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Expiration of tax credits could mean larger health insurance bills for North Dakota farmers
BISMARCK — Farmers heavily reliant on coverage through the Affordable Care Act marketplace are likely to see out-of-pocket health insurance premium payments rise more than 75% on average in 2026. Enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits...

Trump’s Argentina bailout: it’s a political play, not an economic plan
Last month, the US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, vowed to do “whatever it takes” to support Argentina’s rightwing president, Javier Milei, a key ally of Donald Trump. Markets aren’t convinced. On Tuesday, the peso plunged by more than 6%...

Main suspect in Argentina triple femicide arrested off truck in Peru
Tony Janzen Valverde Victoriano, the alleged leader of the gang who killed two young women and a girl in Florencio Varela, was arrested in Peru on Tuesday, Argentina’s Security Ministry announced. He had been on the run since Friday night, when an...

Argentina’s Mendoza Wine Region: A Retiree Haven for $2K/Month
Imagine spending your golden years of retirement surrounded by world class vineyards, incredible weather, beautiful scenery and unbeatable food. For those thinking of Napa Valley or the south of France, this lifestyle might seem unattainable given...

Can Trump save Argentina’s crisis-stricken economy as he hopes?
Following a meeting on Tuesday last week on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, US President Donald Trump described his Argentinian counterpart, Javier Milei, as a “truly fantastic and powerful leader”. He told...

Expiration of tax credits could mean larger health insurance bills for ND farmers
ml12nan / Depositphotos.com By: Michael Standaert BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota News Cooperative) – Farmers heavily reliant on coverage through the Affordable Care Act marketplace are likely to see out-of-pocket health insurance premium payments...

Argentina envoy meets Jamaat amir
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka 01 October, 2025, 01:30 Argentine ambassador to Bangladesh Marcelo Carlos Sessa on Tuesday met with Jamaat-e-Islami amir Shafiqur Rahman at his office in the Dhaka’s Bashundhara area. During the meeting, they...

Part 2: A Diet of Tobacco—Cemeteries and the Sacred Threshold
This is Part 2 of A Diet of Tobacco. In this installment, Dr. Caterina Conti reflects on cemeteries and cross-cultural visions of death. Catch up on Part 1 here. After the first nights of dieta, when Tobacco had pulled me deep into visions of...

Argentina declares freedom from H5N1 avian influenza
ARGENTINA – Argentina has officially declared itself free from H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) after the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) confirmed that the outbreak in both commercial and backyard flocks has been...

Ivkovic: Modern medicine must study AC Milan midfielder Modric
Tomislav Ivkovic says medicine should study how AC Milan midfielder Luka Modric is performing as he is at 40 years of age. Now Rijeka academy director, Ivkovic was Croatia assistant coach when Modric made his international debut. Advertisement...

Argentine Nobel laureate urges Netanyahu's arrest over Gaza genocide
Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel filed a court petition urging Argentina to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for genocide and war crimes in Gaza, denouncing President Milei's pro-"Israel" stance and calling for...

Argentina envoy meets Jamaat Ameer
Argentine Ambassador Marcelo Carlos Sessa today met with Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman at his office in Bashundhara, Dhaka. Photo : Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Facebook page DHAKA, Sept 30, 2025 (BSS)- Argentine Ambassador...

A ‘For Sale’ sign outside a home in Buenos Aires in July.
Executives from Banco Nación were preparing to head to Wall Street, ready to start making the pitch for a bond sale that would bankroll mortgages back home in Argentina. It would have been a fairly unremarkable event for bankers in most other...

Angel Di Maria vows to ‘win a lot of trophies’ with PSG after signing from Manchester United
Argentina winger Angel Di Maria said he is “delighted” to be joining French champions Paris-Saint Germain in an interview screened on BeIn Sports on Wednesday. The 27-year-old has yet to officially sign for the Qatari-backed Parisians ahead of a...

The U.S. Should Not Bail Out Argentina
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced last week that the Trump administration was prepared to “do what is needed” to “support” Argentina and its president, Javier Milei, in advance of the country’s October legislative elections....

PAHO highlights progress in health security, disease elimination, and primary health care – director says in report
Oct 01, 2025 News (PAHO) – The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, presented his Annual Report on Monday at the opening of the 62nd Directing Council, highlighting major progress in health security, disease...

Argentina poultry declared free of H5N1 avian influenza
Argentina has been declared free of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) according to a report from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH). Commercial poultry The country had been dealing with a single case of HPAI in commercial...

Professor Graham MacGregor, health expert
In 1994 a report by the government’s Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy recommended a significant reduction in the consumption of sugar and fat, and insisted that average daily salt intake be reduced by a third across the...

Pizza protagonist at the Buenos Aires Tourism Fair
Pizza is back in the spotlight in Buenos Aires with the fifth edition of the Pizzaioli School Championship, held this weekend as part of the International Tourism Fair (Fit). The event was inaugurated yesterday by Italian Ambassador Fabrizio...
U.S. Treasury’s Argentina-Lifeline Gamble
Argentine President Javier Milei had to resort to the financial bailout from the U.S. Treasury, yet he has boasted of having the public accounts of his country in order and under control. The reality was very different. Without the lifeline that...