6+ hour, 8+ min ago  (933+ words) Metropole " Business of the Game "The milestone. Vin'cius J'nior reaches 500 professional appearances against Haiti in Philadelphia, aged 25, nine years and one month after his Flamengo debut. "The coach effect. By club and Brazilian-press tallies, 209 of his first 499 games and 156 of…...

7+ hour, 20+ min ago  (899+ words) Energy & Commodities " Argentina "The search. China's Ganfeng and its Swiss-based partner Lithium Argentina are looking for a third investor to help fund their PPG lithium project in northern Argentina. "The scale. The project carries more than three billion dollars in…...

6+ hour, 57+ min ago  (875+ words) Markets & Finance " Caribbean "The headline number. Jamaica drew more than 1. 5 million stopover and cruise visitors from January through May 2026, earning about $1. 5bn in foreign exchange. "The verdict. Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says the sector has moved beyond recovery and is firmly…...

6+ hour, 21+ min ago  (867+ words) Politics & Markets " Andean "The result. Peru's June 7 runoff ended in a near dead heat, with Roberto S'nchez and Keiko Fujimori separated by a sliver of the vote. "The march. On Friday, June 19, the trailing candidate S'nchez is leading a protest…...

7+ hour, 26+ min ago  (1084+ words) USA and Canada Intelligence Brief for Friday: with US markets closed for Juneteenth, the freshest North American news came from Canada, where a flat first quarter and a deepening housing slump made the quieter economy the region's real story. You're…...

7+ hour, 21+ min ago  (871+ words) Markets & Finance " Caribbean "The deal. Bermuda's Butterfield bank has agreed to buy the Caribbean arm of Canada's CIBC for about one point eight billion dollars. "The exit. CIBC is selling its roughly ninety-two percent stake, ending a long and often…...

7+ hour ago  (924+ words) Energy & Commodities " Guyana "The bet. Guyana wants to turn the gas that comes up with its offshore oil into cheap power, and use that power to seed industry that will outlive the crude. "Stage one. The Wales Gas-to-Energy project, a…...

6+ hour, 31+ min ago  (827+ words) Energy & Commodities " French Guiana "The refusal. Total Energies chief Patrick Pouyann" told French lawmakers on June 17 that the company will not drill new exploration wells off French Guiana. "The timing. France's parliament is weighing a bill to lift a 2017 law…...

7+ hour, 53+ min ago  (1094+ words) Europe Intelligence Brief for Friday: while the rate-setters dominated the headlines, the deeper European crisis surfaced in the factories, as German industrial employment hit a low, carmakers kept cutting, and leaders met in Brussels to confront a competitiveness alarm the…...

8+ hour, 15+ min ago  (852+ words) Markets & Finance " Southern Cone "The verdict. An influential index company, MSCI, kept Argentina in its lowest market category in a review published this week. "No change. The assessment showed neither improvement nor backsliding, leaving the country where it has sat…...