South America

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMT
Messi leaves Argentina's national team after 21 years with a fortune Forbes puts at US$1.1 billion
Lionel Messi played his last match for Argentina on Tuesday, a friendly against Benin that ended 3-0 at Buenos Aires' Monumental stadium before more than 80,000 spectators. At 39, he closes a 21-year international career while ...

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:07:00 GMT
Trump promises payments to voters ahead of midterms dominated by the cost of living
US President Donald Trump has announced a series of direct payments to various groups of citizens in recent weeks and has promised US$5,000 to every adult if Republicans keep control of Congress in the November 3 midterm electi...

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:11:00 GMT
Former Venezuelan Supreme Court justice says she was coerced into barring Machado
Former Venezuelan Supreme Court justice Bárbara César Siero has alleged that the detention of two of her brothers and her sister-in-law in late 2023 was used to force her to sign the rulings that kept opposition leader María...

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:31:00 GMT
British Airways restores non-stop London-Buenos Aires flights and adds a daily Santiago service
British Airways will operate a daily non-stop flight between London Heathrow and Buenos Aires from March 28, 2027, continuing on to Santiago, Chile. A direct route between the British and Argentine capitals has not operated sin...

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:15:00 GMT
Lula targets non-voters and over-70s to overturn the first-round result
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will focus his campaign for the October 25 runoff on mobilising those who did not vote on Sunday, particularly people over 70, and on winning over centrist voters, after finishing ...

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:08:00 GMT
UK agrees £190m Airbus deal to boost RAF's strategic airlift fleet of A400M Atlas
The UK Ministry of Defence has signed a £190m contract extension with Airbus to deliver a 30% improvement in the availability of the Royal Air Force's tactical and strategic airlift fleet.

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:04:00 GMT
On first Monday in October Falklands celebrates Peat Cutting Day
Monday 5th October has been a public holiday in the Falkland Islands. This is because the first Monday in October every year has been declared Peat Cutting Day, which is a way of celebrating a long standing tradition and recall...

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:09:00 GMT
Paraguay's opposition takes Asunción from the Colorado Party and holds Ciudad del Este
Paraguay's opposition won the mayoralty of Asunción and held that of Ciudad del Este, the country's two most populous cities, in Sunday's municipal elections, according to preliminary results from the electoral authority. The ...

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:30:00 GMT
São Paulo stocks jump 8% and the real firms after Bolsonaro's first-round win
Brazilian markets rallied sharply on Monday in response to the first round of the presidential election, in which Senator Flávio Bolsonaro finished ahead of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, contrary to what polls had pred...

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:18:00 GMT
"The end of the PT era is decreed," says Flávio Bolsonaro after winning the first round
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro celebrated his first-round victory in Brazil's presidential election in Brasília with a message focused on change. "Change, the word is change. Brazil can't take any more. The end of the PT era is dec...

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