Argentina, Brazil mull currency union

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Argentina and Brazil are considering establishing a common currency. The currency will not immediately replace the Argentinian peso and the Brazilian real, but will function

Hipkins new NZ PM

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Chris Hipkins will succeed Jacinda Ardern as the Prime Minister of New Zealand. The governing Labour Party’s Parliamentary caucus unanimously supported Hipkins at the weekend,

Brazil declares medical emergency after hundreds of rainforest deaths

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The government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has airlifted 16 starving Yanomami tribal people from their rainforest settlements, having declared a medical emergency

AfriForum aims to produce power

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Civil rights group AfriForum is in discussions with venture capitalist André Pienaar with the aim of establishing its own power company. Pienaar is the founder

Dodgy tenderpreneur register still empty

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The Register for Tender Defaulters, a database of suppliers guilty of criminal offences and intended as a mechanism to curb corruption, has not recorded a

Ukraine can have tanks – Germany

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In an apparent about-turn from its former decision not to send tanks to Ukraine, Germany’s foreign minister has said that Berlin ‘would not stand in

EU assembly wants Iran’s Revolutionary Guard on terror list

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In a vote last week the European Parliament called for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps to be placed on the European Union’s terrorist list and

Kenyan forces kill 10 al Shabaab fighters

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On Thursday Kenyan security forces claim to have killed 10 fighters from the Somali affiliate of Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab during a battle in eastern Kenya. A

US airspace shutdown result of human error

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The American Federal Aviation Administration said that a contractor working for the air-safety regulator had unintentionally deleted computer files used in a pilot-alert system, leading

Singer-songwriter David Crosby dead at 81

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A two-time inductee to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Crosby was a founding member of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash. He