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Panama ports exceed 7.36 million TEUs moved until September

Panama ports exceed 7.36 million TEUs moved until September

Between January and September of this year, the Panamanian port system moved more than 7.36 million containers measured in TEUs (20-foot units), which represents an approximate growth of 2.2% compared to the same period last year. Most of this movement corresponds to transshipment operations, which accounted for around 89% of the total.reflecting the country’s role ...

The assembly of the Montevideo teachers union will decide whether the strike continues

The assembly of the Montevideo teachers union will decide whether the strike continues

The Observer – Montevideo Representatives of the Montevideo teachers’ union, Ademu, were received this Monday morning by President Yamandú Orsi in the Executive Tower, after three days of strike following the incidents in Jardines del Hipódromo this Wednesday. Outside the Presidency, a mobilization – which also included secondary school teachers – demanded security for workers ...

Democrats give in in US government shutdown fight without health achievements

Democrats give in in US government shutdown fight without health achievements

Democrats began a government shutdown with the goal of renewing tax credits to avoid increases in insurance premiums and demonstrate to voters that they have the determination to face tough negotiations in President Donald Trump’s Washington. As the record shutdown draws to a close more than a month later, they haven’t achieved any of those ...

Bonds fall because attacks in the Middle East raise inflation fears

Air travel in the US will be reduced due to shortage of air traffic control personnel

US flights to be reduced to a “trickle” due to growing shortage of air traffic control personnel, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday. Major airlines were facing a third day of government-ordered flight cuts after thousands of delays and cancellations paralyzed traffic on Saturday. The closure, which has ...

BBC executives announce their resignation amid editing of Trump programs

BBC executives announce their resignation amid editing of Trump programs

BBC director-general Tim Davie resigns from British public broadcaster amid accusations he cheated to viewers by editing out President Donald Trump’s remarks in a Panorama documentary last year. The program, broadcast in October 2024, assembled fragments of a speech that Trump gave in Washington on January 6, 2021, on the day of the post-election riots ...

Donald Trump, Elon Mosk and ChatGPT were the most visited Wikipedia pages

Donald Trump, Elon Mosk and ChatGPT were the most visited Wikipedia pages

Since encyclopedias stopped being large books stacked in a library and migrated to the Internet, It is much easier to know what people really read and are curious to know about. This is how visits to Wikipedia showed that during 2025 the most visited pages on this information portal had to do with global politics, ...

Argentina's Economy Minister urges to increase reserves and buy back bonds

Argentina’s Economy Minister urges to increase reserves and buy back bonds

Economy Minister Luis Caputo told investors in New York that Argentina plans to buy back sovereign bonds and begin accumulating international reserves even while the peso is trading within its fluctuation band, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. During a meeting with about 40 investors organized by JPMorgan Chase & Co. on ...

Stocks fall amid growing economic concern over business closures

Stocks fall amid growing economic concern over business closures

In the final stretch of a week of risk aversion, stocks fell amid a plunge in Big Tech and concerns about the weakening of key sectors of the economy. Losses in cryptocurrencies eased after a crash that left this asset class with practically zero returns by 2025. The stock market slide put the S&P 500 ...

Government shutdown leads to 10% cuts in flights within the United States

Government shutdown leads to 10% cuts in flights within the United States

The US will reduce flight capacity by 10% in 40 high-volume markets across the country, although international routes will be exempt, in order to relieve pressure on air traffic controllers and the aviation system during what is already the longest government shutdown in history. The changes will begin on Friday, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy ...