U.S. ambassador in Israel urges staff: leave “TODAY” amid security risks Friday, February 27th 2026 – 10:50 UTC The message surfaced hours after the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem said Washington had authorized the voluntary departure of non-emergency U.S. government personnel and their families U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee urged embassy staff and […]
European Commission announces provisional entry into force for the trade pillar of the EU-Mercosur deal Friday, February 27th 2026 – 10:51 UTC “I said before that when they are ready, we will be ready… On that basis, the Commission will now proceed with provisional application,” von der Leyen said European Commission President Ursula […]
Uruguay and Argentina ratify the EU-Mercosur deal, leaving entry into force to Brussels Thursday, February 26th 2026 – 22:41 UTC In Argentina, the Senate ratified the treaty by 69 votes in favour and 3 against, after prior approval in the Chamber of Deputies. Uruguay and Argentina ratified on Thursday the trade agreement between […]
By Nyan Reynolds News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Feb. 27, 2026: It was Saturday, January 24th, and my niece was hired for her first job. At seventeen years old, she stood on the edge of something new. Her first paycheck. Her first taste of independence. Her first official entry into the workforce. There is […]
Willie Colón died Saturday at seventy-five in New York, but Panama keeps hearing him in its own key. From early Carnival stages to late return visits, his music served as a bridge, and his passing reopened a debate about cultural belonging and memory. A Carnival Stage That Kept Calling Him Back There is a particular […]
Newly declassified U.S. Justice Department emails and files in the Jeffrey Epstein case are rippling into Colombia again, reviving questions about former president Andrés Pastrana and his links to Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, and sharpening demands for transparency now publicly. A Letter Lands and the Timeline Reopens It starts the way so many Colombian political […]
GENEVA, Feb. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Sandmark, the new media outlet intent on setting a new standard in covering digital assets, today announced the addition of three accomplished journalists to its rapidly growing ranks. Stuart Clelland, Ana Paula Pereira and Parikshit Mishra join the team headed by Editor-in-Chief Giles Broom who is building one of the industry’s most […]
Cuba says it foiled ‘terrorist’ infiltration after shootout with Florida-registered speedboat Thursday, February 26th 2026 – 13:14 UTC Cuban authorities said they seized assault rifles and handguns, along with homemade explosive devices (including Molotov cocktails), plus ballistic vests, telescopic sights and camouflage uniforms Cuba said on Thursday that a civilian speedboat departing from […]
Latin America’s best- and worst-rated presidents in new poll: Bukele the best, Delcy the worst Thursday, February 26th 2026 – 13:27 UTC CB Consultora said fieldwork ran from February 10 to 15 across 18 countries, surveying 22,487 people in total El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele tops a February 2026 regional ranking of Latin […]
UK government says “no pause” in the Chagos Islands ratification process in Parliament Thursday, February 26th 2026 – 13:38 UTC The Chagos archipelago is best known for its main island of Diego Garcia, which houses a US military base Trump, “do not give away Diego Garcia” Mauritius’s Attorney General […]