Guatemala Logs 55,061 Returnees, Opens Izabal Office
Guatemala deportations and returns reached 55,061 by 8 October, the migration institute said as it opened a new office in...
October 10, 2026Section
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Argentina Treasury Deposits Shrink to US$1.18 Billion
Argentina Treasury deposits in dollars fell to US$1.177 billion, a consultancy says, leaving Milei's government reliant on a pending IMF...
October 10, 2026
Tanzania Rescuers Free 3 Gold Miners After 20 Hours
Rescuers in Tanzania's Mara Region pulled three artisanal gold miners alive from a caved-in pit on Friday, while two more...
October 10, 2026
Lula Campaign Accuses Meta of Bias 15 Days Before Vote
Lula's campaign accuses Meta of favouring Flávio Bolsonaro on Instagram and will go to Brazil's electoral court before the 25...
October 10, 2026
Peru Highway Crash Kills 5 on Panamericana Sur
A head-on collision on the Panamericana Sur near Ica killed five people before dawn on Saturday. Police are holding the...
October 10, 2026
Brazil Zeroes Gasoline Taxes for 30 Days Before Runoff
Brazil zeroed federal gasoline taxes for 30 days on 9 October, a cut of about US$0.18 a litre, and raised...
October 10, 2026
Brazil Highway Crash Kills 5 From One Family on BR-393
A Brazil highway crash on the BR-393 near Barra do Piraí killed five members of a Juiz de Fora family...
October 10, 2026
Ethiopia Opens Gold Refinery With 600-Tonne Capacity
Ethiopia opened a national gold refinery in Addis Ababa on 10 October. Abiy Ahmed says it could support up to...
October 10, 2026
Trump Calls ICE Heroes for Dominican Shot on 8 October
Trump praised ICE at a Syracuse rally a day after the ICE shooting of Dominican Oscar Bergal, as over 1,000...
October 10, 2026
Chile’s Kast Visits Central Bank After 4.1% Inflation
Chile's Kast visited the central bank on 9 October, a day after his finance minister said 4.1% inflation was the...
October 10, 2026
Mexico Orders 24 Towns Indoors as Hurricane Simon Nears
Hurricane Simon hit 150 mph on Saturday as Mexico told 24 municipalities to stay indoors. Landfall in Jalisco is possible...
October 10, 2026
Ghana Rises to Tier 1 in US Trafficking Report
Ghana rose to Tier 1 in the 2026 US Trafficking in Persons report, the only African country at the top,...
October 10, 2026
Peru Pushes Regional Runoff Back a Week to 6 December
The Peru regional runoff moves to Sunday 6 December after the electoral court accepted ONPE's request. At least 11 regions...
October 10, 2026
Brazil’s Fachin Moves to Close 7-Year Fake News Probe
Chief Justice Edson Fachin says he will archive the fake news inquiry Alexandre de Moraes ran since 2019, after reviewing...
October 10, 2026
South Africa Sends Army to Durban After Days of Unrest
South Africa has deployed soldiers to Durban, where armed troops patrol the city centre with police after days of anti-immigrant...
October 10, 2026
Mexico Jails US-Sanctioned El Tanque, Ruling 13 October
A Mexican judge jailed US-sanctioned fuel-theft suspect El Tanque pending a 13 October ruling, as officials weigh a recording tied...
October 10, 2026
Uganda’s UN Envoy Warns of ICC Exit After US Sanctions
Uganda's UN envoy says Kampala will quit the International Criminal Court if it targets Ugandans, a day after the US...
October 10, 2026
Venezuela Grants Starlink 7 Licences After Quake
Venezuela Starlink licences: regulator Conatel granted SpaceX's local unit seven concessions, months after quake permits let it test service in...
October 10, 2026
Sheinbaum Plans US Envoy Talks, Says Crossings Fell 98%
Sheinbaum says her talks with US Ambassador Johnson were about trade, so a separate security meeting is planned. She cites...
October 10, 2026
Fitch Lifts Nigeria Outlook on Reforms and Reserves
Fitch revised Nigeria's outlook to positive on Friday and kept its B rating, citing reforms that lifted reserves to US$54.9...
October 10, 2026