International

• Thursday, November 20th 2025 - 08:48 UTC

  Art market opens with record sale for Klimt’s “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer”

  

  The “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” by the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt, was sold at Sotheby’s on Tuesday night for US$236.4 million, making it the second-most expensive painting ever sold at auction, blowing past its original estimate of more than US$150 million.

• Thursday, November 20th 2025 - 08:23 UTC

  BBC can survive President Trump’s libel suit, but it is a blow to its trust reputation

  

  By Gwynne Dyer - I have spent thousands of hours sitting alongside video editors working on productions quite similar to the Panorama documentary that has landed the British Broadcasting Corporation with the threat of a billion-dollar libel suit by Donald Trump. I think I know what happened.

• Thursday, November 20th 2025 - 08:08 UTC

  Charles III birthday celebration in Buenos Aires embassy included some 800 guests

  

  Britain’s Ambassador in Buenos Aires David Cairns hosted the first major event of his posting in Argentina on Tuesday, welcoming around 800 guests to the residence in Recoleta for a celebration marking the 77th birthday of King Charles III.

• Thursday, November 20th 2025 - 04:36 UTC

  Digital Consumer Protection: Latin America’s Next Big Challenge

  

  Latin America's online economy has expanded rapidly, and millions of people now rely on digital services to perform everyday tasks. But this has also exposed users to problems that are becoming harder to overlook.

• Wednesday, November 19th 2025 - 15:41 UTC

  Gibraltar issues a dodecagon-shaped one pound coin with the effigy of Charles III

  

  The Government of Gibraltar has announced the official issuance of the new Gibraltar one pound coin, featuring the effigy of Charles III as “King of Gibraltar.”

• Wednesday, November 19th 2025 - 09:56 UTC

  Chinese team visits Uruguayan Army Cyberdefense Unit

  

  A high-level delegation from the People's Republic of China visited the Uruguayan National Army's Cyber Defense Unit last week, marking a significant step in strengthening bilateral ties and technical cooperation in defense matters.

• Tuesday, November 18th 2025 - 20:11 UTC

  Caricom delegation touring UK to discuss slavery reparations

  

  A delegation from the Caribbean Community (Caricom) is visiting the United Kingdom this week to engage in discussions regarding their history of slavery and the contentious issue of reparations.

• Tuesday, November 18th 2025 - 04:18 UTC

  What Predictive Models Mean For Hospitality

  

  Front-of-house teams live by feel, yet the best service now also runs on quiet math. Hotels, venues, and entertainment platforms are using lightweight forecasting to pace staff, stock the right items, and shape guest journeys in real time.

• Saturday, November 15th 2025 - 10:41 UTC

  Uruguayan cows stranded off Türkiye due to certification issues

  

  Nearly 3,000 head of cattle exported from Uruguay are stranded aboard a cargo ship off the coast of Türkiye, unable to unload their cargo due to irregularities in their health and commercial certifications, according to Turkish authorities.

• Saturday, November 15th 2025 - 10:32 UTC

  Dominican Republic boosts border security as cholera resurges in Haiti

  

  Authorities in the Dominican Republic have upped all border security measures after Haiti's Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP), backed by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and other international agencies, admitted to the spreading of a cholera outbreak, it was reported in the Caribbean island of Hispaniola on Friday.