https://en.mercopress.com/ South Atlantic News Agency en Copyright 2026, MercoPress. https://en.mercopress.com/web/img/en/mercopress-logo.gif http://en.mercopress.com/ British Prime Minister Andy Burnham arrived in Kyiv on Monday on his first trip abroad since taking office in July, coinciding with the 35th anniversary of Ukraine's independence. He met Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and is due to meet President Volodymyr Zelensky and chair his first meeting of the so-called coalition of the willing, set up by London and Paris under his predecessor, Keir Starmer.

]]> Mon, 24 Aug 2026 07:28:00 GMT The online gambling industry has grown from a handful of experimental websites into one of the fastest-expanding segments of the global digital economy. Over roughly three decades, it has passed through distinct phases shaped by technology, regulation, and changing consumer habits. Its trajectory offers a useful case study in how a lightly regulated digital sector matures, fragments across jurisdictions, and adapts to successive waves of enforcement and innovation.

]]> Mon, 24 Aug 2026 02:11:00 GMT FIFA's Disciplinary Committee on Friday imposed financial and sporting sanctions on the Argentine Football Association and four members of its national squad over the confrontations at the end of the 2026 World Cup final and over breaches committed throughout the tournament, among them the display of a banner asserting a sovereignty claim over the Falklands.

]]> Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:52:00 GMT The summer window isn't decided by who makes the biggest signing announcement. It comes down to whether a club fixes real weaknesses, gives the manager players he can actually use, and avoids stacking one position while ignoring another. By that measure, Chelsea, Tottenham, Real Madrid, AC Milan, and Manchester City have done the most coherent work so far as of August 6, 2026, even though the Premier League window doesn't close until September 1. It's still too early for a final judgment.

]]> Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:15:00 GMT The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, will settle in the United Kingdom from this autumn, though they will not resume their roles as working members of the royal family, British media reported on Wednesday. The story was broken by The Telegraph and corroborated to the Associated Press by a person close to the couple who was not authorised to speak publicly. There has been no official statement from the palace or the Sussexes.

]]> Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:06:00 GMT Pharmaceutical companies Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, and Moderna announced on Wednesday that their individualized neoantigen therapy, intismeran autogene, met its endpoints in a phase 3 trial in melanoma patients. It is the first positive result at that stage for an mRNA-based cancer treatment.

]]> Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:47:00 GMT The Falklands Planning and Building Committee has approved two projects tied to the sectors that underpin the Islands' economy: fishing and hydrocarbons.

]]> Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:01:00 GMT According to ABC News Australia wildlife conservation agencies in the state of Victoria have launched a program to vaccinate little penguins against the H5 strain of avian influenza. Over the next few weeks, experts plan to capture and vaccinate more than 5,000 birds in colonies on Philip Island and St. Kilda.

]]> Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:45:00 GMT Russia's embassy in London has accused the British government of deliberately opting for an escalation of the Ukraine conflict, after it emerged that British-made drones were used in strikes on targets inside Russian territory. "In doing so, the United Kingdom is acting as an accomplice and co-perpetrator of the bloody crimes and terrorist attacks," it said in a statement.

]]> Tue, 18 Aug 2026 06:15:00 GMT Cash, Crypto, or Cards: How Venezuela's Reopening Could Redraw Latin America's Payment Map:

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