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Mon, 03 Oct 2022 18:55:00 GMT
Bolsonaro's PL candidates record shocking victories nationwide
In addition to questioning what most pollsters had forecast for the presidential elections, Jair Bolsonaro's political alliance achieved encouraging results Sunday as the Liberal Party snatched 99 seats in Congress (23 more tha...

Mon, 03 Oct 2022 18:35:00 GMT
Blinken takes adventurous trip into left-leaning Latin America
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is starting Monday a most unusual Latin American tour through which President Joseph Biden's administration seeks to follow up on the goals agreed upon during the Summit of the Americas in L...

Mon, 03 Oct 2022 18:20:00 GMT
Sweden-born scientist gets Medicine Nobel Prize 40 years after his father did
A Sweden-born scientist who resides in Leipzig, Germany, has been awarded Monday the 2022 Medicine Nobel Prize for his findings on prehistoric DNA.

Mon, 03 Oct 2022 15:07:00 GMT
Prosecutor asked Interpol to issue red alert for Uruguayan passports of Russians in Lacalle Pou's bodyguard case
Uruguayan prosecutor Gabriela Fossati, in charge of the investigation into the case of President Luis Lacalle Pou's former chief of custody, Alejandro Astesiano, requested that Interpol issue a red alert on the passports of Rus...

Mon, 03 Oct 2022 10:59:00 GMT
Brazil: Bolsonaro makes it to the runoff against Lula despite some polls
Former President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva of the leftwing Workers' Party (PT) edged the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro of the rightwing Liberal Party (PL) in Sunday's elections by 48.42% against 43.21% of the votes, which shows a d...

Mon, 03 Oct 2022 10:55:00 GMT
Fernandez upgrades Falklands strategic position; promises to reinforce military presence in southern Argentina
Argentine president Alberto Fernández again claimed sovereignty over the Falklands and other South Atlantic Islands, "usurped" by the United Kingdom, asking London to comply with international resolutions, since "this occupati...

Mon, 03 Oct 2022 10:50:00 GMT
Argentine student winner of Falklands' competition travels to the Islands "with an open mind"
"Since a child I have been passionate about the Malvinas dispute between Argentina and the UK, which was reinforced by the stories from my uncle who was a member of the Argentine crew sent to South Georgia to scrap the remains ...

Mon, 03 Oct 2022 10:45:00 GMT
Over 120 people killed at Indonesia football stadium riot
At least 125 people have been killed at a football stadium in Indonesia Sunday after angry fans started a spiral of violence that prompted an overblown police reaction. Earlier reports mentioned 174 deaths but the figures were ...

Mon, 03 Oct 2022 10:16:00 GMT
Tory MPs furious with Liz Truss mini-budget: she's playing into the hands of Labour
The shockwaves from the mini-budget presented by Prime Minister Liz Truss and her Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng are still reverberating in the markets and politically more damaging, among members of the ruling Cons...

Mon, 03 Oct 2022 10:14:00 GMT
Ian one of the deadliest hurricanes ever in the US
At least 770,000 people remained without electricity in the US State of Florida this past weekend following the passage of Hurricane Ian, which has left over 80 casualties nationwide, it was reported.



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