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World Economic Forum Announces its Top 100 'Technology Pioneer' Startups for 2025 - 2 BC Tech Companies Recognized
T-Net
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World Economic Forum Announces its Top 100 'Technology Pioneer' Startups for 2025 - 2 BC Tech Companies Recognized The World Economic Forum selects 100 start-ups from 28 countries to join its Technology Pioneers community. The new cohort marks a...
Boosting inspection capabilities: Uruguay Customs invests in new scanners
World Customs Organization News
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The challenge that border controls represent for Customs is growing daily in terms both of cargo volume and in the complexity of external trade transactions. That very complexity is attractive to perpetrators of organized crime who seek to conduct...
Uruguay’s President Attends Groundbreaking Ceremony for TUMO Center Near Montevideo Airport
MassisPost - California
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June 18, 2025
MONTEVIDEO — Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi, along with several senior government officials, participated in the groundbreaking ceremony for a TUMO Center for Creative Technologies near Carrasco International Airport in Montevideo, the Armenian...
Android Spyware Catwatchful Exposes Credentials of Over 62,000+ Customer Accounts
Cyber Security News
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July 3, 2025
A major security vulnerability in the Android spyware operation Catwatchful has exposed the complete database of over 62,000 customer accounts, including plaintext passwords and email addresses, according to a security researcher who discovered...
Uruguay’s President attends groundbreaking ceremony for TUMO Center in Montevideo
Public Radio of Armenia
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June 18, 2025
Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi, along with several senior government officials, took part in the groundbreaking ceremony for a TUMO Center for Creative Technologies near Carrasco International Airport in Montevideo, the Armenian Embassy in...
World Economic Forum Announces 2025 Technology Pioneers Leading New Wave Of Global Innovation
Scoop
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The World Economic Forum selects 100 start-ups from 28 countries to join its Technology Pioneers community. The new cohort marks a global surge of emerging technologies, from smart robotics and spatial AI to flying taxis and scalable quantum...
Drought, Climate Change, and Scientific Diplomacy: A Collective Response from Latin America
Latinoamerica21
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June 23, 2025
Drought is no longer just a natural or cyclical phenomenon: it is one of the most destructive impacts of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean. As global temperatures rise—as confirmed by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO),...
National Statement at the Intergovernmental Meeting on the Science-Policy Panel to Contribute Further to the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste and to Prevent Pollution
Nevis Pages
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June 23, 2025
Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Marcus L. Natta Excellencies, colleagues, as this is the first time Saint Kitts and Nevis is taking the floor, we extend profound thanks to the Government and People of Uruguay for hosting this critical meeting. Saint Kitts...
Uruguay Dances Until Dawn as Quevedo’s ‘Buenas Noches’ Lights Montevideo
LatinAmerican Post
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June 17, 2025
What began as an ordinary reggaetón concert became a dawn-long declaration of joy in Montevideo, where Quevedo—Spain’s 23-year-old streaming phenomenon—proved that a single voice, a wall of bass, and 15,000 beating hearts could bend time. From...
Nations Come Together to Establish New Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution
Nevis Pages
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June 21, 2025
Punta del Este, Uruguay – Against a challenging geopolitical backdrop and in a major move to protect people and planet, countries today came together to agree on a new global science-policy panel to support the sound management of chemicals and...
Uruguayan Muslim Women's Organisation condemns Israeli attacks on Iran
Tehran Times
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June 13, 2025
The Fatima Zahra Muslim Women's Organisation of Uruguay has issued a statement strongly condemning Israel's recent military aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran, calling the attack a violation of international law and an addition to the...
Brazil To Prioritize Agreements As Mercosur Leader
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN- Brazil-Arab News Agency (ANBA)) São Paulo – Upon assuming the pro tempore presidency of Mercosur at a summit on Thursday (3) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that one of Brazil's priorities...
Uruguay Expands Agricultural Cooperation and Market Access with China
Seed World
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June 8, 2025
Uruguay has taken significant steps to deepen its agricultural relationship with China, following a successful official mission led by Minister of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries, Alfredo Fratti. At a press conference alongside the...
Uruguay vs Venezuela Prediction and Betting Tips | June 10th 2025
Sportskeeda
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June 9, 2025
Uruguay will welcome Venezuela to Estadio Centenario in the FIFA World Cup 2026 (CONMEBOL) qualifiers on Tuesday. The two teams are separated by three points in the league table. The hosts are in fifth place with 21 points while La Vinotinto are...
Caught between China and US, South American bloc rethinks its trade game as internal rifts deepen
Malay Mail
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July 4, 2025
BUENOS AIRES, July 4 — South America’s Mercosur bloc sought yesterday to expand its markets in the face of US President Donald Trump’s global trade war, with Brazil calling for closer ties with dynamic Asian economies. “It’s time for Mercosur to...
Security breach reveals Catwatchful spyware is snooping on thousands of phones - here's how to stay safe
TechRadar Pro
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July 3, 2025
Catwatchful data leak affects 62,000 victims, including 26,000 victims' phone data The dodgy developer outed himself by reusing an email address Google has committed to warning users about the app Security researcher Eric Daigle has revealed...
International Alfajor Fair held in Montevideo, Uruguay
Xinhua News Agency
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A visitor tries to make a fruit snack with chocolate during the International Alfajor Fair in Montevideo, Uruguay, June 13, 2025. The International Alfajor Fair kicked off on Friday at the Technological Laboratory of Uruguay (LATU) in the capital...
Uruguay’s Bold Disposable Vapes Ban Boosts Environmental Awareness
LatinAmerican Post
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June 4, 2025
Clouds of sweet-smelling vapor drifted down Montevideo’s Avenida 18 de Julio for years. Last month, they vanished overnight, swept away by Uruguay’s decision to ban disposable vapes—a signal flare to the rest of Latin America that single-use...
"I preferred to come here, to learn from people who won everything" - Uruguayan star on decision to join Lionel Messi's Inter Miami
Sportskeeda
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June 13, 2025
Maximiliano Falcon has opened up on what prompted him to leave Colo-Colo and join Lionel Messi at Inter Miami. The Uruguayan defender was at the Chilean club since 2020. He joined the Herons this February for a reported fee of €1.95 million. Since...
An Open Book: Ode To The White Rock Library … And This Column’s 10th Anniversaries
Los Alamos Daily Post - New Mexico
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By DAVID IZRAELEVITZ Los Alamos Editor’s Note: Along with recognizing the 10th anniversary of the White Rock Branch Library (ribbon cutting held July 31, 2015), the Los Alamos Daily Post is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the popular column,...