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Saturday, June 6th 2026 - 08:09 UTC
Falklands’ public meeting Monday 8th June on the 2026/27 annual budget, with Secretary Clunie attending

The Falkland Islands Government will be holding a public meeting on Monday 8th June 2026 from 5-6pm in the Court & Assembly Chamber where the Financial Secretary, Pat Clunie will present the 2026-27 annual budget.
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Saturday, June 6th 2026 - 08:00 UTC
‘Soccer’ is incorrect, or is it still the fine term for the beautiful game?

By Kirk Bowman (*) - At the 2026 World Cup draw, FIFA Peace Prize recipient and U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the game should really be called “football.”<br /><br />
“There’s no question about it. We have to come up with another name for the NFL. It really doesn’t make any sense,” said Trump, an apparently new convert to the round-ball game.He isn’t alone. The word “soccer” is, in some parts of the world, shunned by some fans.
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Saturday, June 6th 2026 - 07:46 UTC
Indio Solari, towering figure of Argentine rock, dies at 77; wake set for Sunday

Carlos Alberto “Indio” Solari, one of the most influential figures in the history of Argentine rock and the frontman of Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota, died on Friday at the age of 77 at his home in Parque Leloir, in the Buenos Aires district of Ituzaingó. His death set off a wave of spontaneous tributes across the country, and his family announced that his wake will be held on Sunday.
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Friday, June 5th 2026 - 23:56 UTC
Fujimori and Sánchez close campaigns in Lima before Peru's tight Sunday runoff

Peru's presidential candidates, conservative Keiko Fujimori and leftist Roberto Sánchez, closed their campaigns in Lima on Thursday before thousands of supporters, three days before a runoff that polls suggest will be very close. Fujimori appealed for the “unity and reconciliation” of Peruvians, while Sánchez promised to end the “chaos” and centered his speech on anti-fujimorismo.
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Friday, June 5th 2026 - 23:12 UTC
US sanctions Cuba's president Díaz-Canel and inner circle in push for regime change

The United States sanctioned Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and his closest circle on Thursday, in a fresh escalation of Washington's pressure on the island with the stated goal of forcing a change of regime after 67 years of communist government. Havana rejected the move at once.
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Friday, June 5th 2026 - 23:06 UTC
Chile's far-right proposes a 'Museum of Truth' on the Allende era to counter coup memory

Seven of the eight deputies of the National Libertarian Party (PNL), the far-right group founded by Johannes Kaiser, presented a resolution in Chile's Congress asking President José Antonio Kast to create a “Museum of Truth” devoted to what they describe as “the abuse, hunger and humiliation” of the Popular Unity government, led by Salvador Allende from 1970 until his overthrow on September 11, 1973.
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Friday, June 5th 2026 - 22:49 UTC
Bolivia's blockade crisis reopens a deep racial divide

The social conflict in Bolivia has split the country once again. The road blockade led by Indigenous peasants, which has besieged La Paz for more than a month, has brought expressions of racism to the surface in the capital. Worn down by the lack of gasoline and food and by soaring prices, some residents lash out at the protesters —and the hostility runs in both directions.
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Friday, June 5th 2026 - 07:08 UTC
Argentina warns it could 'fully exercise all actions' over Falklands oil drilling plans

Argentina's government warned that it could “fully exercise all” available actions over plans to develop an oil field near the Falkland Islands, in a fresh escalation of the sovereignty dispute. The Foreign Ministry declared the plans of Britain's Rockhopper Exploration “unlawful” and described that company and its Israeli partner, Navitas Petroleum, as “clandestine,” after the Sea Lion project moved from exploration into development.
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Friday, June 5th 2026 - 00:26 UTC
Argentine Senate approves a judge Milei opposed over her ties to an investigative journalist

Argentina's Senate on Thursday approved the appointment of María Verónica Michelli as a judge of Federal Oral Court No. 3 in La Plata, a nomination President Javier Milei had tried to block because she is the sister-in-law of journalist Hugo Alconada Mon, of the newspaper LA NACION. The nomination was approved on the floor by 44 votes to 18 —all the negatives from the ruling party— with two abstentions, in a session that exposed a rift within the governing bloc.
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Thursday, June 4th 2026 - 21:23 UTC
Lufthansa Boeing 787's nose gear collapses at Frankfurt gate, injuring four staff

The nose landing gear of a Lufthansa Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner collapsed on Thursday while the aircraft was parked at a boarding gate at Frankfurt Airport in Germany, leaving four people slightly injured. The plane was being prepared to operate a flight to Los Angeles when, at around 12:45 p.m. local time, the nose gear gave way and the front of the fuselage came to rest on the tarmac, sustaining considerable damage.
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