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Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:30:00 GMTDe la Espriella wins Colombia's presidency in the preliminary count as Cepeda awaits the tally
Right-wing criminal lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella won Colombia's presidency, according to the preliminary count by the RegistradurĂa, defeating left-wing senator Iván Cepeda by less than a point in the closest runoff in the...
Sun, 21 Jun 2026 21:39:00 GMTStarmer weighs political future as pressure to resign mounts
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is weighing his political future as pressure grows within the Labour Party for him to announce his resignation, following Andy Burnham's victory in last week's Makerfield by-election.
Sun, 21 Jun 2026 21:25:00 GMTReport says Chinese firms control nearly two-thirds of the squid fleet in Argentina's waters
Companies of Chinese origin own 63.1% of the jigger fleet that, under the Argentine flag, fishes squid inside Argentina's Exclusive Economic Zone, according to a report by illegal-fishing and marine-conservation researcher Milk...
Sat, 20 Jun 2026 20:56:00 GMTTenth anniversary of Brexit, UK GDP per head cost of 8% in 2025, LSE professor estimates
Ten years ago, June 2016, the UK voted to leave the EU and since then, an extensive body of research has studied the impact of Brexit on the UK economy.
Sat, 20 Jun 2026 20:35:00 GMTAustralia reports bird flu has killed 13.000 elephant seal pups in Heard and McDonald islands
The pathogenic strain of bird flu, H5N1 has killed more than 13,000 elephant seal pups after infecting a breeding colony on a sub-Antarctic volcanic island, Australian scientists from the Antarctic Program discovered.