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Saturday, November 7th 2026 - 02:50 UTC
“They all must go”: Peña’s removal fails to calm anger on Paraguay’s streets

Thousands of Paraguayans celebrated in Asunción on Friday as the Senate removed President Santiago Peña from office, but the joy turned almost immediately to anger among those who wanted a complete change of government. “Out with them all,” hundreds of protesters chanted outside Congress as Vice President Pedro Alliana was sworn in as the new head of state.
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Saturday, November 7th 2026 - 02:41 UTC
Princess Anne to arrive in the Falklands on the eve of the Hamburg hearing

Princess Anne, the sister of King Charles III, will visit the Falklands and South Georgia from Monday, November 9, the day before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea holds hearings in Hamburg on Argentina’s case against the Sea Lion oil project, Buckingham Palace has announced.
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Saturday, November 7th 2026 - 02:30 UTC
Leo XIV begins his tour in Uruguay, praising Mercosur and peace and questioning abortion and euthanasia

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Montevideo on Friday, the first stop on his South American tour, and in a speech to Uruguayan authorities praised Mercosur, peaceful coexistence and care for the environment, but also defended life “even that which is still growing in the mother’s womb” and questioned euthanasia, in a country where both are legal and which is considered the most secular in the region.
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Saturday, November 7th 2026 - 02:17 UTC
Paraguay’s Senate removes Santiago Peña, who is placed under arrest, and Pedro Alliana takes office

Paraguay’s Senate on Friday removed President Santiago Peña from office in an impeachment trial for “poor performance of his duties” over the collapse of Ueno Bank, and hours later prosecutors ordered him placed under house arrest over alleged economic crimes. Vice President Pedro Alliana was sworn in before Congress that night as the new head of state and will serve out the term until August 15, 2028.
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Friday, November 6th 2026 - 01:56 UTC
Peña says he will face his impeachment trial as Argentina denies he has entered the country

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña announced on Thursday night that he will appear before the Senate to defend himself in the impeachment trial against him, after Congress failed for lack of a quorum to consider the resignation he had tendered hours earlier, leaving him formally in office. Argentina’s government, meanwhile, denied any record of Peña entering Argentina, following reports that he might have left Paraguay.
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Friday, November 6th 2026 - 01:42 UTC
Lula sees his win as “a lesson for the world” after setbacks for Netanyahu and Trump

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva described his October 25 re-election as “a lesson for the world” and linked it to the electoral setbacks suffered in recent days by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump. “In the same week, Netanyahu lost in Israel and I think my friend Trump is losing in the United States,” he said on Thursday in a live broadcast on YouTube.
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Friday, November 6th 2026 - 01:38 UTC
Watchdog publishes a list of 77 clergy accused of abuse in Peru ahead of the Pope’s visit

US-based organisation Bishop Accountability on Thursday presented in Lima a list of 77 members of Peru’s Catholic clergy publicly accused of sexually abusing minors, days before Pope Leo XIV, who lived in the country for more than two decades, begins his tour of South America. Victims and the organisation called on the pontiff to take concrete steps, including setting up a truth commission.
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Friday, November 6th 2026 - 00:56 UTC
What Game Providers Tell You About an Online Casino

Most players look at the welcome bonus first and the game catalogue second, yet the list of companies that actually build the games often says more about a site than any welcome offer. Game providers are the studios that design slots, develop live dealer tables and run the random number generators behind every round. When you know how to read that list, you learn things the marketing copy will never tell you.
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Friday, November 6th 2026 - 00:51 UTC
Big Tech loses a trillion dollars in a day after the Democratic win

Shares in major technology companies plunged on Wall Street on Thursday and in Asian markets on Friday, in a sell-off that wiped hundreds of billions of dollars of market value, on fears that the Democratic victory in the US midterm elections will slow the expansion of data centres and artificial intelligence. The so-called magnificent seven, including Apple, Nvidia and Tesla, together lost a trillion dollars in a single session, according to the BBC.
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Friday, November 6th 2026 - 00:21 UTC
How Football Grounds Became Part of Gaming Culture

A floodlight pylon above a row of houses can tell a supporter they are close to the ground before a sign does. Inside, the angle of a roof or the position of the away end can be enough to identify the venue. Football grounds have a visual identity that survives even when the pitch is empty.d
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