South America
Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:51:00 GMTSánchez overtakes Fujimori in Peru count with 95% tallied; overseas vote still to come
Leftist Roberto Sánchez moved ahead in the count of Peru's presidential runoff, in an election being decided vote by vote. With about 95% of the tally sheets processed by the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE), Sán...
Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:44:00 GMTColombia's runoff: a united right behind De la Espriella faces a divided left
The first of the three campaign weeks ahead of Colombia's presidential runoff, set for June 21, has been marked by a contrast: a right that had failed to unite for the first round ended up aligned behind far-right candidate Abe...
Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:43:00 GMTBrazil suspends its dengue vaccine as a precaution after two deaths
Brazil temporarily suspended the dengue vaccination campaign it began in January, after detecting two deaths and several cases of serious adverse reactions. The vaccine, the world's first single-dose shot, was developed by the ...
Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:07:00 GMTUruguay's Orsi slips to 12th in a regional presidential ranking; Bukele leads
Uruguay's President Yamandú Orsi fell to 12th among the 18 leaders in the June ranking of best-rated Latin American presidents compiled by the Argentine consultancy CB. With a 38.8% positive image, Orsi dropped one spot from M...
Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:59:00 GMTVenezuela's Cabello rejects Machado's offer of talks with the chavista leadership
Venezuela's Interior, Justice and Peace Minister and secretary general of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, on Monday ruled out any political negotiation with opposition leader María Corina Mach...
Mon, 08 Jun 2026 23:22:00 GMTFalklands: how important it is for UK electorate to have the Islands remaining British
This is a special week for the Falkland Islands and its people, Sunday is 14th June, the 44th anniversary of the Liberation of the Islands from the invading Argentine troops, which on that day definitively signed their surrende...
Mon, 08 Jun 2026 23:01:00 GMTTrump interested in buying Chagos Islands with the strategic Diego Garcia air base
The US president Donald Trump is considering a plan to buy the Chagos Islands from Mauritius amid stalled plans from the UK to cede sovereignty of the territory, the Telegraph reported over the weekend.
Mon, 08 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMTSánchez narrowly ahead in Peru runoff quick count; both candidates urge caution
Peru's presidential runoff ended without a clear winner after an extremely close vote. A quick count by the pollster Ipsos, carried out with the NGO Transparencia on a representative sample of tally sheets, gave a slight edge t...
Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:13:00 GMTThe Single Number That Separates Online Roulette Variants
Online roulette looks like one game, but it is really a family of close cousins that pay the same odds while offering very different value. The gap between them comes down to how many zeros sit on the wheel.
Sun, 07 Jun 2026 23:52:00 GMTArgentina seeks a trade pact that would link it with the UK for the first time since 1982
Argentina has applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), a step that, if completed, would place it for the first time since the 1982 Falklands War in a trade agreement tha...