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Sánchez narrowly ahead in Peru runoff quick count; both candidates urge caution
Peru's presidential runoff ended without a clear winner after an extremely close vote. A quick count by the pollster Ipsos, carried out with the NGO Transparencia on a representative sample of tally sheets, gave a slight edge to leftist candidate Roberto Sánchez, w...
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Politics
- US sanctions Cuba's president Díaz-Canel and inner circle in push for regime change
- Chile's far-right proposes a 'Museum of Truth' on the Allende era to counter coup memory
- Bolivia's blockade crisis reopens a deep racial divide
- Argentine Senate approves a judge Milei opposed over her ties to an investigative journalist
Economy
- Falklands pass £216m budget under 'live within our means' principle amid fiscal pressures
- Falklands Legislative Assembly addresses overseas expenses and budget bills drafts
- EU-Mercosur trade deal takes effect provisionally as legal challenge awaits ruling
- President Kast denounces 3.6%-of-GDP structural fiscal deficit inherited from Boric administration
Energy & Oil
- La Paz endures a month of blockades as food and fuel shortages deepen
- BP sacks its Chair over governance standards and conduct issues
- Falklands’ oil, in June upgrade begins in Asia to adapt Aoka Mizu FPSO to Sea Lion development needs
- Brazilian Public Prosecutor's Office asks not to renew license of country's sole uranium mine
Agriculture
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- Uruguay captures 63% of Mercosur's annual rice quota to the European Union
- Strait of Hormuz closure, FAO warns of fertilizer scarcity and calendar for new planting season
- Falklands, financial advance for FIMCO and calcified kelp license to improve soil for cattle forage
Environment
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- Falklands has a new officer qualified in Environmental Management QLS Level 5
- Western Europe breaks heat records in mid-spring with deaths in United Kingdom and France
- United Kingdom records hottest May since 1922 with overnight temperature record
Entertainment
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- Indio Solari, towering figure of Argentine rock, dies at 77; wake set for Sunday
- 2026 World Cup drives Airbnb supply surge in Mexican host cities and consolidates real estate firms' control
- Messi joins billionaire athletes club after crossing USD 1 billion net worth threshold
Health & Science
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- WHO warns of “magnitude and speed” of Ebola outbreak in Congo with 131 deaths and cases in Uganda
- Labs across three continents confirm passenger-to-passenger spread on hantavirus cruise
- British paratroopers drop onto Tristan da Cunha to treat suspected hantavirus case
Tourism
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- Montevideo's Carrasco airport to fly to 15 destinations in June with 158 weekly flights
- Falklands reaffirms close relationship with IAATO; Marketplace Expo in USA
- Paraguay aims for 10 million tourists by 2037 with megaparks and foreign capital
