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Wednesday, June 24th 2026 - 09:46 UTC
Falklands, lower catch from the Illex squid season; concern with fuel costs

The illex squid fishing season in the Falklands Islands officially closed this Monday although many vessels had left by early June. The season was marked by rising fuel prices and catches well below the ten year average, however the Falkland Islands Fisheries department and the Fishing Companies Association, FIFCA, say the low catch is not an immediate cause for concern.
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Wednesday, June 24th 2026 - 09:36 UTC
“Evidence” on Iranian nuclear weapons is about as reliable as Trump himself

By Gwynne Dyer - Tulsi Gabbard, the recently resigned, retired or fired U.S. Director of National Intelligence told Congress just two months ago that U.S. intelligence agencies had concluded Iran was not building nuclear weapons. Indeed, she said, experts also determined Iran had not resumed its suspended 2003 nuclear weapons program.
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Tuesday, June 23rd 2026 - 18:15 UTC
Early escrutinio stages confirm Colombia's preliminary result with 99.997% coincidence

Colombia's National Registry reported on Tuesday that there is a 99.997% coincidence between the preliminary results of Sunday's presidential runoff, which gave the victory to Abelardo de la Espriella, and the municipal counts, one of the stages of the process that will lead to the official declaration of the new president. “The preliminary count coincides with the judges' tally by 99.997%,” the body said in a statement.
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Tuesday, June 23rd 2026 - 18:02 UTC
De la Espriella says Colombia will join the US-led 'Shield of the Americas' on August 7

Colombia's president-elect, Abelardo de la Espriella, said on Tuesday that the country will join the “Shield of the Americas,” the US initiative against drug cartels, on August 7, when he takes office in place of Gustavo Petro. “From August 7, Colombia will be part of the Shield of the Americas. Colombia will no longer be governed by a government complacent toward narcoterrorism; we will move to combat it as it deserves,” he wrote on the social network X, in response to a congratulation from US War Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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Tuesday, June 23rd 2026 - 17:26 UTC
Peru's Sánchez alleges fraud and says he won't recognize a Fujimori government

The presidential candidate of Juntos por el Perú, Roberto Sánchez, hardened his rhetoric on the runoff on Tuesday, alleging an alleged “fraud in progress” and announcing that he will not recognize a possible government of right-wing Keiko Fujimori. At a press conference in Lima, the left-wing candidate also called a protest for Saturday in defense of what he considers the popular will expressed at the ballot box.
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Tuesday, June 23rd 2026 - 14:50 UTC
Best Time to Visit New Zealand for Every Type of Traveler

Choosing the best time to go to New Zealand depends on your travel goals, not the calendar alone. Travelers from Europe and North America should remember that this country's seasons are reversed: summer from December to February, and winter from June to August.
Tuesday, June 23rd 2026 - 05:45 UTC
What to expect from the UK’s likely next prime minister Andy Burnham

By Matthew Flinders, University of Sheffield (*)

Resigning as UK prime minister and leader of the Labour party, Keir Starmer said he accepted, “with good grace”, that the party does not think he is best placed to lead them into the next general election.
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Tuesday, June 23rd 2026 - 05:43 UTC
Alan Greenspan, Fed chairman who served with four presidents and faced several recessions has died at 100

One of the most influential economic policymakers in the last four decades and chairman of the Federal Reserve for almost twenty years, under four different United States presidents from different parties, Alan Greenspan died this week at the age of 100.
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Monday, June 22nd 2026 - 18:19 UTC
Uruguay deepens its search for the dictatorship's disappeared with access to new archives

Uruguay expanded its policy of searching for those who were detained and disappeared during the dictatorship with the signing of an accord for the treatment, preservation and administration of archives on human-rights violations committed in the country between 1968 and 1985. The agreement, signed on Monday in Montevideo, deepens a strategic pact reached by state bodies in February.
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Monday, June 22nd 2026 - 18:11 UTC
Messi becomes the outright all-time top scorer in World Cup history

Lionel Messi on Monday became the outright all-time top scorer in World Cup history, netting his seventeenth goal in the competition during Argentina's match against Austria, on the second matchday of their group at the 2026 World Cup. With that goal, the Argentine captain surpassed the 16 scored by Germany's Miroslav Klose, until now the tournament's leading marksman.
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