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Montevideo, November 24th 2024 - 17:47 UTC

Politics

  • Monday, May 20th 2024 - 20:57 UTC

    Assange granted another appeal on his extradition to the US

    It might take months for Assange's new appeal to be heard

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been granted yet another opportunity to challenge a previous ruling ordering his extradition to the United States to stand trial for espionage, London's High Court decided Monday. Now it could be months before the appeal is heard.

  • Monday, May 20th 2024 - 20:11 UTC

    ICC Chief Prosecutor wants arrest warrants out on Israeli and Hamas leaders

    Netanyahu (L) and Gallant must be held accountable, Khan insisted

    International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan announced Monday that he would be seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant as well as for Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri, and Ismail Haniyeh.

  • Monday, May 20th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    Milei's words in Spain trigger new diplomatic conflict

    Spain wants an apology that is not going to happen, according to Spokesman Adorni

    Argentine President Javier Milei insisted on questioning Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's wife's clear sheet and triggered yet another diplomatic controversy for the South American country since he took office on Dec. 10, 2023.

  • Monday, May 20th 2024 - 10:58 UTC

    Iranian President killed in helicopter crash

    Raisi had been known in the 1980s as the “Butcher of Tehran” given his involvement in the execution of political prisoners

    A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian crashed killing all occupants, Vice President Mohammad Mokhber confirmed in the early hours of Monday. The crashed aircraft was part of a convoy of three helicopters carrying the presidential entourage. The other two landed safely in Tabriz, in northwestern Iran.

  • Monday, May 20th 2024 - 10:57 UTC

    UK's not too generous attitude towards Overseas Territories higher education students

    Currently, eligible students from British Overseas Territories qualify for Home Fees status and can apply for a tuition fee loan. However, they are not eligible to apply for maintenance loan support

    Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee’s Sub-Committee on the Overseas Territories has published on Monday, written evidence received for its work on the UK Government’s support of education for British Overseas Territories students.

  • Monday, May 20th 2024 - 10:54 UTC

    Spanish lawmaker supports Milei through diplomatic controversy

    Álvarez de Toledo, who also holds Argentine citizenship, spoke of “double standards” within Spain's government

    Spanish Congresswoman Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo y Peralta Ramos supported Argentine President Javier Milei's statements about Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's wife Begoña Gómez. The Popular Party (PP) lawmaker grew up in Buenos Aires and has Argentine and French citizenships, in addition to her Spanish nobility titles.

  • Monday, May 20th 2024 - 10:52 UTC

    Lula urges UK authorities not to extradite Assange

    Assange's possible extradition to the United States is to be decided upon Monday in London

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called on British magistrates not to grant WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition to the United States, which is to be decided upon in London on Monday, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Monday, May 20th 2024 - 10:36 UTC

    Milei's deficient diplomacy triggers concurring responses

    Milei keeps steering Argentine into diplomatic conflicts owing to mere “ideological tantrums of the president,” Lousteau stressed

    The European Union's top diplomat Josep Borrell criticized Argentine President Javier Milei for his derogatory remarks in Madrid targetting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's wife Begoña Gómez and insisted that “attacks against relatives of political leaders have no place in our culture.” Borrell thus became just another voice condemning the South American leader's attitude.

  • Saturday, May 18th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    Falklands War: partly released documents on Welsh Guard losses trigger more controversy

    Sir Galahad survivor Simon Weston: Veterans want a full and final answer on who is to blame for the huge loss of British lives

    BBC is reporting that declassified documents, --to be kept secret until 2065--, have cleared an army regiment of any blame in the biggest loss of British life during the Falklands War. Forty-eight crew were killed when the Sir Galahad, an unarmed and undefended supply ship carrying British troops to the Falklands, was hit by the Argentine air force bombs on 8 June 1982, six days before the end of the conflict.—

  • Saturday, May 18th 2024 - 10:57 UTC

    Wages keep losing purchase power in Argentina, study finds

    Salaries had outpaced inflation under Alberto Fernández (2019-2023)

    According to a study released Friday in Buenos Airers by the Research and Training Center of the Argentine Republic (Cifra), formal wages took a slump of nearly 15% in the last semester, particularly after the Dec. 13 118.3% devaluation of the local currency once Javier Milei took office as president.