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Mon, 02 May 2022 07:54:00 GMT
Pope Francis admits to having a limp
Pope Francis welcomed a group of pilgrims Saturday and told them he would rather stand up but this time around he would have to pay attention to his doctors, who had advised him not to walk. "My leg is not well," the Argentina-...

Mon, 02 May 2022 07:48:00 GMT
Former Cuban FM Ricardo Alarcón dead at age 84
Former Cuban Foreign Minister and Chairman of the Cuban National Assembly, Ricardo Alarcón died Saturday night in Havana, President Miguel Díaz-Canel announced Sunday. Alarcón was 84. He was a widower and is survived by a da...

Sat, 30 Apr 2022 09:58:00 GMT
Foradori/Duncan deal ignores Argentina: only reflects British interests in Malvinas, claims minister Taiana
Argentine Defense minister Jorge Taiana said that leaving aside former Deputy Foreign minister's alleged conduct during negotiations with British diplomats, --if proven true would be “shameful”--, what is really “serious,...

Sat, 30 Apr 2022 09:57:00 GMT
ARA Libertad to expose UK's 'disproportionate and provocative' military presence in Malvinas
Argentina plans to reaffirm its sovereign rights over the Falkland Islands and expose the 'disproportionate' British military presence in the Islands when the instruction tall ship ARA Libertad calls on different ports of the ...

Sat, 30 Apr 2022 09:54:00 GMT
Turkish FM signs bilateral agreements on his Caracas visit
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu Friday signed in Caracas a series of agreements between his country and Venezuela in areas such as financial economy, agriculture and fishing, tourism, sports, health and medicine, ...

Sat, 30 Apr 2022 09:54:00 GMT
Slowdown deepens in Latin America with regional growth forecasted at 1,8% this year, ECLAC report
The economies of Latin America and the Caribbean face a complex situation in 2022 because of the Russia/Ukraine war with its shadow of uncertainty for the world economy. This is negatively affecting global growth, and at region...

Sat, 30 Apr 2022 09:53:00 GMT
Partial solar eclipse on Saturday can be seen in southern South America, Falklands and Antarctica
The Earth is all set to witness its first solar eclipse of the year 2022, and according to NASA, this cosmic event will take place on Saturday, April 30, at around 6:45 PM UTC. Parts of South America, Antarctica and the Pacific...

Sat, 30 Apr 2022 09:50:00 GMT
Uruguay confirms promising cruise season ahead
Uruguayan tourism authorities have confirmed 143 calls in Montevideo and 40 in Punta del Este for the upcoming cruise season after meetings between a delegation led by Undersecretary Remo Monzeglio with representatives of the c...

Sat, 30 Apr 2022 09:50:00 GMT
State of emergency declared in violence-torn Ecuadorian provinces
President Guillermo Lasso Friday decreed a state of emergency for two months in three of Ecuador's provinces where the crime rate has reached historic levels, it was announced.

Sat, 30 Apr 2022 09:48:00 GMT
Major UK troop deployment in mainland Europe announced
UK defense authorities Friday confirmed they were deploying some 8,000 of its troops to continental Europe between April and June from Finland to North Macedonia in what is regarded as the largest movement of military resources...



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