Entertainment

Tuesday, November 30th 2021 - 03:06 UTC
Messi wins 7th Ballon d'Or of his career, thanks Argentina teammates

Argentine football star Lionel Messi has won his seventh Ballon d'Or award Monday and offered it to his national squad teammates with whom he achieved his first major professional title at country level.
Monday, November 29th 2021 - 09:40 UTC
Former British Ambassador to BA to take over as Scotch Whisky Association CEO

Former British Ambassador to Buenos Aires has been chosen to head the Scotch Whisky Association, something which was no surprise at all in the Argentine capital, where he proved to be quite a connoisseur on the subject.
Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Falklands member of the Table Tennis Federation, despite Argentina's objection

Argentina lost to the Falkland Islands at the International Table Tennis Federation, ITTF, where overwhelming support had the Islands registered as an independent member. This despite the strong allegations from the Argentine Table Tennis Federation president Fernando Joffre, at the ITTF annual assembly.
Friday, November 26th 2021 - 09:05 UTC
Conmebol names a star after Maradona on the first anniversary of his death

South America's Football Confederation (Conmebol) Thursday announced a star had been named after Argentine soccer legend Diego Armando Maradona on the first anniversary of the former player's death.
Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 15:46 UTC
Argentine art collector pays US$ 35 million for an emblematic feminist icon painting

Argentine businessman and art collector Eduardo Constantini paid 35 million dollars for an iconic painting of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo at Sotheby's in United States. The record-breaking sum for a Kahlo masterpiece is a self-portrait, “Diego and me”, was painted in 1949 and was dedicated “to Florence and Sam with love from Frida”.
Friday, November 12th 2021 - 19:07 UTC
Cardiff court hands down 18- month jail sentence to manager behind Argentine footballer's fatal flight

British aviation businessman David Henderson, who organized the private flight from Nantes to Cardiff resulting in the death of Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty of “endangering the safety of the aircraft.”
Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 08:19 UTC
South Georgia releases Blue Belt Program stamps

The Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands is releasing a stamp set to celebrate its involvement in the UK Blue Belt Program.
Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 08:16 UTC
The difference between the Scottish and English poppies: botanically incorrect

Did you know that not all Remembrance poppies look the same? Although the poppy is a universal symbol of Remembrance, the way each country makes them is very different.
Monday, November 8th 2021 - 19:54 UTC
Health care professionals in charge of Maradona booked for murder

All seven health care professionals who were treating Argentine football legend Diego Armando Maradona when he underwent surgery and eventually died have been charged with malpractice and other crimes by a San Isidro (Greater Buenos Aires) court Monday.
Monday, November 1st 2021 - 17:53 UTC
Shanghai Disneyland shut down after one tourist tests positive for COVID-19

Chinese authorities have decided to shut down Disneyland and Disneytown temporarily In Shanghai between Monday and Tuesday out of COVID-19 concerns, it was announced.