Argentina — news through its media
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Nigel Farage wins back the seat he gave up: a by-election he triggered himself, boycotted by all his serious opponents
Nigel Farage won back the Clacton seat on 14 August with 22,239 votes against 9,455 for a satirical candidate wearing a bin on his head. He had resigned that same seat in July, under investigation over an undeclared £5 million donation. The major parties boycotted the vote; the inquiry resumed hours after the result.
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Magnitude 7.7 earthquake off Flores: the tsunami alert crosses the Pacific, and the death toll ranges from 1 to 20
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off Flores island, Indonesia, on 15 August. The terminal of Maumere port collapsed onto boarding passengers. The tsunami alert, issued then lifted, mobilised the Peruvian and Ecuadorian navies thousands of kilometres away. The death toll ranges from 1 to 20 depending on which level of the Indonesian state is quoted.
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Bashar al-Assad Sentenced to Death in Absentia in Damascus, the First Verdict Against Syria's Former Regime
On Tuesday, Damascus's Fourth Criminal Chamber sentenced Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia for war crimes and crimes against humanity — the killing of children, torture leading to death. His brother Maher and seven other officials were sentenced alongside him; only his cousin Atef Najib appeared in person. The verdict was read live on state television. Assad, living near Moscow since December 2024, has not been extradited.
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'Football Belongs to No Individual': Three Confederations Accuse Infantino as Trump Rushes to His Defence
UEFA, CONCACAF and the AFC — three of FIFA's six confederations, whose presidents are also FIFA vice-presidents — accuse Gianni Infantino of breaking trust "through deception" and demand an independent review of the abandoned plan to sell a stake in the World Cup. CAF and CONMEBOL did not sign. That evening, Donald Trump said replacing him would be "a terrible mistake".
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Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake in Colombia: National Disaster Declared Three Days After Espriella's Inauguration
At 7:34 a.m. on Monday, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia, with its epicentre in Chocó. Felt as far as Quito, Panama and Caracas, it collapsed Pereira's airport and damaged hundreds of buildings. The president, in office for three days, declared a national disaster. Depending on the newsroom, the toll runs from 111 to 138 dead — and more than 2,000 people are registered as missing.
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The 12 August Total Eclipse Puts Spain in the Shadow — and Under the Strain of 446,000 Visitors
On Wednesday the path of totality crosses Greenland, Iceland and northern Spain, where no total eclipse has been seen since 1905. Madrid expects 446,000 extra visitors; small towns fear wildfires and Ibiza fears saturation. France will top out at 99% obscuration, Algeria at 98.6%. Elsewhere the same event becomes a timetable, an eye-safety warning or a horoscope.
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Explosive Attacks Mark Abelardo de la Espriella's First Day Leading Colombia
Sworn in on Friday at an army barracks in Cali, Colombia's new president saw his first day in office marked by two explosive attacks: a police officer killed by drones in Cesar, a toll booth destroyed in Cauca. By Sunday the Defensoría del Pueblo was counting attacks across eleven departments. Washington is pledging a billion dollars; Caracas reads it as a sign of its own turn to come.
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Infantino Faces Favouritism Allegations from His UEFA Years as FIFA Denounces a 'Concerted Effort' to Weaken Him
The Telegraph reports that UEFA paid a six-figure settlement to a former employee with whom Gianni Infantino is said to have had a relationship while he was its general secretary. UEFA confirms the payment, Infantino denies the claims 'categorically', and FIFA denounces a 'concerted and ongoing effort'. Northern Europe wants him gone; Africa and South America back him.
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Iran Sets Six Conditions for Reopening Hormuz as the Revolutionary Guards Call the Strait a 'Theatre of War'
On Saturday the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council published six preconditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz: an end to the war, the lifting of the naval blockade and of sanctions, the withdrawal of US forces, compensation for war damage and the release of frozen assets. On Sunday the Revolutionary Guards hardened the line while Oman negotiated a temporary shipping corridor and Washington spoke of 'some progress'. A fifth of the world's oil is waiting.
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Spain imposes its own border checks on Italy, which refuses to back down
Madrid gave Rome until 9 August to lift the checks imposed on 1 August, then acted: controls on travellers from Italy until 7 September. Italy extended its own. Behind the quarrel lie at least 141 dead at Ceuta, 1,342 unaccompanied minors, and an investigation into Russia-linked accounts. Twenty-two countries order these three threads differently.
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Abelardo de la Espriella sworn in as Colombia's president, in Cali not Bogotá
On 7 August 2026, millionaire lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn in for 2026-2030 before Milei, Kast, Noboa, Felipe VI and Infantino — but not Gustavo Petro. The ceremony was moved to Cali, the first speech delivered in a barracks, 11,000 personnel deployed. Fifteen countries describe the same man under fifteen different names: Trump ally, far-right president, anti-establishment outsider.
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