South America

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 08:44:00 GMT
Argentine Senate passes property bill after dropping two key chapters
Argentina's Senate approved in the early hours of Friday, by 37 votes to 33, the Inviolability of Private Property bill promoted by Deregulation Minister Federico Sturzenegger, after the governing bloc withdrew the two chapters...

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:08:00 GMT
Two months from the vote, Lula turns diplomatic crises into a sovereignty message
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva enters the final stretch toward the October 4 elections with three open diplomatic fronts and a message centered on defending national sovereignty.

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:37:00 GMT
Uruguay to open Pope Leo XIV's first South American tour
Uruguay will be the first stop on Pope Leo XIV's apostolic journey to South America between November 6 and 17, the director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, confirmed on Wednesday.

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 08:18:00 GMT
Navitas broadens its US Gulf portfolio with stakes in two oil discoveries, oil industry media
Navitas Petroleum has signed agreements to obtain a 33.33% interest in the Tiberius and Logan oil discoveries in the Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico) from Occidental and Kosmos Energy, expanding its Gulf of America hydrocarbon ...

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT
“Self-determination lies with the Falkland Islanders, and sovereignty lies with the UK”
By Simon Walters (*) At the heart of Argentina’s illegitimate claim over the Falkland Islands is a historical falsehood. British sovereignty over the islands dates back to 1765, before the Argentine Republic even existed.

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 07:13:00 GMT
Royal Navy nuclear deterrence program receives £8bn for the Dreadnought program
More than £8bn is being pumped into the Royal Navy’s next-generation nuclear deterrent submarines in the latest investment in the Dreadnought program. The cash – the fourth phase of production of the biggest submarine cons...

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 06:08:00 GMT
Miliband meets Marco Rubio in Washington for ‘productive’ talks and ‘to strengthen diplomatic partnership between US and UK’
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio welcomed U.K. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband for official bilateral talks at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday August 5, 2026.

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 23:10:00 GMT
Argentine government pulls chapter on land sales to foreigners from Senate debate
Argentina's governing bloc withdrew on Wednesday the rural land chapter of the Inviolability of Private Property bill from the Senate agenda, lacking the votes to pass it and hours before the session scheduled for Thursday.

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 21:55:00 GMT
Brazil ties its ambassador's return to an end to Milei's insults
Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira said on Wednesday that the downgrading of diplomatic relations with Argentina to chargé d'affaires level will remain in place until Argentine President Javier Milei stops what he called ...

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 21:44:00 GMT
SpaceX rocket stage crashes into the Moon after 18 months adrift
The upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket struck the lunar surface on Wednesday near the Einstein crater, in an unplanned impact that NASA described as safe and posing no risk to Earth or to missions operating on the Moon.

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