Gabriel Araujo

LATAM Airlines raised its full-year core earnings forecast on Tuesday after improving fuel price expectations, while saying its business model had ​proven resilient amid the oil shock linked to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.

Neymar appeared to confirm his retirement from international soccer, saying he no longer wanted ​to play for Brazil, weeks after suggesting his international ‌career had ended following their World Cup last-16 loss to Norway.

Banco Santander Brasil on Wednesday reported ​its weakest quarterly profit and profitability since late 2023, missing market expectations as tighter ‌lending spreads and higher provisions for bad loans weighed on earnings.

Brazil's 12-month inflation rate undershot forecasts and moved closer ​to the central bank's target range in its mid-July reading, official data ‌showed on Tuesday, paving the way for a fourth consecutive interest rate cut next week.

Brazil's Finance Minister Dario Durigan said on Monday that U.S. tariffs on several ​goods from his country amount to "external interference" and predicted the dispute ‌would be resolved after October's presidential election.

Brazilian air accident investigators said on Thursday that a buildup of ice, failures in the aircraft's de-icing system, crew actions and deficiencies ‌at regional airline Voepass contributed to the 2024 crash of an ATR turboprop that killed all 62 people on board.

An Argentine war veterans federation called on soccer supporters to focus on football ahead of their World Cup semi-final against ​England rather than use the match as a platform to push ‌sovereignty claims over South Atlantic islands.

Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni insisted there is nothing more than football at stake when his team faces England in Wednesday's World Cup semi-final, despite a rivalry steeped in decades ​of sporting drama and political tension.

Lionel Messi has spent over two decades carving a path through international soccer, facing every World Cup-winning nation from Brazil to France, but one ​notable opponent has always been missing from the list: England.

Messi has been instrumental in Argentina's World Cup campaign, scoring eight goals.