Stories for 2026

Friday, August 21st 2026 - 08:59 UTC
The prosecutor in the Maradona case says a crime occurred and the trial will not collapse

Deputy chief prosecutor for San Isidro Patricio Ferrari said on Thursday that the delivery of medical records belonging to Diego Armando Maradona's father, rather than the footballer's own, may constitute a criminal offence, and ruled out that the discovery will halt the trial over the star's death in November 2020.
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Friday, August 21st 2026 - 08:17 UTC
BP, Shell and Gulf partners return to Venezuelan gas on the Trinidad and Tobago border

Venezuela's government has concluded a series of agreements with international oil companies in recent weeks to develop its offshore gas fields, marking a shift from the years of isolation and sanctions that have defined the sector.
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Friday, August 21st 2026 - 08:04 UTC
Falklands to hold its 2026 Census: when it will take place

On Sunday, October 18, the Falklands will carry out the 2026 Census of households and families. It is a household and family survey, organized every five years by law, providing a snapshot of all residents and households in the Falklands.
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Friday, August 21st 2026 - 06:17 UTC
Falklands’ Gentoo Penguin Postcard Rate Booklet Stamps

The new airmail postcard rate stamps from the Falkland Islands feature a beautiful and unusual photograph of a Gentoo Penguin taken by Sara Jenner. The stamps are available in booklets of 10 stamps. Currently the postcard rate in the Falklands is £1.60.
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Friday, August 21st 2026 - 05:20 UTC
US gross national debt passes 40 trillion dollars for the first time

The gross public debt of the United States reached 40.047 trillion dollars on Tuesday, according to data released by the Treasury Department. It is the first time the figure has crossed that threshold, and it has arrived earlier than expected: the Congressional Budget Office had projected 39.4 trillion by the end of fiscal 2026 and placed the jump to 40 trillion in 2027.
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Friday, August 21st 2026 - 00:15 UTC
Which Clubs Won the Summer 2026 Transfer Window?

The summer window isn't decided by who makes the biggest signing announcement. It comes down to whether a club fixes real weaknesses, gives the manager players he can actually use, and avoids stacking one position while ignoring another. By that measure, Chelsea, Tottenham, Real Madrid, AC Milan, and Manchester City have done the most coherent work so far as of August 6, 2026, even though the Premier League window doesn't close until September 1. It's still too early for a final judgment.
Thursday, August 20th 2026 - 08:13 UTC
A judge demands urgent reports from Argentina's government on the fate of road funds

Federal judge Ernesto Kreplak, sitting in La Plata, this week admitted a class action and requested urgent reports from the Ministry of Economy, the National Roads Directorate and Banco Nación on the use of resources from the Integrated Road System (SisVial), a trust fund financed by the tax on liquid fuels whose legal purpose is the construction and maintenance of national highways.
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Thursday, August 20th 2026 - 08:06 UTC
Harry and Meghan will move to the UK without resuming official royal duties

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, will settle in the United Kingdom from this autumn, though they will not resume their roles as working members of the royal family, British media reported on Wednesday. The story was broken by The Telegraph and corroborated to the Associated Press by a person close to the couple who was not authorised to speak publicly. There has been no official statement from the palace or the Sussexes.
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Wednesday, August 19th 2026 - 21:50 UTC
A critical report says Argentina's investment regime concentrated capital in mining and oil

Argentina's Large Investment Incentive Regime (RIGI), created in 2024, “consolidated a strongly extractive profile and did not stimulate new sectors,” according to a report released on Wednesday by the RIGI Observatory, a coalition of civil society organisations and academic centres that examines the scheme from a critical standpoint.
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Wednesday, August 19th 2026 - 21:47 UTC
A personalized mRNA therapy passes a phase 3 melanoma trial for the first time

Pharmaceutical companies Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, and Moderna announced on Wednesday that their individualized neoantigen therapy, intismeran autogene, met its endpoints in a phase 3 trial in melanoma patients. It is the first positive result at that stage for an mRNA-based cancer treatment.
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