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World Cup qualifiers | Messi misses Argentina's 3-0 win in Bolivia; Brazil beats Peru

Argentina beats Bolivia 3-0 in La Paz, despite Lionel Messi's absence. Brazil wins 1-0 at Peru, Ecuador defeats Uruguay 2-1 and Venezuela beats Paraguay 1-0. Argentina, Brazil lead South American standings with 6 pts, Colombia in 3rd with 4 pts.

The Hindu

Dana White’s Contender Series 62: Best photos from Las Vegas

Check out these photos from the Dana White's Contender Series 62 fights at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

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The abaya ban in French schools

In this edition, the contentious issue of how some Muslim women and girls dress captures the headlines here in France with once again, the spotlight being on clothing in schools. Also the missing women of Peru where thousands disappear yearly primarily due to human trafficking, prostitution and gender violence. Plus…

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Messi’s free-kick goal gives Argentina 1-0 win over Ecuador in World Cup qualifier

Lionel Messi scored from a free kick in the 78th minute to give Argentina a 1-0 win against Ecuador in the first round of South American World Cup qualifying on September 7.

The Hindu

Peruvian writers tell of a future rooted in the past and contemporary societal issues

The Aymara people of the Andean Highlands speak of “qhipa pacha,” a phrase that refers to the future as a direction one walks to backward. They believe in looking to the past as a way to understand what may come next.

The Conversation

Peru's lost daughters: Families of missing women fight for justice

In Peru, 60 percent of people who disappear are women. Over 11,000 women were reported missing in the country last year, the majority of them teenagers. Some disappearances are voluntary. But most are linked to human trafficking networks, prostitution and domestic violence. Despite this poor record, Peru was the first…

France 24

Archaeologists unearth 3,000-year-old priestly tomb in northern Peru

Archaeologists in northern Peru have unearthed a 3,000-year-old tomb which they believe might have honoured an elite religious leader in the Andean country some three millennia ago.

The Hindu

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The best tourist board logos

The greatest tourist board logos sell you dream destinations that you can’t wait to explore. Here are our favourites.

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Chinese-backed port project in Peru to be the 'gateway from South America to Asia,' official says

Dozens of cranes lift blocks weighing several tons and drop them to compact the soil of a roughly one-square-mile area on Peru’s Pacific coast, part of China’s most ambitious port project in Latin America designed to facilitate trade between the regions

The Independent UK

Dana White’s Contender Series 59: Best photos from Las Vegas

Check out these photos from the fights at Dana White's Contender Series 59 in Las Vegas.

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Hugo Blanco obituary

Campaigner endlessly supportive of the struggle of Peru’s rural workers to better their lives

The Guardian - UK

New species of snake found in Peru named after Harrison Ford

The Indiana Jones actor described the reptile’s naming – Tachymenoides harrisonfordi – as ‘humbling’

Evening Standard

Amazon rainforest | The scramble to save the planet’s lungs

At the ACTO summit in Belem do Para, Brazil, leaders from Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana called for cooperation to protect the Amazon rainforest. The “Belem declaration” promised concerted efforts to arrest deforestation, protect Indigenous people’s rights and invite development banks to pool funds for conservation…

The Hindu

“I was close to being kicked out of school. A therapist suggested guitar playing would help me with my behavior and grades…”: Peruvian shredder Charlie Parra had an unlikely path to success – but Eddie Van Halen was always his guiding light

The Kramer signature artist was raised on pop-punk and nu metal, but there weren't enough guitar solos for his liking. Discovering EVH and Randy Rhoads was “mind-blowing” for the young guitarist – and his career hasn't let up since

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The Independent UK

Q-Pop: Peru’s social media phenomenon Lenin Tamayo fuses Quechua and K-pop

What happens when you take Quechua, the most widely spoken Indigenous language in the Americas, and fuse it with K-pop, the global musical sensation with roots in South Korea

USA Today Sports Media Group

Dana White’s Contender Series 57: Best photos from Las Vegas

Check out these photos from the fights at Dana White's Contender Series 57 in Las Vegas.

The Times of India

Manika Batra loses baggage, sports equipment on flight while returning from Peru tournament

NEW DELHI: Ace Indian table tennis player Manika Batra has lost her baggage containing sports equipment, while returning home from a tournament in Peru in a KLM Airlines flight and she has sought help from the government to recover it.

The Week

Fabulous foodie adventures in Peru, Japan and Australia

His restaurant in Lima, Central, took top spot in this year’s World’s 50 Best Restaurants list – but the Peruvian chef Virgilio Martinez’s outpost in the Andes, Mil, makes for a yet more remarkable “foodie pilgrimage”, said Paul Richardson in the FT.

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Newly discovered ancient whale might be the heaviest animal ever

The heaviest animal that ever lived may be an ancient whale species, now named Perucetus colossus, which swam in the oceans around 39 million years ago

The Hindu

Massive extinct whale ‘may be heaviest animal that ever lived’

A 39M-yr-old whale, Perucetus colossus, may be the heaviest animal ever, weighing up to 375 tons. Its bones are much denser than a blue whale's, suggesting it lived in shallow, coastal waters. It was likely not the longest animal ever, but its feeding habits remain a mystery.

LiveScience

This colossal extinct whale was the heaviest animal to ever live

Paleontologists in Peru have described an ancient species of whale that was way heavier than a blue whale.

The Independent UK

The heaviest animal ever may be this ancient whale found in the Peruvian desert

A new species of ancient whale might be the heaviest animal ever found

Inverse

This Fossil of a Giant Whale Could Be The Heaviest Known Animal To Date

Fossils from Peru suggest a giant whale that lived roughly 39 million years ago may have been at least as massive as the blue whale.

The Guardian - UK

Newly discovered whale species could have been heaviest animal ever

Fossils found in Peru from extinct species show it may have had body mass of 85-340 tonnes – heavier than blue whales

The Independent UK

39 million-year-old extinct whale ‘may be heaviest animal that ever lived’

Researchers analysed the remains of a partial skeleton that was uncovered 13 years ago in the Ica desert on the southern coast of Peru.

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