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Tuesday, November 10th 2026 - 10:55 UTC
Princess Anne and Sports VIPs present at official opening of Falkland Islands Sport Complex

The Falkland Islands Government and National Sports Council are proud to announce the official opening of the Falkland Islands’ new National Sports Complex, this Tuesday 10 November, in the presence of HRH The Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence.
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Tuesday, November 10th 2026 - 10:44 UTC
UK with eyes from space: launches its second military satellite, Titania

Britain has a new pair of eyes in space, with the successful launch of British-built military satellite Titania. The launch – completed last month from California on an Space X rocket– will further help the Armed Forces coordinate their efforts on and above Earth, by improving their ability to observe military activity on Earth from space.
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Tuesday, November 10th 2026 - 03:26 UTC
Princess Anne arrives in the Falklands and will open the new National Sports Complex

Princess Anne, the sister of King Charles III, arrived in the Falklands on Monday with her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, at the start of a visit that will later take her to South Georgia, and among other engagements will formally open the new National Sports Complex in Stanley.
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Tuesday, November 10th 2026 - 03:15 UTC
Some 2.5 million people attend Leo XIV’s Mass in Buenos Aires, authorities say

Some 2.5 million people, according to local authorities, attended the Mass Pope Leo XIV celebrated on Monday in the parks of Palermo in Buenos Aires, the first by a pontiff in Argentina since John Paul II’s visit in 1987, with a homily focused on the role of the family. El País described it as the largest gathering of his pontificate.
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Monday, November 9th 2026 - 10:57 UTC
Hidden armoured vault found in a Peña home built with Ueno Bank loans

Paraguayan prosecutors and police on Sunday searched a residence of former President Santiago Peña in Ciervo Cuá, in the San Bernardino district, about 50 kilometres from Asunción, built with loans from Ueno Bank. According to the newspapers ABC Color and Última Hora, they found an armoured vault behind a false wall that they were unable to open. The Prosecutor’s Office confirmed the search, although its statement did not mention the vault, whose contents are unknown.
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Monday, November 9th 2026 - 10:45 UTC
1982 veterans parade in London as the Falklands honour the fallen on Remembrance Sunday

The Falkland Islands community paid tribute on Sunday in Stanley to those who lost their lives in conflict at the Remembrance Sunday service, while in London many British veterans of the 1982 war paraded at the main commemorations.
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Monday, November 9th 2026 - 03:07 UTC
Lost savings and broken trust: life for those hit by Ueno Bank’s closure

For nearly three million Paraguayans, November 3 began with a message on their phone screens: “We cannot display your balance.” Early that morning, Paraguay’s Central Bank took over Ueno Bank over a critical solvency problem and froze its deposits. A week later, with President Santiago Peña removed from office and in pre-trial detention, many of those affected still have no access to their money and say they have also lost faith in the country’s institutions.
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Monday, November 9th 2026 - 03:00 UTC
Leo XIV, before Milei: “The economy must serve the person”

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Buenos Aires on Sunday, the first papal visit to Argentina in 39 years, and in his first address to the authorities, with President Javier Milei at his side, said that “the economy must be at the service of the person, and not the person at the service of the economy”, urged those in authority to “recognise the limits of power” and called for “special attention” to the sick and people with disabilities.
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Sunday, November 8th 2026 - 20:16 UTC
Leo XIV leaves Uruguay urging Catholics to reach out to “those who have drifted away”

Pope Leo XIV ended his visit to Uruguay on Sunday with a Mass before some 30,000 faithful in the city of Florida, where he urged Catholics to reach out to those who have drifted away from the Church in South America’s most secular country, before flying to Buenos Aires, the second stop on his regional tour.
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Sunday, November 8th 2026 - 01:53 UTC
Paraguay’s prosecutors charge Santiago Peña and seek his pre-trial detention over the Ueno Bank collapse

Paraguayan prosecutors on Saturday charged former President Santiago Peña, removed from office by the Senate on Friday, and requested his pre-trial detention in the case over the collapse of Ueno Bank, which froze the savings of nearly three million customers. A judge must rule on the request. Prosecutors also charged former Central Bank president Carlos Carvallo, who is in custody.
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