MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for November 13th 2025
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Thursday, November 13th 2025 - 21:08 UTC
Brazil: STJ issues ruling favoring transgender military staff
The First Section of Brazil's Superior Court of Justice (STJ) unanimously ruled on Wednesday in favor of transgender military personnel -or transitioning thereinto- who are thus protected from being relieved of duty for their condition alone.
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Thursday, November 13th 2025 - 20:42 UTC
Trump pardons Lewis in insider trading case
British billionaire Joe Lewis, who has significant business interests in Argentine Patagonia and other parts of South America, has been granted an official pardon by US President Donald Trump, it was confirmed Thursday. The measure came after Lewis, 88, pleaded guilty last year in New York to insider trading charges. He was subsequently sentenced to pay a US$5 million fine and serve three years of probation.
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Thursday, November 13th 2025 - 14:07 UTC
UNICEF report on hardships facing Argentine households released
Three out of every ten households with children and adolescents in Argentina are unable to cover their monthly expenses, according to the ninth “Rapid Survey” conducted by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in August released this week.
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Thursday, November 13th 2025 - 10:55 UTC
After violent storms, Brazil faces ongoing cyclone threat — severe weather also forecast in Argentina
Following a powerful extratropical cyclone that swept across south-central Brazil last week —bringing heavy storms and a tornado that devastated parts of Paraná and Santa Catarina— meteorologists are warning that the country faces a continued risk of similar weather events through the end of the year.
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Thursday, November 13th 2025 - 10:43 UTC
Italy: Prosecutors launch probe into “human safari” allegations
The Milan Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into claims that wealthy Italian citizens paid fees to act as “weekend snipers,” targeting and shooting civilians besieged in Sarajevo during the Bosnian War (1992-1996). The investigation has been bolstered by testimony from former Bosnian Army Brigadier General -and intelligence agent- Edin Subasic.
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Thursday, November 13th 2025 - 10:00 UTC
California Governor becomes most famous US COP30 attendee
California Governor Gavin Newsom has emerged as an unexpected focal point and “anti-Trump” figure at the COP30 climate conference in Belém, capitalizing on the absence of the self-proclaimed climate change skeptic US President Donald Trump.
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Thursday, November 13th 2025 - 09:35 UTC
Over 64,000 new formal jobs created in Paraguay this year
Formal employment in Paraguay has reached a new historic record, with the country adding nearly 64,000 new formal jobs so far in 2025, according to the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security (MTESS).
