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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.

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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.

Reuters

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

Daily Mirror

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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.

The Independent UK

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.

Radio France Internationale

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.

Daily Record

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

Daily Mirror

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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

The Guardian - AU

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.

Reuters

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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.

Football London

The Luizao transfer trick West Ham may look at repeating after David Moyes’ latest comments

West Ham United have signed two Brazilians so far this season and comments from manager David Moyes suggest that the South American market could be one to focus more on in the future

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Irish Mirror

Daniel Kinahan drug cartel channelling drugs through Africa on much bigger scale than first thought

A report has found both substantial local consumption and expanding transit flows to Europe and Australia from South America.

Dublin Live

Kinahan cartel channels huge quantities of narcotics through African countries from South America

A study discovered that the shipments are on a much bigger scale than previously believe

The Independent UK

French Guiana - Out of this world

Alain de Botton finds a corner of South America that is forever France, and where tropical jungle tangles with space exploration

Wales Online

Netflix to end password sharing early next year, say reports

The streaming giant has already ran a trial in South America

Daily Mirror

Lionel Messi request leaves PSG chiefs concerned over World Cup 'provocation'

Lionel Messi captained Argentina to winning the World Cup, defeating France in the final, but growing tensions as the South Americans celebrate have left Paris Saint-Germain concerned

Al Jazeera

US seeks to bolster Ecuador ties as China expands regional role

Joe Biden says US will seek to expand relationship with Ecuador as President Guillermo Lasso visits White House.

The Independent UK

Biden: US looking to strengthen relationship with Ecuador

President Joe Biden says the U.S. is looking to expand and strengthen its relationship with Ecuador, one of its staunchest allies in South America and a country that’s also getting plenty of attention from China

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