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Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:03:00 GMTArgentina asks the law of the sea tribunal to halt Sea Lion and bar new oil permits
Argentina has asked the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to order the United Kingdom to prevent the development of the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falklands and to refrain from granting new permits to exploit...
Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:03:00 GMTMiliband: Falklands residents have the right to develop their resources “as they see fit”
British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said on Tuesday that the people of the Falkland Islands “have a right to develop their natural resources as they see fit”, as he announced on X the British government’s measures to pr...
Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:45:00 GMTLondon says it will abide by any law of the sea provisional measures as it moves to shield its companies
The British government said on Tuesday that any provisional measures ordered by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea are binding and that the United Kingdom complies with its international obligations, on the same ...
Tue, 13 Oct 2026 06:19:00 GMTIMF trims Latin America’s outlook to 2.3% and sharply cuts Argentina’s
The International Monetary Fund has lowered its 2026 growth forecast for Latin America and the Caribbean to 2.3%, a tenth of a point less than in July, and sharply cut Argentina’s, from 3.5% to 2.1%. Chile and Uruguay are als...
Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:09:00 GMTIguazú Falls closed as the river’s flow tops 12,000 cubic metres per second
Iguazú National Park, in Argentina’s Misiones province, closed access to the falls’ walkways on Monday because of an exceptional rise in the Iguazú River, whose flow exceeded 12,000 cubic metres per second. The flood is p...
Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:59:00 GMTPope Leo XIV to undergo surgery on a lung nodule a month before his tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru
Pope Leo XIV will undergo surgery in Rome this week to remove a lung nodule detected at an early stage, less than a month before the start of his first tour of South America, which will take him to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru f...
Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:56:00 GMTLawyers and opposition challenge Milei’s citizenship-by-investment scheme as unconstitutional
The citizenship-by-investment programme launched by Javier Milei’s government, which allows foreigners to obtain Argentine nationality in exchange for a US$350,000 contribution to the Treasury or the purchase of a US$800,000 ...
Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:29:00 GMTWhy Argentina's Falklands sanctions do not automatically reach Sea Lion's operator
The sanctions Argentina has imposed on companies involved in the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falklands target specific entities rather than entire corporate groups, so the subsidiary currently operating the field is not a...
Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:18:00 GMTWhat could happen when Argentina's Sea Lion ultimatum to the UK expires
The two-week deadline Argentina gave the United Kingdom to halt the Sea Lion oil project in the North Falklands basin expires around October 12. Its expiry will not in itself suspend the project or establish a British breach of...
Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMTMessi leaves Argentina's national team after 21 years with a fortune Forbes puts at US$1.1 billion
Lionel Messi played his last match for Argentina on Tuesday, a friendly against Benin that ended 3-0 at Buenos Aires' Monumental stadium before more than 80,000 spectators. At 39, he closes a 21-year international career while ...