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Hamburg hearing opens as Argentina seeks to halt Sea Lion and the UK disputes jurisdiction
The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea began hearing Argentina and the United Kingdom in Hamburg on Tuesday over Argentina’s request for provisional measures to halt the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falklands. Argentina argued that the resources of a disp...
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Politics
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- Leo XIV, before Milei: “The economy must serve the person”
- Leo XIV leaves Uruguay urging Catholics to reach out to “those who have drifted away”
- Paraguay’s prosecutors charge Santiago Peña and seek his pre-trial detention over the Ueno Bank collapse
Economy
- Paraguay seeks to return part of the savings frozen at Ueno Bank within 24 hours
- Paraguay takes over Ueno Bank, with 3 million customers, and freezes its deposits
- Markets react to the US midterms: the dollar falls and gold rises
- Hackers steal US$6.3 billion in crypto from Binance in the sector’s biggest-ever heist
Energy & Oil
- Argentina’s Sea Lion case could founder on Falklands sovereignty, a legal expert warns
- Shell and TotalEnergies double profits on a refining boom
- Falklands unveil 2026-2030 Islands Plan, with a sovereign wealth fund for energy revenues
- Falklands approves bill on oil pollution emergencies in relation to offshore installations, and responsibilities
Agriculture
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- Brazil grain harvest expected at 361.7 million tons, Conab, led by soybeans, corn and cotton
- Germany, extreme hot summer ripens grapes faster and advances wine harvest several weeks
- The US waives beef tariffs for Brazil and Paraguay, but not for Argentina and Uruguay
Environment
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- Peru declares an El Niño emergency in nearly three-quarters of the country ahead of the Pope’s visit
- An unusual die-off of southern right whales in Argentine Patagonia alarms scientists
- Amazon fires rise 62% in October as deforestation falls to a record low
Entertainment
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- Messi leaves Argentina's national team after 21 years with a fortune Forbes puts at US$1.1 billion
- “I gave everything, I have nothing left”: Messi ends twenty years with Argentina
- Drums in his neighbourhood and a wake in parliament: Uruguay bids farewell to Ruben Rada
Health & Science
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- Pope Leo XIV has lung cancer and underwent successful surgery, Vatican says
- BAS researchers uncover chinstrap penguins massive colony decline in Antarctic volcanic island
- Lula remark on medical exams sparks controversy five days before the vote
Tourism
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- Iguazú Falls closed as the river’s flow tops 12,000 cubic metres per second
- British Airways restores non-stop London-Buenos Aires flights and adds a daily Santiago service
- Uruguay ranks third in Latin America for international air passengers per capita
