South America
Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:56:00 GMTLawyers and opposition challenge Milei’s citizenship-by-investment scheme as unconstitutional
The citizenship-by-investment programme launched by Javier Milei’s government, which allows foreigners to obtain Argentine nationality in exchange for a US$350,000 contribution to the Treasury or the purchase of a US$800,000 ...
Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:50:00 GMTLula takes to the streets of São Paulo to close the gap two weeks before the runoff
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva led a large rally on São Paulo’s Avenida Paulista on Sunday to relaunch his campaign two weeks before the October 25 runoff, in which he trails Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. “Thi...
Mon, 12 Oct 2026 07:10:00 GMTBrexit campaigner Daniel Hannan warns a US shift on the Falklands would wreck the Atlantic alliance
Daniel Hannan, one of the leading strategists of the Brexit campaign and director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), has warned in the Washington Examiner that a change in the US position on the Falklands would...
Mon, 12 Oct 2026 07:06:00 GMTYields on key US Treasury bonds reached new highs, but for the 10-year demand was especially strong
Yields on key US Treasury bonds touched fresh 24-year highs Wednesday as the latest global bond sell-off picked up steam. The 10-year Treasury yield rose as high as 5.36%, and the 30-year Treasury yield hit 5.73% — the highes...
Mon, 12 Oct 2026 07:04:00 GMTBAS researchers uncover chinstrap penguins massive colony decline in Antarctic volcanic island
A remote volcanic island near Antarctica has lost its title of largest penguin colony in the world, as new research reveals massive population declines, igniting fears for species’ survival. Researchers from British Antarctic...
Mon, 12 Oct 2026 07:01:00 GMTThe Royal Navy Silent Service celebrating its 125th anniversary
Hidden deep below the surface, the Royal Navy's submarines are the most powerful stealth weapons of war ever built by Britain. The men and women of the Silent Service operate unobserved, undetected and ready to unleash a destru...
Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:58:00 GMTA Falklands friend: HMS Westminster Type 23 frigate to be scrapped in Turley
It marks the end of an era for a former Royal Navy Type 23 frigate that has served since 1992, and was well known in the Falkland Islands given her recurrent visits a South Atlantic patrol.
Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:53:00 GMTSorry, Britain. The Falkland Islanders are just 190-year-old squatters
By Walter E. Block, Ege Fakkusoglu (*)
Argentine President Javier Milei is hardening Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Malvinas/Falkland Islands while paving the way for severe sanctions against British companies. He ha...
Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:50:00 GMTDrebbel's submarine: Radical 1620 invention the Royal Navy dismissed as a novelty
The British Navy did not see the military value in Drebbel's invention, instead dismissing it as more of a spectacle than a weapon. In 1620, Dutch inventor Cornelis Drebbel built the world's first operational, navigable submari...
Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:44:00 GMTTrump says Russia will supply millions of tonnes of diesel as US eases sanctions on Moscow
US President Donald Trump announced on Friday a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin for Russia to supply some 4.8 million tonnes of diesel to US and global markets, aiming to curb rising fuel prices. To make it possible,...