Juan Martin Del Potro produced a stunning comeback to reach the U.S. Open quarter-finals on Monday, a feat he believes was impossible without the backing of a partisan crowd. More »
An ailing Juan Martin Del Potro came back from the brink of defeat to beat Austrian sixth seed Dominic Thiem 1-6 2-6 6-1 7-6(1) 6-4 and reach the last eight of the U.S. Open on Monday. More »
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a sensational goal and was then sent off for a combination of his provocative celebration and for diving as Real Madrid beat Barcelona 3-1 in an explosive Spanish Super Cup first leg on Sunday. More »
Jul 31, 2017- Washington, DC, USA- Daniil Medvedev of Russia hits forehand against Reilly Opelka of the United States (not pictured) on day one of the Citi Open at Fitzgerald Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports Russia’s Daniil Medvede... More »
Workers carry a coffin to be used during the exhumation of Spanish artist Salvador Dali, in order to obtain DNA samples following a paternity claim, at Teatre-Museu Dali (Theater-Museum Dali) in Figueras city, Spain, July 20, 2017. Forensic scientists and lega... More »
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt testifies before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 27, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein The U.S. government on Wednesday proposed to reduce the volume of bi... More »
Dallas-based Highland Capital Management LP is set to buy and expand an Argentina-focused hedge fund previously managed by Argentine fund firm MBA Asset Management, according to a person familiar with the situation. More »
Football Soccer – FC Barcelona v Deportivo Alaves – Spanish King’s Cup Final – Vicente Calderon Stadium, Madrid, Spain – 27/5/17 Barcelona’s Lionel Messi celebrates scoring their first goal Reuters / Sergio Perez Barcelona forward Lionel Messi is set to sign a... More »
FILE PHOTO: Illimani mountain is seen after a snowstorm, as pictured from El Alto, July 4, 2015. REUTERS/David Mercado/ File Photo A team of international scientists are transporting samples of ice from a melting glacier in Bolivia to Antarctica, for study and... More »
FILE PHOTO – Sept 3, 2016- New York, NY, USA- Laura Siegemund of Germany hits to Venus Williams of the USA on day six of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports Stu... More »
Pope Francis leads the Wednesday General Audience in Saint Peter’s square at the Vatican, May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Max Rossi Pope Francis praised scientists working on treatments for genetic diseases on Thursday but condemned any use of human embryos in medical r... More »
A hooded man holds a laptop computer as blue screen with an exclamation mark is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration Officials across the globe scrambled over the weekend to catch the culprits ... More »
A mural signed by ‘TV Boy’ and depicting Pope Francis and U.S. President Donald Trump kissing, is seen on a wall in downtown Rome, Italy May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Tony Gentile A life-size mural depicting Pope Francis with a saintly halo kissing U.S. President Dona... More »
Football Soccer- Spanish La Liga Santander – Deportivo v Real Madrid – Riazor stadium, A Coruna, Spain – 26/04/17 Real Madrid’s Nacho Fernandez (R) and Deportivo’s Emre Colak in action. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal Real Madrid thrashed Deportivo La Coruna 6-2 to stay ... More »
89th Academy Awards – Oscars Red Carpet Arrivals – Hollywood, California, U.S. – 26/02/17 – Actor Viggo Mortensen. REUTERS/Mike Blake Oscar-nominated actor Viggo Mortensen called Argentina’s president a “neoliberal braggart” on Wednesday in a video supporting ... More »
Life model of the new species Teleocrater rhadinus, a close relative of dinosaurs, preying upon a juvenile cynodont, a distant relative of mammals is shown in this handout photo provided April 12, 2017. Courtesy Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ‘Bernardin... More »
FILE PHOTO – Football Soccer – Argentina v Chile – World Cup 2018 Qualifiers – Antonio Liberti Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina – 23/3/17 – Argentina’s Lionel Messi (C) reacts after scoring a penalty goal. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci Lionel Messi’s faltering Arge... More »
Football Soccer – Juventus v FC Barcelona – UEFA Champions League Quarter Final First Leg – Juventus Stadium, Turin, Italy – 11/4/17 Barcelona’s Lionel Messi in action with Juventus’ Mario Mandzukic Reuters / Giorgio Perottino Livepic Paulo Dybala upstaged his... More »
Ecuadorean presidential candidate Lenin Moreno (C) celebrates alongside Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa (L) and his wife Rocio Gonzalez during a national election day in a hotel, in Quito, April 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo Leftist government candidate Len... More »
FILE PHOTO: Maluma performs ”Sin Contrato” during the 2015 Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada November 19, 2015. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni Already one of the biggest names in Latin music, Colombian pop star Maluma is hoping to cross over to a wider audience ... More »
Pedestrians walk by the main entrance of the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, Argentina, April 18, 2016. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci – RTX2AHAB Latin American governments and companies could soon step up bond sales, seizing on an increased appetite for deals as a reg... More »
Football Soccer – Argentina v Chile – World Cup 2018 Qualifiers – Antonio Liberti Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina – 23/3/17 – Argentina’s Lionel Messi looks on during the match. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci The Argentine FA, lacking proper leadership since 2015 a... More »
Demonstrators hold up signs as they wait outside the Congress for the Senate to pass a law to legalise the medical use of cannabis in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 29, 2017. The sign show a girl named Nayra, who suffers from refractory partial epilepsy and ha... More »
The logo of Morgan Stanley is seen at an office building in Zurich, Switzerland September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo Grupo BTG Pactual SA’s stock is undervalued based on its ability to outperform peer banks in Latin America, where investment-ba... More »
Football Soccer – Argentina v Chile – World Cup 2018 Qualifiers – Antonio Liberti Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina – 23/3/17 – Argentina’s Lionel Messi reacts after scoring a penalty goal. REUTERS/Alberto Raggio Lionel Messi converted a penalty as Argentina la... More »
Mar 23, 2017- Austin, TX, USA- Martin Kaymer of Germany plays against Dustin Johnson of the United States during the second round of the World Golf Classic – Dell Match Play golf tournament at Austin Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Spo... More »
Mar 14, 2017- Indian Wells, CA, USA- Roger Federer (SUI) hits a volley as he defeated Steve Johnson (not pictured)7-6, 7-6 in the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal powered to thi... More »
Carlos Paparoni (R, in yellow), deputy of the Venezuelan coalition of opposition parties (MUD), clashes with Venezuelan National Guards during a protest outside the food ministry in Caracas, Venezuela March 8, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins A dozen activi... More »
Soccer Football – Juventus v FC Porto – UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Second Leg – Juventus Stadium, Turin, Italy – 14/3/17 Juventus’ Paulo Dybala celebrates scoring their first goal with Leonardo Bonucci Reuters / Giorgio Perottino Livepic Juventus coaste... More »
Mar 12, 2017- Indian Wells, CA, USA- Roger Federer (SUI) during his second round match against Stephane Robert (not pictured) in the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports Roger Federer and Rafa... More »
People are pressed against the security barricade in the mosh pit area during a show of Argentine singer Indio Solari in Olavarria, Argentina, March 11, 2017. Picture taken March 11, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer Two people were killed and a dozen were injured on Sat... More »
FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis waves after delivering his ”Urbi et Orbi” (to the city and the world) message from the balcony overlooking St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican December 25, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/File Photo Pope Francis has said he is willing t... More »
File photo: Flags of G20 countries are seen outside the G20 venue before the start of the G20 Summit of major world economies in Cannes November 3, 2011. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez Global efforts to create a market for growth-linked bonds that could help avert deb... More »
FILE PHOTO: Traffic backs-up going south into Mexico in the border town of San Ysidro, California. September 3, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Blake Investors are starting to focus on lead due to the large amounts of the metal in batteries used in increasingly popular sto... More »
Anthony, 17 year old boy who has tuberous sclerosis and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is seen at his house in Lima, Peru, February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Guadalupe Pardo Ana Alvarez, a working mother of two in Lima, never imagined being on the frontlines of a fight for m... More »
File Photo: Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia – 20/1/17 Jack Sock of the U.S. hits a shot during his Men’s singles third round match against France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. REUTERS/Issei Kato Canadian world number four Milos Raonic p... More »
Top seed Kei Nishikori crashed out of the Rio de Janeiro Open on Tuesday after suffering a 6-4 6-3 first-round loss to Brazil’s Thomaz Bellucci. More »
Goldcorp Inc reported a fourth-quarter profit on Wednesday compared to a steep loss a year ago, as much lower costs at its gold mines in the Americas offset lower production. More »
Bolivia’s government on Friday said a Danish tourist had tested positive for yellow fever, its first case in a decade, after he visited a jungle area in the far west of the landlocked Andean country. More »
Brazilian international midfielder Oscar arrives at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport, after agreeing to join China super league football club Shanghai SIPG from Chelsea in Shanghai, China, January 2, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song China will tighten rules ove... More »
Dakar Rally – 2017 Paraguay-Bolivia-Argentina Dakar rally – 39th Dakar Edition – Seventh stage from Oruro to Uyuni, Bolivia 09/01/17. Stephane Peterhansel and co-pilot Jean Paul Cottret, both of France, drive their Peugeot . REUTERS/Martin Mejia/Pool French dr... More »
Argentina declared $97.842 billion in assets by the completion of a second phase of a tax amnesty program that ended on Dec. 31, the government said on Monday. More »
Argentina has loosened regulations to allow more competition in its telecoms sector and widen internet penetration, according to a decree published on Monday that the government hopes will attract billions of dollars in investments. More »
Pole dancers from Argentina and Venezuela displayed a skillful blend of poise and athleticism to be crowned South American champions in Buenos Aires on the weekend. More »
2016 Kennedy Center Honorees pose for a group photo after a gala dinner at the U.S. State Department, in Washington, U.S., December 3, 2016. From L-R: (seated) actor Al Pacino, singer Mavis Staples, pianist Martha Argerich, singer-songwriter James Taylor- (sta... More »
Formula One – F1 – Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – 27/11/2016 – Mercedes’ Formula One driver, Nico Rosberg of Germany celebrates after winning the Formula One 2016 Drivers’ World Championship . REUTERS/Ahmed Jadalla... More »
Tennis – Croatia v Argentina – Davis Cup Final – Arena Zagreb, Croatia – 27/11/16 Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro reacts after winning against Croatia’s Marin Cilic. REUTERS/Marko Djurica Argentina were level at 2-2 with hosts Croatia in an epic Davis Cup fi... More »
A railway track lies damaged alongside State Highway One near Kaikoura on the upper east coast of New Zealand’s South Island following an earthquake, November 14, 2016. Sgt Sam Shepherd/Courtesy of Royal New Zealand Defence Force/Handout via REUTERS A powerful... More »
Formula One – F1 – Brazilian Grand Prix – Circuit of Interlagos, Sao Paulo, Brazil – 13/11/2016 – Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton of Britain sprays champagne during the victory ceremony after winning the race. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker Lewis Hamilton emphasized how much... More »
Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet attends to vote during the mayors and councillors elections in Santiago, Chile, October 23, 2016. Alex Ibanez/Courtesy of Chilean Presidency/Handout via Reuters Chile’s right snatched dozens of mayoralties on Sunday from the... More »
Tennis Britain – Great Britain v Argentina – Davis Cup Semi Final – Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland – 18/9/16. Great Britain’s Andy Murray applauds during Dan Evans’ match against Argentina’s Leonardo Mayer. Action Images via Reuters / Andrew Boyers Andy Mur... More »
Sept 3, 2016- New York, NY, USA- Serena Williams of the USA after beating Johanna Larsson of Sweden on day six of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports Serena and... More »
By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES(Variety.com) – “Suicide Squad” topped foreign box office charts for a second consecutive week. The super villain adventure picked up $58.7 million from 15,600 screens across 62 territories, pushing its global gross to $465.4 million. ... More »
By Steve Keating | RIO DE JANEIRO RIO DE JANEIRO The U.S. men’s basketball team closed out pool play with an unbeaten record but a nervy 100-97 win over France on Sunday confirmed that getting to the top step of the Olympic podium will not be an easy climb. “P... More »
By Joshua Schneyer | RIO DE JANEIRO RIO DE JANEIRO Britain’s Andy Murray beat Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro 7-5 4-6 6-2 7-5 in a compelling Olympic tennis final on Sunday to become the first player to win two men’s singles gold medals. The world number two... More »
WASHINGTON Fossils of a carnivorous dinosaur unearthed in Argentina are shedding new light on an intriguing group of predators that apparently were just as happy to slash victims to death with sickle-shaped hand claws as to chomp them into an early grave. Scie... More »
FRANKFURT Allianz set aside 2.5 billion to 3 billion euros for acquisitions in the euro zone this year and will use the funds to buy back shares if no takeover targets are found, Chief Financial Officer Dieter Wemmer told Boersen-Zeitung. Allianz would like to... More »
SAO PAULO Hector Babenco, whose 1985 film “Kiss of the Spider Woman” made him the first Latin American to be nominated for a best director Oscar, died of a heart attack late on Wednesday. “We lament the death of an extraordinary director,” tweeted Brazilian Pr... More »
WASHINGTON A newly discovered meat-eating dinosaur that prowled Argentina 90 million years ago would have had a hard time using strong-arm tactics against its prey. That’s because the beast, though a fearsome hunter, possessed a pitifully puny pair of arms. Sc... More »
BRUSSELS Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI.BR), which will soon make almost 30 percent of the world’s beer, wants to serve more low and alcohol-free brews to drinkers trying to live a healthier lifestyle. The Belgium-based brewer, on the verge of buying its largest ri... More »
RAMYGALA, Lithuania The Lithuanian village of Ramygala held its annual beauty pageant on Sunday, the top prize going to a 16-month-old female goat called Demyte, or “Little Spot”. Around 500 people braved the summer heat to attend the parade in honor of the go... More »
BUENOS AIRES A top public works official in Argentina’s previous government was arrested on Tuesday while throwing what police called “an obscene amount of cash” over the walls of a monastery, intensifying questions about possible past corruption. Officers res... More »
NEW YORK Argentina’s celebrated $16.5 billion return to international capital markets last week was the final mile of a tortured 14-year path from historic default through the U.S. court system. Along the way, the saga included a death threat against a judge, ... More »
CUBATAO, Brazil On a warm September morning in 2014, the 10-man board of Brazilian steelmaker Usiminas met on the ninth floor of a blue glass tower in Sao Paulo. In the room, the board members grappled over whether to fire the company’s chief executive and two... More »
Spain’s Marc Marquez won the Argentine Grand Prix for Honda on Sunday to take the overall lead in the MotoGP standings after a shortened race overshadowed by concerns about tyre safety. Marquez’s first win of 2016, after taking the lead on the second lap, came... More »
BUENOS AIRES U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday championed Argentina’s new center-right leader Mauricio Macri as an example for other countries in Latin America, praising the fast pace of reforms to strengthen the economy. Obama, on a two-day visit to Ar... More »
Juan Martin del Potro’s comeback trail will collide with Roger Federer’s after the Argentine won his opening Miami Open match against compatriot Guido Pella on Wednesday. Del Potro, playing in just his third tournament since an 11-month layoff following two le... More »
BUENOS AIRES U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he did not expect a breakthrough on Middle East peace before he leaves office and reiterated his support for a two-state solution in which Israelis and Palestinians could live peacefully side by side. ... More »
SHANGHAI Investors hoping for a grand plan from the world’s top financial officials to stabilize shaky markets are set for disappointment, insiders say, when finance ministers and central bankers gather this week in Shanghai to discuss the troubled global econ... More »
BUENOS AIRES In power just two months, Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri is already facing labor unrest, with a national public sector strike planned for Wednesday as workers protest rocketing inflation and job cuts. Unions representing hospital staffers an... More »
LA PAZ Bolivian President Evo Morales has lost a referendum on whether he could change the constitution to remain in power for a fourth term, the electoral commission confirmed late Tuesday. Morales, who is currently on his third term and became Bolivia’s firs... More »
WASHINGTON DNA coaxed out of a 12,000-year-old fossil from Argentina is providing unique insight into one of the strangest Ice Age giants: a tank-like mammal the size of a small car with a bulbous bony shell and a spiky, club-shaped tail. Scientists said on Mo... More »
JERUSALEM Israel made public on Wednesday a handwritten request for clemency by Adolf Eichmann, an architect of the Nazi Holocaust, who was executed by Israel in 1962 following a war crimes trial. In his letter to then-President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Eichmann said ... More »
Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica SA has expressed interest in buying AT&T Inc’s pay TV assets in Latin America, which could be valued at around $10 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. AT&T bought the Latin American assets as par... More »
CARACAS Venezuela’s opposition trounced the ruling Socialists on Sunday to win the legislature for the first time in 16 years and gain a long-sought platform to challenge President Nicolas Maduro’s rule of the OPEC nation. The opposition Democratic Unity coali... More »
BUENOS AIRES Conservative challenger Mauricio Macri turned Argentine politics on its head on Sunday, kicking the ruling Peronist movement out of power with a promise to liberalize the ailing economy and end a culture of divisive politics. Macri, the son of an ... More »
BUENOS AIRES By the end of President-elect Mauricio Macri’s first four-year term, Argentina will have doubled wheat shipments and surpassed Russia and Brazil as a corn exporter, by some estimates, as the abandonment of years-long trade restraints unleashes the... More »
FLORENCE, Italy Pope Francis called on Tuesday for a Catholic Church that is not cosseted, self-centered and obsessed with power and money, as he faces new challenges to his financial reforms at the Vatican. The Argentine pope, who made his comments during a d... More »
ISTANBUL Disparate ideas like a sea-borne zoo, an Aboriginal peace treaty and the lost birdsong of a ruined Armenian capital form a cohesive body of work at this year’s Istanbul Biennial, a top international art show taking place in turbulent times. “Saltwater... More »
Argentine Emiliano Grillo made a perfect start to his career as a PGA Tour member when he beat American Kevin Na in a playoff at the Frys.com Open in northern California on Sunday. After missing a three-footer that would have won it at the first extra hole, Gr... More »
Argentine Emiliano Grillo and American Kevin Na headed to a playoff at the Frys.com Open in northern California on Sunday. Grillo sank a 25-foot birdie at the final hole, which was later matched by Na, who dropped a six-footer to force extra holes at the Silve... More »
MILAN Telecom Italia said on Friday it would resume talks with the main shareholders of fiber optic company Metroweb over plans to build a broadband network in Italy. At stake in the negotiations is who will call the shots to implement the government’s 12-bill... More »
VENICE Films from Latin America won two of the top prizes at the 72nd Venice Film Festival on Saturday, with Venezuelan director Lorenzo Vigas getting the Golden Lion best film award for “Desde Alla” (From Afar). Vigas, who won for his first feature film, abou... More »
SANTIAGO When the creators of an elaborate 2013 Cadillac commercial began to scout for shooting locations three years ago, they began in Argentina, where varied landscapes and creative talent had long attracted ad producers. But when it came time to import the... More »
TORONTO Canada swept the Pan American Games gold medals in both the men’s and women’s rugby sevens and mountain bike events on Sunday, to fight off a challenge from the mighty Americans at the top of the medal table. The hosts have enjoyed a stunning start to ... More »
TORONTO When Courtney Donovan arrived for her Pan American Games roller figure skating short program and saw people in the stands an hour before the competition she was sure they were lost. It was an understandable reaction for an athlete who has spent her ent... More »
LA PAZ A Bolivian avant-garde restaurant hopes this week to serve a well-known non-paying customer and receive a holy seal of approval for its new creation: a quinoa-based communion wafer. Chefs at the restaurant, Gustu, in La Paz expect Pope Francis to receiv... More »
VATICAN CITY Pope Francis will decide for himself if he chews coca leaves in order to ward off altitude sickness when he lands next week at La Paz, Bolivia, the highest international airport in the world, the Vatican said on Tuesday. A Bolivian minister said o... More »
(In May 13 story, removes incorrect price of embryo transfer in paragraph 13) By Miguel Lobianco CARDALES, Argentina (Reuters) – Argentina is famous for its Malbec red wine and beef, but it boasts two lesser-known but equally prized exports: the sperm and froz... More »
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s central bank will send regulators to the headquarters of Citibank Argentina on Monday, the head of the monetary authority has said, the latest move between the bank and the state over defaulted debt. The regulators will per... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday said Citigroup Inc (C.N) cannot process interest payments by Argentina on some bonds issued under that country’s law, a defeat for the cash-strapped nation as it attempts to re-enter international debt markets. ... More »
BUENOS AIRES/PARIS (Reuters) – Three French sports stars — Olympic swimmer Camille Muffat, yachtswoman Florence Arthaud and boxer Alexis Vastine — were among 10 people killed when two helicopters collided in Argentina on Monday during the filming of a reality ... More »
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican actor and screenwriter Roberto Gomez Bolanos, one of Latin America’s most beloved comedians, whose slapstick acts charmed fans from Spain to Argentina for over four decades, died on Friday at the age 85. Broadcaster Televisa, fo... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge ruled on Monday that Citigroup Inc could process an $85 million interest payment by Argentina on bonds issued under its local laws following its 2002 default. U.S. District Judge Thomas Griesa in New York said Citigroup could ... More »
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina deposited a $161 million bond interest payment with a newly appointed local trustee on Tuesday, the Economy Ministry said, defying a U.S. judge who held it in contempt a day earlier for taking illegal steps to meet its debt o... More »
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