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United Kingdom

Falkland Islands to be completely cleared of mines 38 years after war

The mine clearance was carried out by a team from Zimbabwe, under British supervision, enabling the UK to meet its obligations under the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention.

10/11/2020

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Maradona fans gather outside clinic where star undergoes brain surgery

Maradona had a subdural hematoma, which is an accumulation of blood between a membrane and his brain, his personal doctor, Leopoldo Luque, said.

04/11/2020

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Argentina's nurses demand better working conditions as pandemic rages on

.Hundreds of nurses march through the streets of Buenos Aires towards the local government headquarters to ask for recognition, better salaries and improved working conditions.

23/10/2020

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About 300 firefighters try to control fires in Cordoba, Argentina

Some 300 firefighters tried to put out two large forest fires that are still active in a mountainous area of Córdoba province, in central Argentina.

05/10/2020

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Tributes after Argentine cartoonist Quino dies aged 88

Argentine cartoonist Joaquín Salvador Lavado, the creator of the beloved comic strip Mafalda, has died at the age of 88, his editor announced Wednesday.

01/10/2020

India

Coronavirus: Global cases pass 25 million

The global caseload has just topped 25 million, but protests against confinement measures keep growing in Europe and around the world.

30/08/2020

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Argentina battles fires in Paraná Delta

Firefighters continued to fight fires in the wetlands of the Paraná River Delta, destroying habitats in an area close to 200 square miles.

01/08/2020

Argentina

Two Argentinian transgender football players are blazing the trail for others

Marcos Rojo and Mara Gomez feel like themselves when they're out on the pitch in Argentina. They know they could have to submit hormone test before they're fully accepted into the leagues, but for now, they're leading the way.

25/04/2020

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Thousands of women rally for abortion to be legalised in Argentina

Latin America has some of the strictest abortion laws in the world, say activists.

20/02/2020

World News

Tributes, theories and questions one year on from Sala plane crash

The circumstances of Argentine strikers Emiliano Sala's death remain murky a year after the tragic plane crash in the English Channel.

21/01/2020

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Football legend Maradona meets Argentina`'s new president

Not a bad photo opportunity for Argentina's new head of state.

27/12/2019

Argentina

France extradites 'butcher' of Argentina dictatorship

The ex-police officer from Argentina, who has lived for more than three decades in France, was extradited for crimes during the military dictatorship.

16/12/2019

Uruguay

Neck and neck: Uruguay presidential elections virtually tied

Uruguay's two main candidates were virtually tied after Sunday's general election

25/11/2019

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Estudiantes marks roaring return to stadium with flaming lion

Estudiantes de La Plata inaugurated their redeveloped Jorge Luis Hirschi Stadium in the most eye-catching fashion on Friday.

11/11/2019

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Thousands march in Buenos Aires for Gay Pride

Participants held gay pride flags and danced as they made their way through downtown Buenos Aires.

03/11/2019

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Britain gives Argentina back Madonna statue taken from Falklands

Thirty-seven years after the Falklands war, a tiny statue of the Madonna taken at the end of the conflict and held in Britain is going home to Argentina in a gesture of reconciliation blessed by Pope Francis in Vatican City.

30/10/2019

Argentina

Argentina elects new Peronist president amid economic crisis

Argentina's Peronists have swept back into power, electing Alberto Fernandez president in an election result that shifts the country firmly to the left amid an economic crisis.

27/10/2019

World News

Argentina goes to the polls in tense election

Argentinians are voting for a new president with the economy uppermost in voter's minds

27/10/2019

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Protesters set fire to local government building after teacher deaths

Angry demonstrators set fire to a local government building in the southern Argentine city of Rawson on Wednesday (September 18), following the deaths of two teachers who had been protesting for salary increases.

19/09/2019

Argentina

Watch: Rescuers save Orcas stranded on Argentine beach

Rescue workers and volunteers have saved six of seven orcas that became stranded on a beach. A local spotted the whales and firefighters and marine biologists were sent to the scene.

17/09/2019