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Stories for November 20th 2025

  • Thursday, November 20th 2025 - 21:06 UTC

    Paraguay finalizes first poultry shipment to Philippines

    Albania remains the main destination of Paraguayan poultry shipments

    Paraguay has successfully completed its first-ever export of poultry meat to the Philippines, achieving a significant milestone in its strategy to expand trade with the Asian market. The inaugural shipment took place just two months after the Philippine market was officially opened to the South American country's poultry products, it was reported this week in Asunción.

  • Thursday, November 20th 2025 - 20:30 UTC

    Foul play in Honduran elections feared

    Zelaya insists the recordings “fully demonstrate the existence of an illicit association” to sabotage the forthcoming elections

    The Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives has issued a warning regarding the integrity of Honduras' upcoming elections, drawing parallels to institutional abuses detected in Venezuela and Nicaragua.

  • Thursday, November 20th 2025 - 18:37 UTC

    UK inflation down to 3.6% in October; Autumn Budget to be announced next week

    Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said “this fall in inflation is good news for households and businesses across the country, but I’m determined to do more to bring prices down.”

    UK’s twelve-month inflation rate slid to 3.6% in October, down from 3.8% in September, and a major achievement ahead of the government’s Autumn Budget next week, according to the Office for National Statistics. Core inflation, excluding energy, food, alcohol and tobacco, rose by 3.4% in the year to October, down from 3.5% in September.

  • Thursday, November 20th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Trump signs bill mandating release of Epstein files

    The measure “affects” members of the Democratic Party “much more than the Republican Party,” Trump argued

    US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed legislation directing the Department of Justice (DOJ) to publicly release all files related to the case of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The move formally concludes a push by Congress for transparency that had put political pressure on the White House.

  • Thursday, November 20th 2025 - 10:43 UTC

    IDB grants Uruguay US$25 million loan for security improvements

    “This loan is a further demonstration that public safety is a priority for the government,” Valverde said

    Uruguay's Interior Ministry has secured the first disbursement of a US$200 million credit line from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), with an initial US$25 million tranche set for execution in 2026 to modernize the country's public security apparatus. The financing supports the government's ambitious 2025–2035 National Public Security Plan, aiming to address longstanding concerns about rising crime and prison conditions.

  • Thursday, November 20th 2025 - 09:57 UTC

    Chinese and French carmakers join forces in Brazil to develop electric vehicles

    Alckmin praised the initiative

    Chinese automaker Geely has officially re-entered the Brazilian market by merging with the local subsidiary of France's Renault. The new entity, named 'Renault Geely do Brasil,' will jointly manufacture four new electrified vehicle models at the Ayrton Senna Complex factory in São José dos Pinhais, Paraná state, by 2027.

  • Thursday, November 20th 2025 - 09:45 UTC

    Chile: LATAM Airlines pilots' union ends 8-day strike

    LATAM expects operations to return to normal on November 25

    LATAM Airlines Group and the SPL pilots' union (Sindicato de Pilotos de Latam) reached an agreement late Wednesday, concluding the airline’s first pilot strike since 1997. The work stoppage, which involved 464 unionized pilots, had led to widespread flight cancellations over the past eight days.

  • Thursday, November 20th 2025 - 08:59 UTC

    Cambridge Dictionary names AI related 'parasocial' as the Word of the Year 2025

    Simone Schnall, Professor of Experimental Social Psychology at Cambridge, said: “Parasocial is the perfect Word of the Year. (Pic Cambridge University)

    The word is defined by the Cambridge Dictionary as ‘involving or relating to a connection that someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know, a character in a book, film, TV series, etc, or an artificial intelligence’.

  • Thursday, November 20th 2025 - 08:48 UTC

    Art market opens with record sale for Klimt’s “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer”

    Austrian artist Gustav Klimt master piece was sold at Sotheby’s for US$236.4 million, making it the second-most expensive painting ever sold at auction,

    The “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” by the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt, was sold at Sotheby’s on Tuesday night for US$236.4 million, making it the second-most expensive painting ever sold at auction, blowing past its original estimate of more than US$150 million.

  • Thursday, November 20th 2025 - 08:48 UTC

    Argentine province back to pandemic-era measures as Covid-19 resurges

    Formosa maintains systematic Covid-19 testing, unlike the rest of the country

    The Argentine province of Formosa has confirmed a significant resurgence of Covid-19, prompting health officials to re-establish preventative measures associated with the pandemic and leading to an urgent plea to the National Government over delayed vaccine deliveries.

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