Stories for October 25th 2026

Sunday, October 25th 2026 - 17:08 UTC
María Corina Machado returns to Venezuela after ten months abroad and seven failed attempts

Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado returned to Venezuela on Sunday after nearly ten months abroad and at least seven failed attempts to go back. “I am here. With you,” she wrote on X, shortly before reappearing at a Mass at the Divina Pastora sanctuary in Barquisimeto, Lara state, surrounded by supporters.
Sunday, October 25th 2026 - 13:32 UTC
Montevideo cements its role as a staging port for Antarctic expeditions

The port of Montevideo welcomed seven polar expedition ships this week at the start of the Antarctic season, reinforcing the Uruguayan capital’s role as a staging point for cruise ships heading to the frozen continent.
Sunday, October 25th 2026 - 09:37 UTC
Falklands Government reminds 2026 Census latecomers to submit returns

The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) has reminded residents who have not yet completed their 2026 Census to do so as soon as possible.
Sunday, October 25th 2026 - 09:36 UTC
Defense and Falklands, PM Burnham call with Chilean president Kast

Ten Downing Street reported on Friday that Prime Minister Andy Burnham spoke to the President of Chile, Jose Antonio Kast on Friday 23 October.
Sunday, October 25th 2026 - 09:34 UTC
Trump’s favorite president and Argentina’s Economic Chainsaw Massacre

By Jeremy Adelman

Argentine President Javier Milei may currently be a lynchpin in US President Donald Trump’s geo-economic vision for Latin America; but he could soon become its weak link. With elections coming next year, he has achieved an economic recovery and relative price stability by driving millions of his people into destitution.
Sunday, October 25th 2026 - 09:00 UTC
Next Wednesday, Chancellor Healey delivers the Budget statement, PM Burnham’s first

Each year UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer makes the Budget statement to the House of Commons outlining the state of the economy and the Government's proposals for changes to taxation. The government of PM Andy Burnham has announced that the Budget will take place this week on Wednesday 28 October 2026 and delivered by Chancellor MP John Healey. The last Budget was delivered Wednesday, 26 November 2025.
Sunday, October 25th 2026 - 07:02 UTC
Brazil chooses between Lula and Bolsonaro in its tightest runoff in recent history

Nearly 160 million Brazilians are called to vote on Sunday in the presidential runoff, in which President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 80, seeks a fourth term against Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, 45, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro. The two arrive level: the latest Datafolha poll gives each 50% of valid votes.
Sunday, October 25th 2026 - 01:30 UTC
Lula accuses Bolsonaro of “licking Trump’s boots” in the final debate

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Friday accused his runoff rival, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, of “licking the boots” of US President Donald Trump during the last televised debate before Sunday’s election.
Sunday, October 25th 2026 - 00:39 UTC
Bolsonaro apologises twice to Lula in a calmer final debate as polls show a dead heat

Senator Flávio Bolsonaro apologised twice to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during the last televised debate before Sunday’s runoff in Brazil, held on Friday night on TV Globo, which was more measured in tone than the first. The candidates arrived level: the latest Datafolha poll, published on Thursday, gives each 50% of valid votes.
Sunday, October 25th 2026 - 00:03 UTC
7 Workforce Planning Platforms for Employers Trying to Raise Productivity Without Overhiring

On October 6 Brazil's senators began arguing over a constitutional amendment that would take the legal working week down from 44 hours to 40 and leave every pay packet where it is. For employers across South America's largest economy that means roughly 9% fewer contracted hours for the same payroll, and the reflex will be to hire into the gap. Seven workforce planning platforms offer a cheaper answer. They start by showing what the people already on the books can do, before anyone new is recruited.