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Lionel Messi finally receives renewal offer from Barcelona
The Argentine's current contract expires on June 30
Lionel Messi has left Barcelona without signing a new contract
Messi has been left out of the final match against Eibar, and has already started his summer vacation.
Lionel Messi set to receive Chinese Sinovac vaccine with Argentina teammates
Argentina will be competing at the upcoming Copa America this summer.
More than 700,000 Covid-19 deaths in Latin America: AFP tally
Brazil, the country second-hardest hit after the United States, has registered more than 266,000 deaths from 11 million reported infections.
Diego Maradona was kidnapped by his lawyer, claims ex-wife
Explosive audio recordings were leaked on Saturday, showing a troubling web of circumstances surrounding Maradona's final days.
Solar eclipse plunges southern Chile, Argentina into darkness
Strict controls were announced for the areas where the total eclipse would be visible, with free movement banned both the day before and after.
Maradona death: Nurse reveals possible neglect led to footballer's death
More questions are being raised as the events surrounding the legend's death become more suspicious.
Maradona's doctor investigated for involuntary manslaughter
Maradona's lawyer, Matias Morla, had called for an investigation into claims that ambulances took more than half an hour to reach the football star's house.
Funeral worker gets fired after taking selfies with Maradona's corpse
Apart from losing his job, the worker has also received death threats from fans while others have called for him to be stripped of his Argentinian citizenship.
Death of 'eternal' Maradona plunges football world into mourning
The pinnacle of Maradona's playing career came in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final, where his two iconic goals defeated England 2-1.
2-year-old fatally mauled by dog banned under UK's Dangerous Dogs Act
The child was reportedly attacked by a Dogo Argentino, which is banned from being kept as a pet in many counties around the world.
Maradona brain surgery: Doctor says football legend recovering well
Prior to falling ill, Maradona had been depressed, his lawyer Matias Morla said on Wednesday.
Diego Maradona admitted to hospital in Argentina
Maradona went into self-isolation last month after a bodyguard showed symptoms of the virus, though he later tested negative.
Evo Morales leaves Argentina for Venezuela: report
Morales on Monday signaled his intention to return to Bolivia.
Johnson & Johnson pauses Covid-19 vaccine trial as participant becomes ill
The pause means the enrollment system has been closed for the 60,000-patient clinical trial while the independent patient safety committee is convened.
Boxer beats pregnant girlfriend and unborn child to death
The man left his dying partner at the hospital and was arrested at the couple's home after the woman's death.
Argentina passes 100,000 COVID-19 cases
Authorities are still debating what restrictions will remain in place.
WHO reports record virus cases as Trump proposes face-to-face G7 summit
The WHO said that 106,662 virus cases reported to the UN agency on Tuesday -- the most in a single day since the outbreak erupted in Wuhan in December.
UN peacekeepers accused of sexually abusing children in disaster-hit Haiti
A study conducted by the University of Birmingham found that UN peacekeepers patronised child prostitution in Haiti and fathered hundreds of children in the disaster-stricken nation.
Lionel Messi back in training with Barcelona after Copa America ban and calf injury
Lionel Messi returns to a Barcelona FC training session, indicating recovery from a calf injury ahead of match against Real Betis.
Superpower showdown: Trump-Xi to meet next month as trade war takes toll
Reported meeting will take place during the G-20 summit in Argentina in late November.
IMF agrees to pump $57bn into Agrentina's teetering economy
South America's second-largest economy battered by a run on the Argentine peso amid double-digit inflation.
Argentina, Turkey, Indonesia – why it's too early to speak of contagion in emerging markets
Weak economic fundamentals, not blind investor panic, has driven a summer of currency crises.
Will there be a new financial crisis? Emerging markets spiral into turmoil
Worry that big losses in some developing markets could ripple out into the global financial system.
Dog who watched over his master's grave for 12 years dies in the same cemetery
Capitan was well known in the Argentine town of Villa Carlos Paz for loyalty to his owner Miguel Guzmán, who passed away in 2006. The dog sat by his grave every single day.
Dad pretended to be daughter, 11, lured paedophile to date, battered and shamed him online
Self-proclaimed paedophile hunter Walter Rodríguez claims he pretended to be his daughter after she confided in him about inappropriate conversations with Germán Acosta.
British graduate found dead after 'plunging 100ft' on glacier hiking trail in Argentina
The dead body of a British graduate, David Minn, has been found beside a hiking trail to a glacier in Argentina.
Dakar Rally 2018: Breathtaking scenery and bone-crunching crashes in world's most gruelling race
The route runs for nearly 9,000 kilometres (5,550 miles) through three countries, across desert dunes, mountain trails, flooded rivers and salt flats.
Two children dead after 'accidentally locking themselves inside fridge'
Young boys believed to have suffocated after locking themselves inside fridge while playing after relative raises the alarm.
Cop's teen daughter killed ex-lover with police gun then wrote Instagram dedication to her 'angel'
Argentinian law student Nahir Galarza, 19, has admitted to killing her ex-lover Fernando Pastorizzo, 21, on the morning of 29 December in Gualeguaychu.