notes in the same way you can check the polymer banknotes featuring Queen Elizabeth, announced the Bank of England.

  • Saturday, June 1st 2024 - 10:34 UTC

    Haiti's transition council appoints new Prime Minister

    Garry Conille has already been Prime Minister between Oct. 2011 and May 2012 (Pic EFE)

    Haiti's transitional council managed to appoint a prime minister this week as the Caribbean country keeps fighting street gangs for effective control of Port-au-Prince and other key locations nationwide. Garry Conille has been chosen for the post he already held between Oct. 2011 and May 2012 under then-President Michel Martelly. Conille has been UNICEF's regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean since January 2023.

  • Saturday, June 1st 2024 - 10:09 UTC

    Venezuela condemns Caricom declaration regarding Essequibo

    Venezuela claimed that Guyana had handed over its sovereignty to the United States and Exxon Mobil

    Venezuela's Foreign Ministry rejected the Caribbean Community's latest statement regarding the oil-rich Essequibo territory under Guyana's control since 1899 which the Spanish-speaking country claims as its own.

  • Saturday, June 1st 2024 - 10:00 UTC

    New Gibraltar governor arrives Tuesday and in the afternoon is sworn in

    Sir Ben and Lady Bathurst will arrive outside Parliament at 1450hrs and met by the Commissioner of Police who will invite the Governor to inspect an RGP Guard of Honor

    The next governor of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, Lieutenant General Sir Ben and Lady Bathurst is scheduled to arrive will at the Rock next Tuesday 4th June on the 1100hrs British Airways flight from Heathrow.

  • Saturday, June 1st 2024 - 09:30 UTC

    Falklands lawmaker visits friendly Caribbean nation, Trinidad and Tobago

    MLA Teslyn Barkman at an aquaculture unit from the Ministry of Agriculture

    Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands, MLA Teslyn Barkman, made an official visit to Trinidad and Tobago from 22-23 May. Fresh from her presentation at the Regional Seminar of the Decolonization Committee held mid-May in Venezuela, and later visits to Caribbean nations, ahead of the main C24 meeting in New York in June,

  • Friday, May 31st 2024 - 21:19 UTC

    Porto Alegre's metro runs again after unprecedented floods

    Capacity and service length have been reduced out of security concerns pending full repairs

    Urban trains in Porto Alegre resumed operations this week, albeit on shortened routes, as the capital city of the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul slowly recovers from the unprecedented floods caused by rains way above average, Agencia Brasil reported. Convoy capacity was also cut down to 30,000 passengers from the usual 110,000 passengers on working days.

  • Friday, May 31st 2024 - 20:05 UTC

    Jihadist attack against Paris 2024 Olympics prevented

    Darmanin stressed that this was the first attack against the Olympic Games to be thwarted

    An 18-year-old Chechen suspect was detained by French authorities as he allegedly planned to attack the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-Étienne, which will host Paris 2024 men's and women's football matches will be played shortly. This “Islamist-inspired” aggression was “the first attack dismantled against the Olympic Games” although French secret services have already prevented 50 such events since 2017.

  • Friday, May 31st 2024 - 13:31 UTC

    Israel orders UNRWA out of East Jerusalem HQs

    “No further warning will be sent,” wrote Goldknopf

    The Government of Israel has ordered the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) to vacate its headquarters in East Jerusalem within 30 days. The measure was adopted at the request of the ultra-Orthodox Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf. The Israeli Authority of Lands (ILA) claimed that UNRWA owed over 27 million shekels (around € 7 million) for operating on land belonging to Israel “without consent” over the past seven years.

  • Friday, May 31st 2024 - 13:26 UTC

    US Election enters uncharted territory after verdict against Trump

    Trump made history by becoming the first former U.S. president to be convicted of a felony

    The U.S. presidential campaign has plunged into uncharted territory following a historic verdict against former President Donald Trump. Found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying accounting documents to conceal a payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, Trump immediately shifted into campaign mode, declaring, “I'm a political prisoner!”