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Burnham's first moves as UK PM: new chancellor, Miliband to foreign office and a social turn
The United Kingdom's new prime minister, Labour's Andy Burnham, began shaping his government with a cabinet reshuffle and a series of socially oriented announcements, hours after taking office in place of Keir Starmer. The former mayor of Greater Manchester, who reac...
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Politics
- Lula asks Trump to explain 25% tariffs on Brazil, speaks of a “war of truth”
- Andy Burnham is the Labour leader, third time lucky for the UK’s prime minister in waiting
- “The Falklands cannot remain British for ever,” a Guardian column argues
- FIFA weighs possible sanctions against Argentina over Falklands banner against England
Economy
- Falklands planning business delegation to Uruguay to buy construction materials, ‘costs the crux of the issue”
- Cuba details business reforms opening private firms to foreign investment
- Milei plans US-style government shutdown mechanism to cap Argentina's spending
- Venezuela quake death toll reaches 3,685 as economists urge lifting of US sanctions
Energy & Oil
- Repsol, Ecopetrol and 17 other oil firms cleared for Brazil's next pre-salt auction
- Brazilian stocks slip as the US-Iran deal sinks oil prices and hits Petrobras
- Venezuela hands Shell a license for the cross-border Loran gas field shared with Trinidad
- Colombia's government confirms El Niño will be among the most intense since 1950
Agriculture
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- Uruguay sheep produce exports from July25 to May26 reached US$ 281 million
- FAO food commodity prices in May showed increases in cereals, sugar and beef
- Uruguay captures 63% of Mercosur's annual rice quota to the European Union
Environment
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- SAERI launches new research projects across the Falklands and South Atlantic
- Argentina's polar spell eases as Patagonia faces rain, snow and 90 km/h gusts
- US marks its 250th anniversary as a record heat wave disrupts July 4 events
Entertainment
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- World Cup winners to get NFL-style rings: 30 for the squad and 1,996 for sale
- Balogun says he thought it was “a joke” when FIFA suspended his red card after Trump call
- Falklands government calls Argentine banner insensitive, urges FIFA to sanction
Health & Science
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- British Antarctic Survey confirms Antarctica's first dinosaur fossil, 40 years on
- PAHO warns Venezuela quake health emergency has entered critical phase
- Venezuela's quake toll passes 2,295 a week on, with tens of thousands still unaccounted for
Tourism
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- Falklands: good news for FIGAS, next NB Islander assembly “scheduled in the coming weeks”
- Falklands, South Atlantic Airbridge will change UK terminal to East Midlands for four months
- Montevideo's Carrasco airport to fly to 15 destinations in June with 158 weekly flights
