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Argentina’s biggest trade unions have mounted one of their fiercest challenges to the libertarian government of President Javier Milei

Tech executive Elon Musk and Argentine President Javier Milei have sealed their budding bromance at a Tesla electric car factory in Texas — their first meeting after months of mutual admiration on social media

President Javier Milei of Argentina has kicked off a visit to the United States, where he'll meet with tech billionaire Elon Musk, as the libertarian leader seeks an infusion of cash to overhaul Argentina’s embattled economy

Argentina says that it had cut 15,000 state jobs as part of President Javier Milei’s aggressive campaign to slash spending

A butcher shutting down his shop barely eight months after opening it

Argentina’s inflation slowed down for a second consecutive month in February, as right-wing President Javier Milei continues to push austerity and deregulation measures in an effort to revive the country’s struggling economy

The government of Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei has condemned a threat by the governor of the oil-rich province of Chubut to cut off energy supplies to the rest of the country amid a dispute over funding reductions

A study has found more than 57% of Argentina's people are considered poor, the worst poverty level in 20 years

Argentina's President Javier Milei faced a one-day general strike Wednesday protesting his decree targeting unions as well as his proposals for economic and labor law changes

Argentina's statistics agency says the country has registered a monthly inflation rate of 25.5% in December and closed 2023 with an annual inflation of 211.4%

A court in Argentina has delivered a blow to labor rule changes announced by President Javier Milei as part of sweeping deregulation and austerity measures aimed at reviving the country’s struggling economy

The administration of Argentine President Javier Milei says the government won’t renew contracts for more than 5,000 employees hired this year before he took office

Kansas City Chiefs game, Taylor Swift brought her father, Scott Kingsley Swift, to cheer on her boyfriend, Travis Kelce. The Eagles-supporting dad fully embraced the Chiefs' spirit, sporting one of their red jumpers as he joined his daughter in a VIP suite during the Chiefs' triumphant 27-17 victory against the New England Patriots in Foxborough, Massachusetts. This marked Taylor Swift's seventh appearance at a game to support Kelce, but the first time she brought one of her parents along for the experience. Notably, Mr. Swift seemed genuinely invested in the Chiefs, showcasing his newfound allegiance by donning their distinctive red attire.

Argentines are facing uncertainty and concerns after President Javier Milei’s government announced economic shock measures aimed at tackling the country severe crisis

Right-wing economist Javier Milei has been sworn in as Argentina’s president and has immediately moved to prepare the public for a painful shock adjustment with drastic public spending cuts

Argentina’s outgoing government says it will not support the signing of a long-delayed trade deal between the European Union and the South American bloc Mercosur during a summit this week in Brazil even though the incoming Argentine government has expr...

Gwyneth Paltrow, ex-wife of Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, created a buzz on social media after she posted a sweet photo with Dakota Johnson on Instagram. The two actresses were seen holding hands and smiling while on a walk. Paltrow has earlier said she was good friends with Johnson, who is dating her ex-husband Coldpay frontman Chris Martin. Paltrow split in 2014 and finalized their divorce in 2016.

Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei says he's chosen Luis Caputo, a former finance minister and Central Bank chief who is known as an expert in markets, to lead the Economy Ministry when the right-wing leader takes office on Dec. 10

AFP looks at 10 standout numbers: The number of people around the world displaced by conflict or humanitarian crises was already at a record high before the Israel-Gaza war began on October 7, adding to the misery. By the end of September, 114 million people had been driven from their homes by wars in Ukraine, Sudan, Myanmar and the Democratic Republic of Congo and a humanitarian crisis in Taliban-run Afghanistan, among other factors, according to UN refugee agency the UNHCR. They have since been joined by at least 1.7 million Gazans. One heat record after another tumbled in 2023, which is on course to be the hottest year on record, according to the European Union's climate monitor Copernicus. The northern hemisphere had its hottest summer ever and temperature records were also smashed in the southern winter, with the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires experiencing its warmest August 1 on record at 30 degrees Celsius. Defending champions South Africa won a nail-biting final 12-11 against New Zealand in the Rugby World Cup, to claim a record fourth title and seal the growing role of rugby — once the sport of the white minority under apartheid — as a unifying force in multiracial South Africa. «People who are not from South Africa don't understand what it means for our country. It is not just about the game.

Right-wing populist Javier Milei has been president-elect just four days and already Argentina’s unions and social organizations are vowing pushback and even protests if he makes good on his promises to slash the size of the state and privatize companies

The exchange rate is top of mind for millions of Argentines coping with triple-digit inflation