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Tuesday, November 4th 2025 - 10:33 UTC
Prince William given the keys to the city of Rio

Prince William of Wales is visiting Brazil to fulfill an environmental agenda. On Monday, while touring Rio de Janeiro's Sugarloaf Mountain, he received the key to the city from Mayor Eduardo Paes.
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Tuesday, November 4th 2025 - 10:28 UTC
Peru cuts diplomatic ties with Mexico over asylum to former PM

Peru announced on Monday that it was officially severing all diplomatic ties with Mexico following the asylum granted by the mission in Lima to former Prime Minister Betssy Chávez. “The Peruvian government has decided today to break diplomatic relations with Mexico,” Foreign Minister Hugo de Zela stressed.
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Tuesday, November 4th 2025 - 10:16 UTC
FT says Trump teams evaluating dollarization of Argentina's economy

Sources close to US President Donald Trump said the Republican administration was actively discussing a strategy to encourage several countries to adopt the greenback as their official currency, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Sunday. The move would seek to curb China’s growing influence and maintain the dollar's global dominance.
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Tuesday, November 4th 2025 - 09:49 UTC
Prince Albert II of Monaco lands in Paraguay for 3-day visit

Prince Albert II of Monaco arrived in Paraguay on Monday for his first-ever official visit to the South American nation, marking a historic moment aimed at boosting diplomatic and commercial ties. He was welcomed at the Silvio Pettirossi International Airport at 6.10 pm local time with full honors by Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez Lezcano.
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Tuesday, November 4th 2025 - 09:41 UTC
Japan is one step closer to allowing Brazilian beef imports

The opening of the Japanese market to Brazilian beef appears imminent, as a Japanese government delegation is scheduled to visit Brazil this month to conduct a final audit of local meatpacking plants. Negotiations gained significant momentum following President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's visit to Tokyo in March.
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Tuesday, November 4th 2025 - 09:29 UTC
High-speed train between Rio and Sao Paulo could revolutionize travel in Brazil

Brazil's plans for a groundbreaking high-speed rail (HSR) system that promises to connect Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo in an estimated 1 hour and 45 minutes could potentially revolutionize transport in South America.
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Tuesday, November 4th 2025 - 09:18 UTC
Considerable shrinking of Antarctic glacier reported

Experts have expressed their concern after a study revealed that the Hektoria Glacier in eastern Antarctica retreated by 50% in just two months —between November and December 2022— losing 8.2 kilometers of ice. This rate of ice loss is nearly ten times faster than previously measured for land-based glaciers, setting a new record.
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Tuesday, November 4th 2025 - 08:34 UTC
Falklands, Lloyds Bank interested in operating in the Islands

The Falkland Islands Government has published a notice in the Penguin News saying that “there will be a public meeting held on Wednesday, 5th November 2025 at 5pm in the Court & Assembly Chamber.
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Monday, November 3rd 2025 - 20:05 UTC
US Navy's and Royal Navy begin trials with un-crewed vessels

USX-1 Defiant is a prototype of the US program to develop autonomous vessels with no need for physical crews. She is the first US naval surface vessel ever built to operate without room or provisions for human crew.
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Monday, November 3rd 2025 - 19:52 UTC
Discovery Building, a milestone for Rothera Base and BAS in Antarctica

The 2025/2026 Antarctic season is a landmark for the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and its Antarctic Infrastructure Modernization Project (AIMP), as the new Discovery Building begins to take on its operational role. Specialist teams will be on site from this month to check the building’s critical systems are working as expected and to carefully manage the removal of six older structures, the functions of which are now integrated within the Discovery Building.
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