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YPF divests its stake in gas distribution for 780 million dollars

YPF will transfer 70% of the capital of Metrogas, the country's largest gas distributor, and 5% of Metroenergía, its trading armArgentine oil company YPF, 51% state-controlled, has accepted Edenor's offer to buy its stake in Metrogas and Metroenergía for 780 million dollars, according to a filing submitted on Monday to the securities regulator. The deal takes the company out of the natural gas distribution business.


Michelle and Flávio Bolsonaro appear together for the first time since their June rift

“We have set our disagreements aside. What family is perfect? Let anyone without family problems raise their hand,” the former first lady said at the end of the eventBrazil's former first lady, Michelle Bolsonaro, and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the Liberal Party's presidential candidate, appeared together in public on Tuesday for the first time since the falling-out between them in late June. The meeting took place at the party's headquarters in Brasília, where they recorded campaign material and prayed together.


Argentina to mark every July 15 with the World Cup win that revived the Falklands dispute

The decision was approved unanimously on August 5 at an executive committee meeting held at the association's Ezeiza complexThe Argentine Football Association (AFA) has established July 15 as National Football Teams Day, in tribute to the 2-1 win over England in the 2026 World Cup semi-final, the same match after which several players displayed a banner asserting a sovereignty claim over the Falklands that prompted a FIFA disciplinary case.


US disables a Panama-flagged container ship off the coast of Pakistan

A Navy MH-60 helicopter fired two Hellfire missiles into the vessel's engine room after its civilian crew ignored repeated warningsUS forces struck the Panama-flagged container ship Vela Nova in the Gulf of Oman on Tuesday, leaving it unable to steer, after it attempted to head for an Iranian port in violation of the naval blockade imposed by Washington, US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed.


Colombia asks for supplies but not foreign rescue personnel after the earthquake

The Colombian government issued a diplomatic note on Tuesday requesting support from the international community with specific requirementsColombia's government has requested international aid in the form of supplies for those affected by Monday's magnitude 7.4 earthquake, but has not called for foreign rescue teams, despite offers from at least six countries and multilateral bodies.


 

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