MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Brazil heads to the polls without a single debate between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro
Brazilian broadcaster Globo on Thursday cancelled, an hour before it was due to start, the last presidential debate scheduled before Sunday's first round, following a series of court rulings and the absence of both President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Fl...
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Politics
- Pilot stabs another on a Dubai–Tel Aviv flight and passengers subdue him
- Falklands Legislator meets PM Burnham and cabinet members at Liverpool
- Lula remark on medical exams sparks controversy five days before the vote
- A falsehood about Brazil's patron saint pits Supreme Court justices against each other mid-campaign
Energy & Oil
- London rejects Argentina's arbitration and questions its “reliability” as a partner
- Milei orders arbitration proceedings against the UK over the Sea Lion project
- Falklands government extends all offshore oil licences for five years
- British columnist proposes London take half of Falklands oil revenues
Agriculture
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- Germany, extreme hot summer ripens grapes faster and advances wine harvest several weeks
- The US waives beef tariffs for Brazil and Paraguay, but not for Argentina and Uruguay
- Wildfires in Spain and France hit the world's two largest wine-growing nations
Environment
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- Argentine Patagonia national park will twin with a Welsh similar of Snowdonia
- WMO forecasts a very strong El Niño peaking at year's end and lasting into February 2027
- Norway prepares to open The Whale Museum, 190 miles north of the Arctic Circle
Entertainment
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- Drums in his neighbourhood and a wake in parliament: Uruguay bids farewell to Ruben Rada
- Specialist outlets estimate GTA VI absenteeism could cost the US a billion dollars
- Ruben Rada, who took Uruguayan candombe to international audiences, dies at 83
Health & Science
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- Australia launches program to vaccinate colonies of little penguins against avian influenza
- Colombia asks for supplies but not foreign rescue personnel after the earthquake
- SpaceX rocket stage crashes into the Moon after 18 months adrift
Tourism
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- A port dispute in Montevideo blocks a second ferry operator on the Buenos Aires route
- Venezuela's main airport reopens with temporary modules two months after the earthquake
- Argentine trips abroad fall 21.2% as Brazil and Uruguay lead arrivals
