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‘World’s largest’ electric ship measuring 130 metres launched by Tasmanian boatbuilder

Manufacturer Incat built Hull 096 to run between Buenos Aires and Uruguay, dubbing it the ‘most complex’ project it has ever undertaken

The Guardian - AU

Buenos Aires Farewells Native Pontiff With Tears And Calls To Action

With songs, candles, tears and prayers, Buenos Aires mourners marked the burial of pontiff and native son Pope Francis Saturday.

International Business Times

Pope Francis' beloved soccer team in Buenos Aires mourns its most famous fan

Pope Francis’ beloved soccer club in his native Buenos Aires, San Lorenzo, has celebrated a Mass dedicated to its most famous fan two days after his death, with Argentina still awash in emotional tributes to the first Latin American pontiff

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Argentina 'Slum Priests' Take Pope's Message To The Poor

Down a narrow street in Villa 31, the oldest of Buenos Aires's informal settlements, Father Ignacio "Nacho" Bagattini celebrates mass in a community center for homeless drug addicts.

International Business Times

The pope who loved football: How Francis brought the beautiful game to the Vatican

Pope Francis had a lifelong passion for football, from supporting San Lorenzo and organising peace-promoting matches to inviting legends like Messi and Maradona to the Vatican.

Euronews

Leaders and believers around the world pay tribute to 'everyone’s pope'

As the Vatican announces that the funeral of Pope Francis will take place on Saturday at 10am local time, world leaders, representatives of other religions and the Catholic faithful around the world have been reacting to the death of the pontiff on Monday, 21 April.

Radio France Internationale

To truly understand Pope Francis’ theology – and impact – you need to look to his life in Buenos Aires

Pope Francis’ journey from the streets of Flores, a neighbourhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to the Vatican, is a remarkable tale.

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Argentina bids farewell to Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff

The death of Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff and a key figure of the Catholic Church in the 21st century, generated reactions around the world.

Euronews

‘He listened to everyone’: Buenos Aires remembers pope as voice for the poor

Locals hail pontiff’s work in city’s poorest neighbourhoods – but express sadness that he never came back as pope

The Guardian - US

'One Isn't Born A Saint': School Nuns Remember Pope Francis As A Boy

At the school in Buenos Aires where he started his religious journey at the young age of 5, the nuns remember the boy who would later become Pope Francis as "mischievous."

International Business Times

Argentina Mourns Loss Of Papal Son

Grief-stricken Argentines massed at Buenos Aires Cathedral early Monday to collectively mourn their late pontiff, compatriot and hero, Pope Francis.

International Business Times

The Legacy of Pope Francis, The First Pope From Latin America

Born in Buenos Aires to Argentine parents, Jorge Bergoglio made history as the first Latin pope.

Latin Times

Pope Francis: A life in pictures

Some of the defining images of the life of Pope Francis, the first Latin American and first Jesuit to serve as the Roman Catholic Church’s pontiff.

Euronews

Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff dies, aged 88

Pope Francis, the unconventional and outspoken pontiff who inspired widespread devotion but riled traditionalists, died on Monday aged 88. Born Jorge Bergoglio, Francis was the first Jesuit to lead the world's almost 1.4 billion Catholics and the first from the Americas.

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The Independent UK

Pope Francis reached out to migrants and the LGBTQ+ community, but also drew unusual opposition

Pope Francis was the first pope from the Americas, the first Jesuit pontiff and the first to take the name of Francis, after St. Francis of Assisi

The Independent UK

A timeline of the life of Pope Francis: From Buenos Aires to Rome

Key dates from his life

The Independent UK

Pope Francis: The first Latin American and Jesuit to lead the Roman Catholic Church

Former Archbishop of Buenos Aires sought to bring ‘common touch’ and modernising influence to Vatican, speaking passionately on the need to address modern concerns like the climate crisis as a moral imperative

The Guardian - UK

The Penguin Lessons review – Steve Coogan outshone by his feathered friend in 70s Argentina comedy drama

Coogan plays a world-weary teacher in turbulent Buenos Aires who finally grows a political conscience thanks to a penguin

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The Independent UK

Pupy the elephant arrives at a Brazil sanctuary after 30 years in Argentine zoo

Pupy the elephant has arrived at her new home in a sanctuary in Mato Grosso, Brazil, following a 2,700-kilometer journey from a zoo converted into an ecological park in Argentina’s capital where she had spent 30 years in conditions criticized by activists

The Guardian - UK

‘Apparently, he had a fist fight with King Charles’: the jawdropping life of Luca Prodan, Argentina’s punk god

He was a gin-swilling Scottish-Italian heroin addict who set Argentina’s music scene ablaze – baffling the junta, who would arrest his audiences. As a biopic looms, we look at the fast life and early death of the still-worshipped frontman

Latin Times

Man Whose Girlfriend Was Deported Embarks on International Motorcycle Ride to Be With Her in Argentina

An American man is documenting his journey along the Pan-American Highway to reunite with his deported girlfriend in Buenos Aires.

The Independent UK

Pupy the elephant heads to a vast Brazilian sanctuary after 30 years in an Argentine zoo

An unusual convoy is nearing Argentina’s lush border with Brazil, after snaking through traffic-snarled roads for hours

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Where Should the Next Season of The White Lotus Be Filmed? I've Done the Research and Have Narrowed Down the Options

Now that the third season has wrapped, the anticipation of what's in store for the next season begins... and more importantly, its location

International Business Times

Argentine Peso Depreciates After Exchange Controls Lifted

Argentina's currency dropped 8.4 percent against the US dollar as markets opened in Buenos Aires Monday, after the partial lifting of exchange controls in place for six years.

Latin Times

Argentina Braces For 24-hour Strike As It Awaits News On IMF Loan

A peaceful demonstration in the capital Buenos Aires preceded Thursday's walkout -- the third general strike in budget-slashing Milei's 16-month-old presidency, and called by unions to protest his brand of "chainsaw" austerity.

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