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Tue, 31 Mar 2026 03:58:00 GMTOil tops $114 a barrel as Iran conflict drives record monthly surge
Brent crude, the European benchmark, closed Monday at $112.78 per barrel and continued climbing in the futures market past $114, its highest level since July 2022. Oil has surged roughly 55% in March, the largest monthly gain s...
Tue, 31 Mar 2026 02:11:00 GMTChile's new government freezes migrant legalization, eyes deportations
President José Antonio Kast's government has suspended a decree drafted by the previous administration of Gabriel Boric that would have regularized some 182,000 people who entered Chile irregularly and voluntarily registered w...
Tue, 31 Mar 2026 01:24:00 GMTArgentine court charges football chief 'Chiqui' Tapia and top AFA officials with tax fraud
An Argentine court on Monday charged the president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), Claudio Tapia, treasurer Pablo Toviggino, and three other officials with misappropriation of tax revenue and social security funds,...
Tue, 31 Mar 2026 01:16:00 GMTArgentine microsatellite to fly on NASA's Artemis 2 Moon mission
A microsatellite designed and built entirely in Argentina will travel as a secondary payload on the crewed Artemis 2 mission, which NASA plans to launch Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Argentina is the only ...
Tue, 31 Mar 2026 01:03:00 GMTNASA begins countdown for first crewed Moon mission in over 50 years
The countdown for the Artemis 2 mission began Monday at 4:44 p.m. local time at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with liftoff targeted for 6:24 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1. It will be the first time astronauts have traveled ...