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Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMTMessi 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 GMTTrump 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 GMTFormer 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 GMTBritish 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 GMTLula 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 ...