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Travelers will now need to show proof of health insurance to enter Argentina

Travelers will now need to show proof of health insurance to enter Argentina

A regulation demanding travelers show proof of health insurance to enter Argentina is set to go into effect on July 1. The norm, which is already a common policy in many other countries and is part of the migratory reform passed in late May, will...

Argentine nurse gets life sentence for murdering five babies

Argentine nurse gets life sentence for murdering five babies

A nurse was sentenced to life in prison for killing five babies and attempting to murder eight others at a hospital in Argentina, according to local media. Brenda Cecilia Aguero injected potassium and insulin into newborns between March and June...

Argentine nurse gets life sentence for murder of 5 babies

Argentine nurse gets life sentence for murder of 5 babies

Brenda Cecilia Aguero injected potassium and insulin into newborns between March and June 2022, taking doses from emergency medical carts without inventory control, prosecutors said. Under Argentine law, Aguero will not be eligible for parole...

Argentina’s Kirchner Avoids Jail, Begins House Detention

Argentina’s Kirchner Avoids Jail, Begins House Detention

A judge in Argentina has ruled that former president Cristina Kirchner may serve her six-year fraud sentence under house arrest, easing concerns among her supporters who have been maintaining a vigil outside her Buenos Aires residence, prepared to...

‘We need this’: Pig-to-human kidney transplants enter clinical trials

‘We need this’: Pig-to-human kidney transplants enter clinical trials

June 27, 2025 10 min read Add topic to email alerts Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Back to Healio Key takeaways: Two...

Argentinian justice grants house arrest to former president Cristina Fernández

Argentinian justice grants house arrest to former president Cristina Fernández

A court in Buenos Aires granted house arrest to former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on Tuesday, despite the prosecutors’ position, who had requested that the six-year prison sentence for the ‘Vialidad case’ be served in jail. Thus, the...

Argentine ex-President Kirchner handed house arrest in graft case

Argentine ex-President Kirchner handed house arrest in graft case

By Nicolás Misculin and Miguel Lo Bianco BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -An Argentine judge on Tuesday put former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner under house arrest to serve out a six-year sentence for corruption in a case that has effectively...

“So I lost my fear and won everything”: Peter Lehmann, 50 years of activism for dignity and rights in mental health

“So I lost my fear and won everything”: Peter Lehmann, 50 years of activism for dignity and rights in mental health

From Mad in Argentina: The following interview makes known to the Portuguese-speaking public the story of Peter Lehmann, a central figure in the struggle for the emancipation and dignity of people with experience of severe psychic suffering and...

Aphelele Fassi eager to continue growing at 15 for Boks: ‘The competition is healthy’

Aphelele Fassi eager to continue growing at 15 for Boks: ‘The competition is healthy’

Aphelele Fassi is fired up for another big season with the Springboks, despite the extra competition in the fullback position. Springbok fullback Aphelele Fassi is eager to continue his impressive rise over the past couple of seasons and produce...

Argentine ex-President Kirchner handed house arrest

Argentine ex-President Kirchner handed house arrest

An Argentine judge on Tuesday put former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner under house arrest to serve out a six-year sentence for corruption in a case that has effectively brought down the country's most prominent politician in recent...

A just energy transition? Impacts on Indigenous lands in Argentina

A just energy transition? Impacts on Indigenous lands in Argentina

The transition to renewable energy, presented as a global solution, is deepening historical inequalities in Indigenous territories in the northwest region of Argentina. This region is rich in critical minerals such as gold, copper and lithium and...

Argentine Courts Grant House Arrest to Former President Cristina Fernandez

Argentine Courts Grant House Arrest to Former President Cristina Fernandez

Cristina Fernandez greets her supporters from the balcony of her home in Buenos Aires, 2025. X/ @radiounr June 17, 2025 Hour: 2:48 pm On Tuesday, the Argentine court granted house arrest to former President Cristina Fernández (2007-2015), who was...

Teeing Up Fore Health Care Golf Classic raises record-breaking $68,600 for county hospital

Teeing Up Fore Health Care Golf Classic raises record-breaking $68,600 for county hospital

PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY – A decade of commitment to advancing local healthcare was celebrated in full swing on June 10, as the 10th Annual Teeing Up Fore Health Care Golf Classic raised a record-breaking $68,600 in support of the Prince Edward County...

Record 769 arrests and USD 65 million in illicit pharmaceuticals seized in global bust

SINGAPORE – An INTERPOL-coordinated operation across 90 countries has resulted in the seizure of 50.4 million doses of illicit pharmaceuticals worth USD 65 million, highlighting the alarming scale of the global trade in unapproved and counterfeit...

Mission Impossible legend who wrote iconic theme song dies after health battle

Mission Impossible legend who wrote iconic theme song dies after health battle

Mission Impossible legend Lalo Schifrin has died aged 93. The award-winning composer wrote the world famous theme for the Mission Impossible TV series, which later became a blockbuster movie franchise starring Tom Cruise. it comes just weeks after...

Three taken to hospital and 14 homes evacuated after explosion ‘like nuclear bomb going off’

Three taken to hospital and 14 homes evacuated after explosion ‘like nuclear bomb going off’

26 June 2025, 13:13 | Updated: 26 June 2025, 13:39 Three people have been taken to hospital after an explosion in Halifax. Picture: PA MEDIA Three people have been taken to hospital - two with serious injuries - in an explosion overnight in...

La Policía y el Ejército de Chile evacúan a 20 personas en ruta limítrofe con Argentina por mal tiempo

La Policía y el Ejército de Chile evacúan a 20 personas en ruta limítrofe con Argentina por mal tiempo

Por Cristopher Ulloa, CNN en Español Carabineros de Chile informó este jueves que se encuentra trabajando junto al Ejército y otras instituciones en el rescate de personas afectadas por el frente de mal tiempo registrado en el sector de la ruta...

Argentine ex-president Kirchner to serve prison term at home

Argentine ex-president Kirchner to serve prison term at home

Former Argentine President Cristina Kirchner is due to start serving a six-year sentence - Copyright AFP Luis ROBAYO A judge on Tuesday agreed to let Argentine ex-president Cristina Kirchner to serve a six-year fraud sentence at home, easing...

Healthy crowds and Messi mania lift CWC

Healthy crowds and Messi mania lift CWC

MIAMI: The expanded Club World Cup has kicked off with healthy crowds, "Messi mania" and a festival atmosphere in Miami, giving an early vindication to world football body FIFA after fears of empty stands and global disinterest. FIFA...

Healthy crowds and 'Messi mania' lift Club World Cup, but quality gap shows

Healthy crowds and 'Messi mania' lift Club World Cup, but quality gap shows

Miami – The expanded Club World Cup has kicked off with healthy crowds, "Messi mania" and a festival atmosphere in Miami, giving an early vindication to world soccer body FIFA after fears of empty stands and global disinterest. FIFA...

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