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Wednesday, June 26th 2019 - 19:21 UTC
US$ 1.3 million found in a Venezuelan airplane in the Dominican Republic

Dominican authorities found 1,378,178 million dollars inside a private plane with Venezuelan registration. It is being investigated if the confiscated money was the product of an international drug trafficking transaction.
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Wednesday, June 26th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
C24 reiterates call for Argentina/UK negotiations on Falklands/Malvinas dispute

The United Nations Decolonization Committee, C24, reiterated its call on Argentina and the UK to resume bilateral negotiations for a “peaceful and long-lasting” solution to the Falkland/Malvinas Islands sovereignty dispute.
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Wednesday, June 26th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Morabito jailbreak: the Calabria mafia boss paid his way out from Uruguay's police headquarters

Uruguay's prisons chief resigned on Tuesday in the wake of a sensational jailbreak by Italian mob boss Rocco Morabito, “Milan's cocaine king” that angered Rome, which was awaiting his extradition.
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Wednesday, June 26th 2019 - 09:13 UTC
China will not allow discussions on Hong Kong at G20 summit warns Beijing

China said it will not allow discussion of Hong Kong at the G20 summit this week even as US President Donald Trump plans to raise the city's mass protests during his meeting with President Xi Jinping.
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Wednesday, June 26th 2019 - 08:50 UTC
US tightens the noose on Iran leaders, including Supreme Ayatollah Khamenei

United States president Donald Trump targeted Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top Iranian officials with sanctions taking a dramatic, unprecedented step to increase pressure on Iran after Tehran’s downing of an unmanned American drone.
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Tuesday, June 25th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Italy demands Uruguay to explain how “Milan's cocaine king” escaped from a jail in police HQ

Italy' Home Secretary Matteo Salvini called on Monday the Uruguayan government asking to explain how one of the most wanted criminals in the world, known as Milan's cocaine king, managed to escape from a jail in Montevideo where he was waiting for his extradition to Italy.
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Tuesday, June 25th 2019 - 09:51 UTC
The Economist: “In Argentina, the IMF has been neither toxic nor triumphant”

“What good is it to throw a man ten feet of rope if he is drowning in 20 feet of water?” asked Kenneth Rogoff, former chief economist of the IMF, to The Economist 15 years ago. His question still bothers the institution he used to advise.
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Tuesday, June 25th 2019 - 09:06 UTC
Bolsonaro to meet President Xi for the first time next Friday in Osaka

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who criticized China last year for “buying” up his country, will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time on the sidelines of this week's G20 meeting in Japan, his office said on Monday.
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Tuesday, June 25th 2019 - 08:51 UTC
Pilots started class-action lawsuit accusing Boeing of covering up the 737 MAX faulty sensor

An airline pilot, identified only as ‘Pilot X’ in court documents, started a class-action lawsuit against Boeing, accusing US plane maker of covering up the 737 MAX’s faulty sensor issue and keeping pilots in the dark about the feature in the pursuit of quick returns.
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Tuesday, June 25th 2019 - 08:10 UTC
Boris Johnson's tax proposals questioned by the Institute for Fiscal Studies

Boris Johnson's tax proposals would cost “many billions” and benefit the wealthy the most, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Mr Johnson, the front-runner in the race to lead the Conservative Party, has outlined plans to raise the threshold for the highest rate of income tax to £80,000.
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