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Sat, 13 Jun 2026 07:09:00 GMT
Elon Musk becomes the world's first trillionaire after SpaceX's record stock debut
Technology magnate Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire on Friday, after his aerospace company SpaceX made its stock-market debut. Following the IPO, which raised a record roughly $75 billion and valued the company a...

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 07:02:00 GMT
Trump says a US strike killed Niño Guerrero, leader of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang
US President Donald Trump announced on Friday night that his country's Southern Command had killed, in a "swift and lethal" strike, Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, alias Niño Guerrero, whom he described as the leader of T...

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:47:00 GMT
FAO expects world cereal output and trade projected to decline in year ahead
World cereal production in the 2026/27 season is expected to drop by 2 percent year on year to 2 982 million tons, led by declining wheat harvests, according to FAO’s latest Cereal Supply and Demand Brief released in late May...

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:27:00 GMT
Macri's party urges Milei to remove his cabinet chief over asset-declaration inconsistencies
The Propuesta Republicana (PRO) party, led by former president Mauricio Macri and an ally of the government since the start of Javier Milei's administration, on Friday called on the president to remove his Cabinet Chief, Manuel...

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:19:00 GMT
Colombia's far right eyes landslide amid fears Petro will reject runoff result
The campaign of Colombian presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella, of the far-right Defenders of the Homeland movement, is aiming for a decisive win in the June 21 runoff to shield the outcome from possible challenges, ...

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:35:00 GMT
Díaz-Canel unveils reforms to liberalize Cuba's economy amid an oil crisis and US sanctions
Cuba's President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Friday announced a broad package of economic reforms, under the so-called Economic and Social Program for 2026, to confront one of the most severe crises in the island's recent history, am...

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:59:00 GMT
Falklands, Monday 15th June Public Holiday; Liberation Day celebrations on Sunday 14th June
Falkland Islands Government has notified that Monday 15th June 2026 will be a Public Holiday in lieu of Liberation Day which this year falls on Sunday 14th June. Therefore all Government Departments (other than those providing ...

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:50:00 GMT
Dan Jarvis appointed new UK Secretary of Defense; Healey resigns over military spending dispute
Dan Jarvis MBE MP was appointed as UK Secretary of State for Defense on Thursday 11 June 2026, following the resignation of John Healey amid months-long dispute over military spending, and accusing Prime Minister of failing to ...

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 06:17:00 GMT
Uruguay takes over the Mercosur presidency this month, with EU quotas a top priority
Uruguay will assume the pro tempore presidency of Mercosur on June 30, during a summit of the bloc in Paraguay, with the distribution of the quotas from the agreement with the European Union (EU) among the main items on its age...

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 06:11:00 GMT
Argentina's Adorni reports 944 million pesos in assets, including the homes from the probe
Argentina's Cabinet Chief, Manuel Adorni, declared assets of 944,575,052 pesos —about $653,000 at the 1,446-peso exchange rate he used— in the sworn declaration for 2025 he filed before the Anti-Corruption Office. The filin...

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