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Asia-Pacific law enforcement experts gather to enhance efforts to recover illicit assets
International Criminal Police Organization
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SINGAPORE – Boosting recovery of illicit assets requires two factors: stronger cross-border cooperation and smarter use of available tools, experts emphasized at a regional workshop in Singapore. The two-day workshop (held on 26 – 27 August 2025)...
Puerto Rico’s Government Paid Millions to Container Inspection Company in Potentially Illegal Disbursements
Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
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August 26, 2025
The Puerto Rican government has paid out more than $50 million to S2 Services Puerto Rico LLC, the company in charge of inspecting containers at the San Juan port, even though its contract with the Ports Authority expired in September 2021,...
Uruguayan Democracy’s House Turns 100 With Dignity and Renewed Purpose
LatinAmerican Post
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August 27, 2025
A century after crowds in wool coats tipped their hats to the sky and lined up for a first glimpse of Montevideo’s marble parliament, Uruguay’s Palacio Legislativo marks its centennial. Restored for dignity and recalibrated for the future, it...
Turkey rejects Netanyahu’s recognition of Armenian genocide as politically motivated
The Times of Israel
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August 27, 2025
Turkey on Wednesday rejected remarks by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which he recognized the genocide carried out by the Ottoman Empire against Armenians, Assyrians and Greeks in the early 20th century. “Netanyahu’s remarks concerning the...
Polish President calls for preventing EU-Mercosur trade agreement
Yemen News Agency SABA
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Warsaw - Saba: Polish President Karol Nawrozki has called for preventing the signing of the free trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union. At the opening of the government session, Nawrozki said, "I declare that I am ready to form a...
Pro-Palestine demonstrators occupy Microsoft president's office
The National News
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Microsoft's president Brad Smith gave an unexpected news conference on Tuesday evening after pro-Palestine demonstrators briefly occupied his office at the company's headquarters in Redmond, Washington. The takeover came as Microsoft faces...
Western Union Allows You to Carry out International Operations and Exchange Dollars Through WhatsApp
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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LIMA, Peru--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 27, 2025-- Western Union® incorporates WhatsApp Business as a new service channel for its customers in Peru, making it easier to carry out transactions quickly and reliably. Through this tool, users will be able to...
Sofia Opera will open new season with soloists from Uruguay, Romania and Italy
BNR - Radio Bulgaria
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August 27, 2025
Photo: Sofia Opera and Ballet One of Puccini's most popular and beloved operas - "Tosca" - will open the new season of the Sofia Opera and Ballet. The performances are on September 26 and 28, the opera announced. Three of the most acclaimed...
The Bahamas loses to Uruguay
The Nassau Guardian
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The Bahamas dropped a hurtful loss to Uruguay to end pool play at the 2025 FIBA AmeriCup at the Polideportivo Alexis Argüello in Managua, Nicaragua, winless on Tuesday, falling out of contention for a quarterfinal spot in the regional...
IAEA Hosts First Spanish-Language Advanced Training Course on Nuclear Law
IAEA
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This two-week training course, which aimed to build and strengthen national capacities, focused on officials who support adherence to relevant international legal instruments and the development and implementation of national legal frameworks...
Uruguayan Government Website Suffers Cyberattack
teleSUR
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Presidency of the Republic of Uruguay was the victim of a cyberattack. Helvecia August 26, 2025 Hour: 8:37 pm The Office of Planning and Budget (OPP) of the Presidency of the Republic of Uruguay was the victim of a cyberattack, according to a...
Next year, Tumo Center for Creative Technologies to open in Uruguay
Finport
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ArmInfo. On August 26, RA President Vahagn Khachaturyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Oriental Uruguay to Armenia Silvana Lesca Barolini. As reported by the press service of the President, the meeting...
Israeli Prime Minister Recognizes Armenian Genocide
1in.am
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August 27, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced for the first time that he recognizes the Genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire against Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks in the early 20th century. In an interview with Patrick Bet-David...
UAE Ambassador to Argentina meets President of Oriental Republic of Uruguay
Emirates 24|7
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August 27, 2025
Saeed Abdullah Al Qamzi, UAE Ambassador to the Argentine Republic and Non-Resident Ambassador to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, met with Yamandú Orsi, President of Uruguay, in the presence of Mario Lubetkin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, within...
Uruguay celebrates 200th anniv. of declaration of independence
Xinhua News Agency
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Members of military band perform at the Legislative Palace after the concert of the bicentennial celebrations in Montevideo, Uruguay, on Aug. 25, 2025. Uruguay celebrated its 200th anniversary of the declaration of independence on Monday. (Photo...
Corporate political activity of the food industry in the development of food policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: a narrative review of the current literature
Globalization and Health
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August 26, 2025
Narrative review The search provided an initial screening sample of 29,644 documents from search platforms (n = 29,611) and grey literature (n = 39). Following a title screening, 29,174 documents were excluded because they did not meet the...
Why did the Labor government wait so long to act on Iran?
The Spectator Australia
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August 26, 2025
The Albanese government has finally made a long-overdue decision to expel Iran’s Ambassador to Australia. While the decision is welcome, it raises the critical question: What took so long? Iran’s regime has a well-documented history of sponsoring...
Uruguay and Việt Nam: 200 years of independence, strengthening friendship and future cooperation
Vietnam News
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August 26, 2025
Ambassador of Uruguay to Việt Nam Raul Pollak Giampietro wrote to Việt Nam News on the 200th anniversary of Uruguay's Independence Day. Anniversaries always invite us to reflect on the past, the present and the road ahead. Two hundred years of...
Meet the candidates running to be Bolivia’s first non-leftist president in 20 years
Latin America Reports
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August 26, 2025
Bolivia is on track to elect its first non-leftist president in 20 years, following a first round of voting which saw no candidate win an outright majority of votes. The two candidates who received the highest number of votes- centrist Rodrigo Paz...
World News | UAE Ambassador to Argentina Meets President of Uruguay
Latestly
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August 26, 2025
Montevideo [Uruguay], August 26 (ANI/WAM): Saeed Abdullah Al Qamzi, UAE Ambassador to the Argentine Republic and Non-Resident Ambassador to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, met with Yamandu Orsi, President of Uruguay, in the presence of Mario...