Stories for June 2025

Thursday, June 26th 2025 - 10:19 UTC
Chilean president becomes first-time father

Violeta Boric Carrasco, daughter of Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font and his partner, environmental chemist and former professional basketball player Paula Carrasco, was born Wednesday evening at the Clinical Hospital of the University of Chile in Santiago, making the child the first ever born to a sitting president Carlos Ibáñez del Campo’s offspring in 1928 and 1930. The birth was confirmed after 11 pm local time.
Thursday, June 26th 2025 - 10:17 UTC
Brazil: Voepass grounded permanently

Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) revoked the Air Operator Certificate (AOC) of Passaredo Transportes Aéreos, the main company in the Voepass group, after “serious and persistent flaws were identified in the company's Continuous Analysis and Supervision System,” Agencia Brasil reported. In addition, the company was fined R$570,400 (US$102,672).
Thursday, June 26th 2025 - 04:41 UTC
Key Strategies for Speculating on Asset Price Shifts

Speculation rattles the markets more than most admit, and yet, it’s somehow always the amateurs who get caught with their hands in the cookie jar while the seasoned players walk away with the whole bakery. The truth? There’s no magic bullet, but the right approach keeps one from being chewed up by volatility. The world of asset price shifts is relentless; prices move for reasons both rational and irrational. Watching a chart tick up and down can seduce even experienced traders into believing there’s a secret pattern hiding just beneath the surface. Spoiler alert: sometimes randomness really is just randomness. Still, certain strategies put the odds at least a little less against anyone daring enough to speculate.
Wednesday, June 25th 2025 - 20:14 UTC
Mexican president eyes legal action against Elon Musk's SpaceX

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced Wednesday that she was reviewing taking legal action against SpaceX due to the environmental damage caused by debris from a Starship rocket explosion in Tamaulipas.
Wednesday, June 25th 2025 - 19:54 UTC
Argentina: Milei to suppress Civil Servants' Day off

The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei will be suppressing the June 27 Civil Servant Day off for the people of the sector, Spokesman Manuel Adorni announced Wednesday.
Wednesday, June 25th 2025 - 10:45 UTC
Ceasefire agreed upon between Iran and Israel

Iran and Israel agreed Tuesday to a US-brokered ceasefire, following nearly two weeks of escalating tit-for-tat strikes.
Wednesday, June 25th 2025 - 10:26 UTC
Bolivia: Measles outbreak leads to schooling reschedules

Bolivian education authorities in Santa Cruz have moved forward the winter recess, spanning now from June 30 through July 11, given the measles outbreak affecting the country. Other regions will continue with regular classes and follow the existing academic calendar, with their break set for July 7 to 18. Meanwhile, the cities of La Paz, El Alto, and Potosí, as well as several municipalities in Santa Cruz, have switched to online classes until the epidemic is under control, Education Minister Omar Véliz announced.
Wednesday, June 25th 2025 - 09:44 UTC
Brazilian poultry exports admitted again in 17 countries

Seventeen countries have lifted import restrictions on Brazilian poultry after the South American country was declared free of avian influenza on June 18, following 28 days without any new cases since the outbreak in Rio Grande do Sul in a commercial farm in Montenegro.
Wednesday, June 25th 2025 - 09:33 UTC
Brazil's Senate okays quota for women on boards of directors

Brazil's Senate Tuesday approved Bill (PL) 1.246/2021, providing for a 30% quota for women on the boards of directors of state-owned companies, including a specific portion for black women or women with disabilities. The document is now up for presidential enactment.
Wednesday, June 25th 2025 - 09:24 UTC
Argentina begins evacuating nationals stranded in Israel

The Argentine government launched a repatriation operation to evacuate around 450 nationals of the South American country stranded in Israel amid the conflict with Iran, which has nevertheless been reported to have ended, at least for now.