PAHO Celebrates Brazil’s Historic Achievement: Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV – PAHO/WHO

Washington, DC, 19 December 2025 – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) congratulates Brazil on achieving the elimination of mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV—a landmark accomplishment for public health in the Americas.... Read more »

1,600 students walk out against ICE in Hillsboro, Oregon

On December 12, some 1,600 students walked out at four Portland, Oregon-area high schools, Hillsboro, Liberty, Century and Glencoe, and three middle schools, South Meadows, Poynter and R.A. Brown. With approximately a... Read more »

Lula, Milei clash over Venezuela at Mercosur summit

President Javier Milei clashed with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Saturday at the regional Mercosur summit about the fate of Venezuela, as US President Donald Trump ratcheted up the pressure on... Read more »

Venezuela denounces Trump’s order for ship blockade as ‘warmongering threats’

US President Donald Trump has ordered “a total and complete” blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, a move denounced by Caracas as “warmongering threats”. Trump wrote that Venezuelan... Read more »

Ekitike and Isak help Liverpool squeeze past nine-man Tottenham | Football News

Defending champions Liverpool win 2-1 at Tottenham to climb to fifth in the Premier League table. Published On 20 Dec 202520 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share... Read more »

’cause I’m the Taxman | Buenos Aires Times

At first sight there might seem little remarkable about the heads of the ARCA tax revenue and customs authority and Banco Nación being replaced by the next in the line of succession,... Read more »

Russian attack on Ukraine’s Odesa kills at least 8 as peace talks lumber on | Russia-Ukraine war News

A Russian ballistic missile strike on port infrastructure in Ukraine’s Odesa port in the south has killed at least eight people and wounded 27, as Moscow intensifies attacks on the strategic Black... Read more »

‘I can’t think of a place more pristine’: 133,000 hectares of Chilean Patagonia preserved after local fundraising | Chile

A wild valley in Chilean Patagonia has been preserved for future generations and protected from logging, damming and unbridled development after a remarkable fundraising effort by local groups, the Guardian can reveal.... Read more »

Milei gives in to IMF pressure and opens door to inflation risk

After two years of prioritising “a cheap dollar” as an anchor to show falling inflation figures, President Javier Milei’s government has yielded to pressure from Washington to strengthen Argentina’s international reserves.  The... Read more »

‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last-ditch deal | Cop30

Dawn was breaking over the Amazonian city of Belém on Saturday morning, but in the windowless conference room it could have been day or night. They had been stuck there for more... Read more »