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Messi joins billionaire athletes club after crossing USD 1 billion net worth threshold
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (515+ words) Argentine footballer Lionel Messi, 38, has crossed the USD 1 billion net worth threshold and joined the exclusive group of billionaire athletes, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The captain of the Argentine national team, world champion in Qatar 2022 and winner of…...
Uruguay captures 63% of Mercosur's annual rice quota to the European Union " Merco Press
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (451+ words) Uruguay captures 63% of Mercosur's annual rice quota to the European Union Merco Press Uruguay captures 63% of Mercosur's annual rice quota to the European Union Uruguay this week filled 63% of the annual zero-tariff rice quota granted by the European Union to…...
Humpback whales observation show they moved between Australia and Brazil, the longest travel distance ever
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (349+ words) Montevideo, May 23rd 2026 - 01: 03 UTC Two humpback whales have been sighted in separate breeding grounds off Australia and Brazil, the first time scientists have seen the species travel such vast distances across the Southern Ocean during their lifetimes. An article published in…...
Four French frigates for Swedish navy, in a plus US$ 3. 5 billion deal
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (451+ words) Montevideo, May 22nd 2026 - 23: 52 UTC The Swedish government this week announced a deal to purchase four new frigates for its navy from France's Naval Group. Sweden neutral throughout the Cold War, applied for NATO membership in May 2022 alongside Finland, following on Russia's…...
Record art sales at Christie's, US$ 1, 1bn in three hours; US expressionist Pollard painting sold for US$ 181 million
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (519+ words) Montevideo, May 22nd 2026 - 23: 41 UTC A painting by US Abstract Expressionist painter Jackson Pollock sold for a record US$181. 2 million (156. 2 million) with fees, at Christie's auction house in New York this week, alongside other staggering sales on what was a blockbuster event…...
Air France and Airbus found guilty of manslaughter over 2009 Rio-Paris crash
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (536+ words) The Paris Court of Appeals on Thursday found Air France and Airbus guilty of manslaughter in connection with the crash of flight AF447, which plunged into the Atlantic Ocean on 1 June 2009 on the Rio de Janeiro'Paris route with a death toll…...
Caracas authorizes overflight of two US aircraft for embassy evacuation drill
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (501+ words) The Venezuelan government on Thursday authorized the holding, on Saturday 23 May, of an evacuation drill requested by the US Embassy in Caracas, which will include the controlled overflight of two aircraft over the Venezuelan capital and landing operations at the…...
Reader's letter: a Head of the Bay farmer recalls the 1982 British landing
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (175+ words) Montevideo, May 22nd 2026 - 00: 44 UTC It was a very poignant day, with a good turnout " by the military, veterans, and civilians, most of whom were either at Blue Beach San Carlos or Green Beach Port San Carlos on this day in 1982. This…...
UN C 24 previous seminar in Nicaragua; main meeting in New York 15/26 June
3+ day, 41+ min ago (246+ words) Montevideo, May 22nd 2026 - 00: 19 UTC The United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization will hold the Caribbean Regional Seminar in Managua from 25 to 27 May within the framework of the fourth International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism (2021-2030). "The Seminar is held under the…...
Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly pays tribute to 1982 British landing
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (824+ words) The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly on Thursday issued an official statement commemorating Landing Day, the date that recalls the arrival of British forces at San Carlos Bay on 21 May 1982, during the war between the United Kingdom and Argentina over sovereignty…...