Downing Street has criticised the European Union after it used the name Argentina uses for the Falkland Islands in an official document. A statement issued after a summit with Latin American countries this week referred to the contested territory as “the Islas Malvinas/Falkland...
The Brazilian plane maker Embraer says a new factory will be built near Sao Paulo to produce electric flying taxis which it hopes will take to the skies from 2026. The aircraft, to be made by its subsidiary Eve, will resemble a small helicopter with enough space for up to six customers...
Venezuela’s former spy chief has pleaded not guilty in a New York court to US charges of drug trafficking. Hugo Carvajal, 63, was extradited from Spain on Wednesday after an over-ten year effort by prosecutors to bring him to the US to face the charges. Mr Carvajal, who was a...
A building collapsed on 7 July in Brazil’s northeastern state of Pernambuco, leaving at least eight dead and others missing, authorities have said. Drone footage captured the aftermath in the neighbourhood as rescuers searched for people trapped under the rubble. Reports suggest...
The Biden administration has sued Texas over a floating barrier installed by the state in the Rio Grande river to deter migrants on the US-Mexico border. The barrier, made partly of orange buoys attached by webbings, was announced by state’s Republican governor Greg Abbott in early...
