- 2d ago
Bologna beat Parma 2-1 in the Emilia derby, with Theate and Orsolini scoring
Bologna won 2-1 at the Tardini on Saturday, 7 November, their fourth straight win, after Parma were reduced to ten men in the ninth minute.
- 6d ago
Seguro and Felipe VI open Camões exhibition in Madrid ahead of Ibero-American summit
Portuguese President António José Seguro and King Felipe VI inaugurated the Camões exhibition at Spain's National Library on Tuesday, 3 November. It runs until 14 February 2027 and opens a four-day visit that includes the 30th Ibero-American Summit.
- Oct 22
UAE nominates Lana Nusseibeh for UN secretary-general after stalled straw polls
The United Arab Emirates nominated Lana Nusseibeh on Wednesday, 21 October, after no candidate escaped a negative vote in the Security Council's latest straw poll. Rebeca Grynspan finished first in that closed-door ballot, held on Friday, 16 October.
- Oct 17
Macky Sall withdraws as all seven UN secretary-general candidates draw veto-holder opposition
Former Senegalese president Macky Sall quit the race on Saturday, 17 October, after the Security Council's straw poll gave no candidate a clear path, with Rebeca Grynspan still ahead.
- Oct 15
Costa Rica opens 5,100-place mega-prison modelled on Bukele's El Salvador facility
President Laura Fernández inaugurated the CACCO on Wednesday, 14 October 2026, with first inmate transfers due at the end of October. The prison sits in the La Reforma complex outside San José and is modelled on El Salvador's CECOT.
- Oct 13
Panama needs at least $61 million to repair 67 hospitals after 7.7 quake
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck southern Panama at 18:20 local time on 12 October, with no immediate reports of casualties. It followed a magnitude 7.7 quake on Friday, 9 October, that injured at least 27 people and damaged nearly 900 homes.
- Oct 9
Panama declares state of emergency after magnitude 7.7 quake and over 100 aftershocks
Panama's government declared a national state of emergency on Saturday, with up to USD 100 million for repairs, after a 7.7 quake and a 6.6 quake on Friday damaged all 10 provinces and left 27 people injured.
- Oct 7
Sardinian village of Bolotana identified as global longevity hotspot with 13.8% centenarian rate for women
A study in Frontiers in Aging reveals that 70-year-old women in the Sardinian village of Bolotana have a 13.83% chance of reaching age 100, ranking second worldwide behind Hong Kong.
- Oct 3
Latinobarometro poll shows China surpassing US in regional influence across Latin America
For the first time since 1995, Latin American respondents rate China's regional influence higher than that of the United States, with 65% viewing Beijing positively compared to 57% for Washington.
- Sep 24
Costa Rica President Laura Fernández dismisses foreign minister over undisclosed Trump security summit
Costa Rican President Laura Fernández dismissed Foreign Minister Manuel Tovar after he attended a US-led security summit in New York without informing her, preventing her from participating in the gathering.
