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Study: Don't blame climate change for South American drought

Scientists say climate change isn't to blame for the nasty three-year drought still devastating Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Bolivia

The Independent UK

Machu Picchu reopens to tourists after closure over civil unrest

The Incan citadel of Machu Picchu, one of South America's biggest tourist draws, reopened to visitors in Peru on Wednesday after several weeks of closure due to civil unrest.

Reuters

Who is Kendry Paez? The wonderkid signed by Mauricio Pochettino at Chelsea

South American wonderkid Kendry Paez has joined Chelsea from Independiente del Valle and the teenager becomes Mauricio Pochettino's first signing at Stamford Bridge

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Fishermen in French Guiana complain of foreign boats overfishing their waters

For years, fishermen in French Guiana, a French territory in South America, have been complaining about illegal coastal fishing. The culprits are wooden boats - called "tapouilles" - that come from Brazil, Suriname and Guyana to take advantage of the rich fish stocks in French waters. Although the problem has…

France 24

Chelsea Andrey Santos transfer risk vindicated after Brazil win U20 South American Championship

Chelsea news: Andrey Santos has shown Graham Potter exactly what to expect from him when his opportunity in the first team arises with his performances at the South American U20 Championship

Football London

Swansea City transfer news as pundit accuses Swans of 'softness', Oli McBurnie left upset and Bony heads to South America

The Swansea City news and views making headlines on Sunday, February 12

Wales Online

Ferny Hills' Pure Tennis Academy hires coaches from Spain, Argentina as part of post-flood rebuild

A north Brisbane tennis school transforms itself a year after being inundated by floodwaters, even adding four new coaches from Europe and South America.

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Weather tracker: extremes of heat and cold hit South and North America

Conditions in parts of South America up to 10C above average as US records its coldest ever temperature

The Guardian - UK

Mini creatures with mighty voices know their audience and focus on a single frequency

In the cloud forests of South America, amid the constant cacophony of bird and insect noise, a deafening blare pierces through the background from time to time. Belonging to the loudest known bird, the white bellbird, Procnias albus, this sound would be painful to humans listening nearby and capable of…

The Conversation

Deforestation piles pressure on South America’s elusive Chacoan peccary

With just 3,000 of the pig-like animals still roaming the Gran Chaco region, a community conservation effort in Argentina is fighting for its future

The Guardian - UK

Scholz bid to rally Ukraine support in South America falls flat

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's bid this week to rally support for Ukraine in the face of Russia's invasion during his first South American tour fell flat, with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva reiterating his view both parties shared blame.

Reuters

Scholz visits South America in race with China for lithium

Chancellor Olaf Scholz is hoping his trip to Latin America this weekend will help Germany secure additional supplies of the lithium that car giants like Mercedes-Benz Group AG and Volkswagen AG need for their electric-vehicle batteries.

Tribune News Service

Scholz seeks to secure more critical minerals on South America tour

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lobbied this week for South America to prioritize cooperating with Germany in its commodities sector as Berlin joins the race for critical minerals, with lithium key for its auto industry.

Reuters

Scholz urges swift EU-Mercosur free trade deal on first South America trip

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday urged a swift conclusion to talks on a free trade deal between the European Union and the Mercosur South American trade bloc, on the first stop in Buenos Aires of his inaugural tour of the region.

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Asteroid 2023 BU scrapes past the Earth in one of the closest approaches ever

A huge asteroid has narrowly passed the Earth tonight, flying past the tip of South America in one of the closest approaches of known near-Earth object on record

The Independent UK

Asteroid to pass Earth in one of closest approaches ever recorded

Asteroid 2023 BU will zoom over the southern tip of South America only 2,200 miles above the the planet’s surface.

Radio France Internationale

Truck-sized asteroid to zoom past Earth in nearest-ever cosmic miss

The US space agency Nasa says we have nothing to worry about. The cosmic rock is nine metres wide and weighs as much as a shipping container – and it's going to miss the southern tip of South America by at least 3,600 kilometres.

Daily Record

Asteroid the size of a bus to pass Earth in one of the 'closest encounters' ever

The giant rock will shoot a couple of thousand miles over the tip of South America tonight - 10 times closer than the satellites circling overhead.

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Asteroid the size of a BUS coming as close to earth as London to Cairo tonight

The asteroid, known as 2023 BU, will zoom 2,200 miles above the southern tip of South America - 10 times closer than most communication satellites circling overhead, and around the same distance as the UK to Cyprus

Chicago Sun-Times

Asteroid coming exceedingly close to Earth, but NASA says there will be no impact

The asteroid, about the size of a delivery truck, will zoom 2,200 miles above the southern tip of South America on Thursday evening, the space agency says.

The Guardian - AU

My bad trip – I wanted a romantic jaunt. I got a kidnapping and a breakup

I was naive and underprepared when I agreed to go backpacking around South America with my boyfriend

Reuters

A South American currency union? Don't hold your breath

South America is not likely to have a common currency bloc to rival the euro any time soon, analysts said on Monday, despite excited chatter sparked by officials in Brazil and Argentina raising the prospect of a shared tender.

Reason

Justice Gorsuch's Dissent from Denial of Review in an Excessive Fines Clause Case

Here's his opinion from today's Toth v. U.S.: In the 1930s, Monica Toth's father fled his home in Germany to escape the swell of violent antisemitism. Eventually, he found his way to South America, where he made a new life with his young family and went on to enjoy a…

Reuters

Former Fox execs conspired to bribe FIFA officials, prosecution witness says

An Argentine businessman testified on Wednesday that two former 21st Century Fox executives and a sports marketing company conspired with him to bribe South American soccer officials and secure lucrative broadcasting rights.

Reuters

Former Fox execs in Brooklyn court as FIFA corruption case kicks off

A criminal case against two former 21st Century Fox executives and a sports marketing company accused of bribing South American soccer officials to obtain lucrative broadcasting rights will reveal "a culture of corruption," a prosecutor told a jury in a Brooklyn federal court on Tuesday.

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