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Sat, 29 Aug 2026 15:12:00 GMTUK-led Five Eyes action to disrupt global fraud networks
US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand back a package of UK-led measures to strengthen international action against fraud and online scams.
Sat, 29 Aug 2026 15:03:00 GMTChevening scholarships: eight Argentine professionals after Master’s degrees in UK
Eight Argentine professionals will spend a year in the UK pursuing master’s degrees through the fully funded Chevening scholarship program.
Sat, 29 Aug 2026 13:23:00 GMTGermany, extreme hot summer ripens grapes faster and advances wine harvest several weeks
Germany's main grape harvest takes off earlier than ever recorded following on the country's exceptionally hot summer which accelerated the ripening process in vineyards, according to the German Wine Institute
Sat, 29 Aug 2026 13:01:00 GMTRoyal Navy turns to amphibious ships; sells HMS Bulwark to Brazilian Navy
HMS Bulwark is to be sold to the Brazilian Navy, ending more than two decades of service with the Royal Navy, as UK focus turns to the future of amphibious assault ships.
Sat, 29 Aug 2026 04:58:00 GMTThe US will control 55% of output from the new oil company in Venezuela
US President Donald Trump announced on Friday an agreement with Venezuela's interim government granting Washington majority control over more than 65 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan crude reserves, around 21% of the countr...
Fri, 28 Aug 2026 19:35:00 GMTThe US waives beef tariffs for Brazil and Paraguay, but not for Argentina and Uruguay
US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on August 26 temporarily waiving tariffs on imports of up to 300,000 tonnes of lean beef trimmings, a measure that excludes countries already holding their own quotas in the US ma...
Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:56:00 GMTThe Pope says states struggle to control the concentration of artificial intelligence
Pope Leo XIV warned on Friday of the difficulty states face in overseeing artificial intelligence, which in his view is concentrated in the hands of a small number of major economic and technological players, and called for the...
Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:15:00 GMTWashington negotiates stakes in Venezuelan oil fields with leases of up to a century
The United States government is negotiating with Venezuela's interim administration to acquire stakes in a group of the South American country's oil fields, under arrangements that would include leases of up to a hundred years,...
Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:48:00 GMTFalklands: Chilean shipping line drives new link and promotes Expo with Islands and Punta Arenas products
The formalization of a regular commercial maritime link between the Falklands and Chile, together with the promotion of an Expo of Islands and Chilean products in Punta Arenas, are being pushed with considerable enthusiasm by t...
Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:55:00 GMTThe Falklands close the second Loligo squid season three days after reopening it
The Falkland Islands Fisheries Department announced on Thursday the closure of the second Loligo squid season due to low biomass levels, just three days after fishing had resumed following a two-week pause.