South America
Thu, 12 Nov 2026 04:38:00 GMTLaw of the sea tribunal to rule on November 28 on Argentina’s bid to halt Sea Lion
The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea will announce on Saturday, November 28, its decision on Argentina’s request for provisional measures to halt the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falklands, after two days of...
Wed, 11 Nov 2026 19:49:00 GMTMilei in tears as he bids farewell to Leo XIV at Ezeiza, closing the Pope’s Argentina visit
President Javier Milei was moved to tears during Pope Leo XIV’s farewell at Ezeiza airport, at the end of a four-day visit, the first by a pontiff to Argentina in 39 years. The Pope left for Peru, the second leg of his South ...
Wed, 11 Nov 2026 11:12:00 GMTProsecutors open the vault at Peña’s house and find it empty; two safes found at Ueno Bank
Paraguayan prosecutors on Tuesday opened the armoured vault hidden in former President Santiago Peña’s summer house in San Bernardino, two days after finding it, and found it empty. In a second raid, at Ueno Bank’s headqua...
Wed, 11 Nov 2026 11:02:00 GMTEU-Mercosur deal, six months on: winners, losers and the question mark over Europe’s top court
Six months after it began to apply provisionally, the trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, made up of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, combines projected benefits for both blocs, opposition from part...
Wed, 11 Nov 2026 10:55:00 GMTLeo XIV draws some 650,000 to Córdoba with a homily on holiness
Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass on Tuesday in Córdoba, in central Argentina, before some 650,000 people, according to the newspaper El País, in a homily devoted to holiness and local saints. “There is no better way to teach th...
Wed, 11 Nov 2026 10:46:00 GMTHundreds march in Gibraltar against Pelagos data center plan and demand transparency
By Jim Watt- Gibralter
This Saturday, there was a demonstration at Casemates Square organised to express public discontent with the endless construction projects in Gibraltar and the proposed mega data centre in particular.
Wed, 11 Nov 2026 10:30:00 GMTNvidia investigates founder Jensen Huang over his relationship with an alleged Chinese agent
Nvidia’s board has opened an independent investigation into founder and chief executive Jensen Huang after it emerged that he had an extramarital relationship with a businesswoman of Chinese origin whom US intelligence servic...
Tue, 10 Nov 2026 15:31:00 GMTHamburg hearing opens as Argentina seeks to halt Sea Lion and the UK disputes jurisdiction
The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea began hearing Argentina and the United Kingdom in Hamburg on Tuesday over Argentina’s request for provisional measures to halt the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falklands....
Tue, 10 Nov 2026 14:52:00 GMTVenezuela signs a memorandum with ExxonMobil for the oil major’s return after leaving in 2007
Venezuela on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding with US oil company ExxonMobil with a view to its return to the country, which it left in 2007 after the nationalisation of the last privately held oilfields under Hugo C...
Tue, 10 Nov 2026 13:35:00 GMTNicaragua: Ortega reappears after 68 days as the government gives no word on his health
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega reappeared in public on Monday night, 68 days after his last appearance, at a tribute in Managua to Carlos Fonseca, founder of the ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front. It was his longe...