South America

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 07:53:00 GMT
Brazil heads to the polls without a single debate between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro
Brazilian broadcaster Globo on Thursday cancelled, an hour before it was due to start, the last presidential debate scheduled before Sunday's first round, following a series of court rulings and the absence of both President Lu...

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMT
A million square kilometres short: the ice ring around Antarctica keeps shrinking
The sea ice surrounding Antarctica reached its third-lowest winter maximum this year since satellite records began in 1979, according to the US National Snow and Ice Data Center. The four lowest maxima in the record have occurr...

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 23:07:00 GMT
British foreign secretary reiterates support for the Falklands in meeting with Cheryl Roberts
British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband hosted Cheryl Roberts, a member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, in London on Thursday, and reiterated to her that the United Kingdom “stands shoulder to shoulder” with the...

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 22:26:00 GMT
British-Iranian man arrested over the RAF Fairford incident
British counter-terrorism police on Thursday arrested a 25-year-old man with dual British and Iranian nationality in London on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts, in connection with Sunday's incident near RAF Fairford, an ai...

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 22:20:00 GMT
Christa Pike survives a failed execution in Tennessee and remains in critical condition
Christa Pike, the only woman on death row in the US state of Tennessee, survived a lethal injection execution attempt on Wednesday and remains in critical condition in hospital, her lawyers said. Her defence has asked Governor ...

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 21:33:00 GMT
Punta Arenas and Falklands businesses hold more than 800 meetings
Business people from Punta Arenas, in southern Chile, and from the Falklands held 822 business meetings over two days, at an event the organisers described as a success and which serves as a prelude to the reopening of a direct...

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:32:00 GMT
Uruguay's foreign minister separates the "invaded island" from the money extracted from the Falklands
Uruguay's Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin argued that the Falklands dispute has changed in nature with oil exploration: one thing, he said, is "the invaded island" and "the fight against colonialism", and another is "when a lot...

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 23:01:00 GMT
The Spectator likens Milei's Falklands push to Galtieri's
An opinion column published on Wednesday in the British weekly The Spectator likens Argentine President Javier Milei's campaign over the Falklands to that of dictator Leopoldo Galtieri in 1982, with the difference, its author a...

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 22:59:00 GMT
London rejects Argentina's arbitration and questions its "reliability" as a partner
The British government has rejected Argentina's decision to initiate international arbitration over the Sea Lion oil project and said Buenos Aires' campaign over the Falklands "raises questions about Argentina's reliability as ...

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:10:00 GMT
Trump and six tech companies sign a voluntary artificial intelligence safety accord
US President Donald Trump and the heads of six technology companies signed a voluntary accord at the White House on Tuesday under which the companies commit to ensuring the safety of their own artificial intelligence systems. T...

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