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IMF improves growth outlook for Argentina's economy

12-10-2021 14:04 International Monetary Fund improves 2021 growth forecast for Argentina to 7.5%, rise of 1.1 points.

Georgieva kept on as IMF chief after data scandal review

12-10-2021 11:48 Kristalina Georgieva will remain as head of the International Monetary Fund after the lender’s board reviewed accusations that she improperly influenced a World Bank ranking of China’s business climate.

Paraguay hold Argentina in World Cup qualifier stalemate

07-10-2021 23:49 Single point maintain Albiceleste's unbeaten run in qualifying and solidifies their second place in the single qualifying table behind runaway leaders Brazil, who saw off a scare against Venezuela in Caracas.

Lithium prices are soaring, sparking more deals for key battery metal

07-10-2021 08:23 Lithium is having a moment -- and record prices won’t deter the flurry of deals for the key battery metal.

Argentina ranks third for offshore bank accounts in 'Pandora Papers' leak

05-10-2021 09:25 New leak of nearly 12 million documents from financial services firms shows how elite use tax havens to stash assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Number of Argentines appear, including Gianfranco and Mariano Macri, Jaime Durán Barba, Daniel Muñoz, Ángel Di María, Javier Mascherano, Mauricio Pochettino and Zulemita Menem.

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp hit by widespread outage

04-10-2021 20:55 Facebook battled duelling crises on Monday as it faced a large-scale outage of its dominant social network for seven hours, and fought against a whistleblower's damning revelations.

Here are the biggest revelations from the Pandora Papers leak

04-10-2021 10:19 Huge leak of financial records reveals offshore financial assets of dozens of current and former world leaders and hundreds of politicians from Asia and the Middle East to Latin America.

Local couples win top tango competition after Maradona tributes

26-09-2021 09:26 With main event hit by Covid-19 pandemic, competition's finals were staged in front of Buenos Aires' famed illuminated Obelisk.

Details of the government's new Covid restrictions

23-09-2021 17:17 Health Minister Carla Vizzotti and the brand-new Cabinet chief Juan Manzur this week announced new measures for what the latter said the government hoped is “the last stage of the pandemic.” 

Quirós: It’s not time for porteños to ‘remove their facemasks’

22-09-2021 15:52 City Hall set to join provinces of Río Negro, Salta, Jujuy, Mendoza and Córdoba in delaying national government’s move to end the wearing of facemasks while outdoors.

IMF chief risks weakened authority after China-linked probe

17-09-2021 15:03 Kristalina Georgieva risks seeing her authority as head of the International Monetary Fund undermined, after being accused of influencing a report in China’s favour when she worked at the World Bank.

Debt load threatens Latin America jobs recovery, World Bank says

14-09-2021 12:06 Latin America’s heavily-indebted corporations are likely to delay rehiring workers during the recovery from last year’s slump, according to the World Bank.

Messi shines as Argentina’s Copa heroes reunite with fans

10-09-2021 02:44 In South America the last two weeks have suffered no such shortage of controversy as the World Cup qualifiers – well, almost all of them – rumbled on.

by Dan Edwards

Messi breaks Pelé's record with a hat-trick as Argentina see off Bolivia

10-09-2021 02:41 Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick to overtake Pelé as the top international goalscorer in South American football history on Thursday as Argentina cruised to a 3-0 victory over Bolivia in a 2022 World Cup qualifier.

FIFA 'regrets' chaos at abandoned Brazil v Argentina match

06-09-2021 11:26 Sunday's match at São Paulo's Neo Quimica Arena on Sunday was halted when Brazilian health officials ran onto the pitch seven minutes after kick-off.

Albiceleste's clash with Brazil halted after 7 minutes amid Covid controversy

05-09-2021 16:58 Argentina's World Cup qualifying clash against Brazil was dramatically suspended shortly after kick-off on Sunday, as controversy over Covid-19 protocols erupted.

Distrust remains as some women return to work under Taliban

01-09-2021 13:43 Some women, particularly those in the health and education sectors, say they have continued to go to work in the weeks since the Islamist militants took over Kabul on August 15.

Ex-World Cup winner Fillol hospitalised with Covid-19

31-08-2021 12:54 Argentina's 1978 World Cup winner Ubaldo Matildo Fillol said late on Monday he is in hospital after contracting coronavirus.

Deadly Kabul attack shakes Biden’s Afghan exit strategy

27-08-2021 02:21 In a sombre address on Thursday evening, Biden said he took responsibility for “all that’s happened of late” in Afghanistan but stood firm on his plans to withdraw American forces by August 31.

Khalida Popal, saving Afghanistan's women footballers one player at a time

27-08-2021 01:59 Since the first women's teams started emerging about 15 years ago, football has grown rapidly in Afghanistan. But it all disappeared overnight when Kabul fell to the Taliban.