Argentina

Argentina and IMF hold crisis talks

Argentine officials arrived in Washington, DC on Tuesday for crisis talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to renegotiate conditions of a $50bn loan to help its ailing economy. Treasury…

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Tuesday Morning Briefing

Good morning Today's morning briefing brings you the a brief update on the latest developments and main news from around the world and a quick review of Malta's newspapers. Syria,…

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Austerity measures in Argentina announced

Argentina has announced austerity measures in a bid to tackle the "emergency" created by the country's currency crisis. In a televised address, President Mauricio Macri said Argentina could not keep…

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Friday Morning Briefing – Updated

Good morning, CIVIL PROTECTION WARNING: People are asked to avoid the area of Magħtab while residents of Magħtab, Naxxar, and San Gwann to keep their windows shut. This is after…

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Argentina increases interest rate to 60 per cent

Financial Times reports that Argentina ratcheted up interest rates by 15 percentage points to 60 per cent on Thursday as the central bank sought to arrest the plunge in the peso…

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Police officer in Argentina promoted after she comforted a crying baby by breastfeeding him

The Guardian reports that police officer in Argentina has been promoted after she comforted a crying baby by breastfeeding him. Celeste Ayala was on duty at Sor María Ludovica children’s…

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Friday Morning Briefing

Good morning, Start your day informed with your morning briefing providing you the highlights of what happened in the last 24 hours Malta, Europe and the World, in just under…

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Argentine senate votes against abortion legalisation

The Argentine Senate voted against the legalisation of abortion. The vote took place this morning after a session where there was a debate and vote on a bill legalising elective…

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Nigerian player was told about his father’s kidnap just hours before match against Argentina

The Independent: John Obi Mikel has revealed he was told that his father had been kidnapped just hours before the World Cup match between Nigeria and Argentina. The former Chelsea midfielder and Super Eagles captain was told…

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Video: Argentinian fan took country’s team elimination from World Cup badly

Corriere Della Sera - Argentinian fan took his team's elimination from the World Cup so badly that he threw his TV off his residence balcony.

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Sunday Morning Briefing

Good morning Sunday's morning briefing follows. Spain said that Barcelona will be the docking port for an aid boat that rescued 60 migrants in waters near Libya but was not…

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World Cup: France 4 Argentina 3

France 4 vs Argentina 3 In the first of the Round of 16 encounters at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™, France defeated Argentina 4-3 in a spectacular game to…

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World Cup Round Up

Leo Messi and Argentina, apparently down and out and squabbling among themselves, pulled their act together in yet another last-ditch drama at the 2018 World Cup to qualify for the…

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World Cup Nostalgia – 32 years ago Maradona’s famous ‘Hand of God’

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World Cup Round Up Day 8

Denmark 1 Australia 1 Denmark and Australia played in an evenly-fought, intense contest, ending in a 1-1 draw in their second match in Group C at the 2018 FIFA World…

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World Cup Round Up Day 3

Today's calendar reserver four matches which saw the debut of France and Argentina, amongst the favourites to proceed in the knock-out stage and the debut of Iceland in a World…

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Insight: Israel vs Argentina – Geopolitics and Sport

The Times of Israel analyst Ben Sales writes an analysis on the impact of the decision of the cancellation of Argentina vs Israel football match. (more…)

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Opinion: Argentina should not play the World Cup in Russia, otherwise its decision on Israeli game is mere hypocrisy

The following is an article penned by Miguel Wiñazki which appeared in Clarin (Argentina). Article was originally written in Argentinian and what you're reading is a translation. "The soccer match between…

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Contrary to Argentinian media reports, Malta won’t play against Argentina

Sources close to the Malta Football Association denied a report on Mundo Albiceleste quoting Fox Sport (Argentina) which said that the Maltese national team was a potential opponent of the Argentinian national team, after the decision…

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Argentina cancels ‘friendly’ football match against Israel

Argentina's national football team has cancelled an upcoming friendly match with Israel, Argentine sports website Minutouno reported. The report states that Saturday's game in Jerusalem had been "suspended" amid an…

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