French Farmers Protest EU-MERCOSUR Trade Deal in Paris

Tractor protest in the streets of Paris, Oct. 14, 2025. X/ @SirenesFR October 14, 2025 Hour: 12:47 pm On Tuesday, the Confederation Paysanne, France’s third-largest agricultural union, protested with tractors at the Esplanade of the Invalides in...

Japan beats Brazil for first time in chaotic comeback win

Japan notched its first ever victory against Brazil on Tuesday evening at Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo, engineering a storming second-half comeback to win the friendly fixture 3-2. In a match marked by defensive breakdowns on both sides, Samurai...

Yellow Fever Arrives in Costa Rica

(Vax-Before-Travel News)The Costa Rican Ministry of Health recently reported a positive case of yellow fever following the results issued by the laboratory of the Costa Rican Institute for Research and Teaching in Nutrition and Health. This is a...

DepEd Caraga orders work-from-home arrangement after quake off Siargao

Caraga Region. Map courtesy of Google TANDAG CITY (MindaNews / 17 October) – The Department of Education (DepEd) Caraga Regional Office announced a work-from-home arrangement for all its personnel on October 17 as a precautionary measure following...

Saffa gets US visa revoked after calling Charlie Kirk ‘trailer trash’

A South African – Nota Baloyi – has had his US visa revoked over a tweet in which he labelled assassinated conservative Charlie Kirk “white nationalist trailer trash.” The music industry executive has since issued a public apology. In a post on...

Doc Talk Podcast Welcomes Young Directors Behind Oscar Contenders ‘Under The Flags, The Sun’ & ‘Remaining Native’

Two emerging filmmakers are entering the Oscar race this year with their feature directorial debuts. Paraguayan director Juanjo Pereira won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Berlin Film Festival with his documentary Under the Flags, the Sun. It examines...

Astaroth Trojan abuses GitHub to host configs and evade takedowns

Astaroth Trojan abuses GitHub to host configs and evade takedowns The Astaroth banking Trojan uses GitHub to host malware configs, evade C2 takedowns and stay active by pulling new settings from the platform. McAfee discovered a new Astaroth...

Astaroth Banking Malware Exploits GitHub for Hosting Configuration Files

McAfee’s Threat Research team recently uncovered a sophisticated new Astaroth campaign that represents a significant evolution in malware infrastructure tactics. This latest variant has abandoned traditional command-and-control (C2) server...

Astaroth Banking Trojan Abuses GitHub to Remain Operational After Takedowns

Oct 13, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Financial Security Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign that delivers the Astaroth banking trojan that employs GitHub as a backbone for its operations to stay resilient in the...

Banks make $26 billion in a decade of financing deforesting companies

New analysis ahead of COP30 in Brazil reveals how efforts to end deforestation are undermined by climate-wrecking profits, as banks in the US, EU and UK make over $10 billion in income since the Paris climate agreement by financing companies...

Higher stone fruit prices in 2025, higher profitability?

The 2025 stone fruit harvest in Spain, which started with a delay of between ten and fifteen days in the earliest areas and has been maintained throughout the season in all producing areas, has been reduced by the impact of hailstorms and has been...

India-Brazil issue joint declaration to deepen trade as Delhi seeks to diversify export markets

New Delhi: India and Brazil Thursday issued a joint declaration to “deepen” the trade agreement between New Delhi and the Mercosur grouping, with an aim to complete negotiations within a year after launching. “I discussed expanding the...

India, Brazil Agree To Expand MERCOSUR-India Trade Pact

New Delhi: India and Brazil have decided to go in for a substantial expansion of the agreement between India and MERCOSUR member states, aiming for a significant share of the bilateral trade to benefit from tariff preferences, according to a joint...

Panama celebrates joining MERCOSUR as an Associate State

President Jose Raul Mulino signed on Monday the decree on the country’s entry into the bloc, including Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay, a decision previously approved unanimously by the plenary session of the National Assembly...

Kenya celebrates 76 years of Boran excellence at landmark show

On 12 and 13 September, Boran Cattle Breeder’s Society (BCBS) Kenya marked its 76th anniversary with a landmark show and auction. More than 200 head of cattle were paraded before an international audience of breeders, ranchers, and buyers from...

WFF 2025: Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum Pitches $15.9 Billion In Agrifood Opportunities

ROME – The Hand-in-Hand (HIH) Investment Forum 2025 opened today at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters, showcasing more than $15.9 billion in investment cases that target improving...

Three things we learned from USMNT’s October window

The United States Men’s National Team have completed their October window, drawing 1-1 against Ecuador on October 10th and beating Australia 2-1 on Tuesday night. The USMNT looked better across the window against two teams that have already...

S. Korea pleased with team overcoming mental hurdles

By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Yonhap) -- The final score had South Korea beating Paraguay 2-0 in their latest men's friendly football match in Seoul on Tuesday, but for the victorious head coach Hong Myung-bo, the biggest victory may have come...

Hackers target South American crypto users on GitHub with credential stealing Trojan

Hackers are now stealing crypto credentials on GitHub with a banking Trojan called Astaroth. The development was revealed after research by cybersecurity firm McAfee. The outfit claimed that the Trojan uses GitHub repositories whenever its servers...

Omar Alderete injury update ‘positive’ ahead of Sunderland vs Wolves

Omar Alderete has made an impressive start to life with Sunderland (Picture: Getty Images) Sunderland are hopeful defender Omar Alderete will be fit to face Wolves on Saturday afternoon, but manager Regis Le Bris could not guarantee his...