South America
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:09:00 GMTFalklands’ public meeting Monday 8th June on the 2026/27 annual budget, with Secretary Clunie attending
The Falkland Islands Government will be holding a public meeting on Monday 8th June 2026 from 5-6pm in the Court & Assembly Chamber where the Financial Secretary, Pat Clunie will present the 2026-27 annual budget.
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT‘Soccer’ is incorrect, or is it still the fine term for the beautiful game?
By Kirk Bowman (*) - At the 2026 World Cup draw, FIFA Peace Prize recipient and U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the game should really be called “football.”
“There’s no question about it. We have to come ...
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 07:46:00 GMTIndio Solari, towering figure of Argentine rock, dies at 77; wake set for Sunday
Carlos Alberto "Indio" Solari, one of the most influential figures in the history of Argentine rock and the frontman of Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota, died on Friday at the age of 77 at his home in Parque Leloir, in t...
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:56:00 GMTFujimori and Sánchez close campaigns in Lima before Peru's tight Sunday runoff
Peru's presidential candidates, conservative Keiko Fujimori and leftist Roberto Sánchez, closed their campaigns in Lima on Thursday before thousands of supporters, three days before a runoff that polls suggest will be very clo...
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:12:00 GMTUS sanctions Cuba's president Díaz-Canel and inner circle in push for regime change
The United States sanctioned Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and his closest circle on Thursday, in a fresh escalation of Washington's pressure on the island with the stated goal of forcing a change of regime after 67 years ...
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:06:00 GMTChile's far-right proposes a 'Museum of Truth' on the Allende era to counter coup memory
Seven of the eight deputies of the National Libertarian Party (PNL), the far-right group founded by Johannes Kaiser, presented a resolution in Chile's Congress asking President José Antonio Kast to create a "Museum of Truth" d...
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:49:00 GMTBolivia's blockade crisis reopens a deep racial divide
The social conflict in Bolivia has split the country once again. The road blockade led by Indigenous peasants, which has besieged La Paz for more than a month, has brought expressions of racism to the surface in the capital. Wo...
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 07:08:00 GMTArgentina warns it could 'fully exercise all actions' over Falklands oil drilling plans
Argentina's government warned that it could "fully exercise all" available actions over plans to develop an oil field near the Falkland Islands, in a fresh escalation of the sovereignty dispute. The Foreign Ministry declared th...
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:26:00 GMTArgentine Senate approves a judge Milei opposed over her ties to an investigative journalist
Argentina's Senate on Thursday approved the appointment of María Verónica Michelli as a judge of Federal Oral Court No. 3 in La Plata, a nomination President Javier Milei had tried to block because she is the sister-in-law of...
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:23:00 GMTLufthansa Boeing 787's nose gear collapses at Frankfurt gate, injuring four staff
The nose landing gear of a Lufthansa Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner collapsed on Thursday while the aircraft was parked at a boarding gate at Frankfurt Airport in Germany, leaving four people slightly injured. The plane was being prep...