A meeting between President Donald Trump and Argentina’s Javier Milei comes amid a deepening financial crisis in Washington’s South American ally which is receiving a multi-billion-dollar bailout. Tuesday’s meeting follows the U.S. Treasury agreeing a $20 billion currency swap with Argentina’s central bank to stabilize the economy, stop a market collapse and support Milei’s libertarian…
(Bloomberg) — China accused the US of Cold War-era intervention in Latin America after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested Argentina’s president was “committed to getting China out.” Bessent made his comments on Fox News on Thursday as the US offers a $20 billion US financial lifeline to Argentina and President Javier Milei prepares to visit…
Arrigo Sacchi warns Italy that no opponent should be underestimated in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, and hopes players have understood that success ‘doesn’t come by divine grace.’ Italy will visit Estonia in the World Cup qualifiers on Saturday and even if the Azzurri already beat them 5-0 last month, Sacchi feels that the gap…
Uefa said on Monday it had “reluctantly” approved the staging of a Spanish La Liga and an Italian Serie A match in the United States and Australia respectively, despite fan protests. “While it is regrettable to have to let these two games go ahead, this decision is exceptional and shall not be seen as setting…
Shut out of China’s massive soybean market, the United States is pressing countries across Africa and Asia to step up purchases of American soybeans, as President Donald Trump’s trade team seeks new markets, while tensions over tariffs ripple through global trade. “We’re calling up all our soybean customers around the world as part of our…
This is the 11th in a series by The Athletic looking back at the winners of each men’s World Cup. Previously, we’ve looked at Uruguay in 1930, Italy in 1934 and again in 1938, Uruguay in 1950, West Germany in 1954, before a Brazilian double in 1958 and 1962, an England success in 1966, another Brazil win in 1970, and a second West Germany triumph in…
Nobody expected President Donald Trump to save a country from financial crisis. Yet on October 14th he will meet Javier Milei, Argentina’s president and an ideological ally, to discuss the details of a rescue package. America has already promised Argentina a swap line worth $20bn—an amount representing half the South American country’s foreign reserves—in order…
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday he expects coming talks with China to yield a “big breakthrough” in trade relations, adding that aid for soybean farmers could be announced as soon as Tuesday. Bessent made the upbeat predictions during an interview with CNBC. “The most important thing we’re going to see,” the Treasury…
Argentina’s soybean export orders surged to a seven-year high this month as Chinese importers bought millions of tonnes of the staple crop during a brief suspension of export taxes, securing more than half of their near-term needs from South America. The rush of orders has rattled the Trump administration, where divisions are deepening over Argentine…
Drug gang suspected in torture and murder of two young women, and a 15-year-old girl, in crime that shocks Argentina. Clashes have erupted between demonstrators and police as thousands protested in Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, to demand justice over the torture and killing of two young women and a teenager, which was livestreamed on social…