By Anthony Esposito and Isabel Woodford MEXICO CITY, June 23 (Reuters) – The Bank of Mexico on Thursday increased its benchmark interest rate by a record 75 basis points to 7.75%, saying it would hike rates again and by as much if necessary to tame inflation that has surged to double its target. Inflation in […]

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QUITO, June 23 (Reuters) – Ecuador’s government on Thursday acquiesced to a demand of indigenous demonstrators who have held 11 days of protests, giving them access to a cultural center, but violent confrontations at marches continued. Disquiet over prices for fuel, food and other basics has exploded into sometimes-violent protests across the country since June […]

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By Ayenat Mersie and Clement Uwiringiyimana   Summary Prince Charles to succeed his mother as Commonwealth head Caribbean ministers question why, raise imperialist past Reparations for slavery should be on agenda – minister KIGALI, June 24 (Reuters) – Commonwealth leaders settled in 2018 that Britain’s Prince Charles should succeed his mother Queen Elizabeth as head […]

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By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC Laredo, Texas Noé was somewhere on the outskirts of the gritty southern Mexican city of Tapachula when he realised how difficult his journey to a new life in the US would be. Just days after crossing the border from Guatemala, the meagre supplies in Noé’s small rucksack had dwindled, and […]

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by Peter Sullivan The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Thursday that it is banning the sale of Juul e-cigarettes, a major blow to the company and a major step in a broader effort to prevent youth vaping. FDA said Juul must stop selling and marketing its products, and everything that’s already on the market […]

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Study: New COVID-19 Subvariants Evade Previous Vaccinations & Prior Infections By Jacqueline Howard, CNN   (CNN) Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 appear to escape antibody responses among both people who had previous Covid-19 infection and those who have been fully vaccinated and boosted, according to new data from researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, […]

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  CHARLESTOWN, NEVIS — Father’s Day came early for six Nevisian fathers, on Friday June 17, courtesy of the Nevis Co-operative Credit Union (NCCU) Limited’s 50th Anniversary year-long monthly care packages distribution to its longstanding members as it gives back to communities in Nevis. The Credit Union, which is the oldest in the Federation of […]

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Here is today’s selection of top stories from The Associated Press at this hour to begin your day.  Today’s Headlines Survivors dig by hand after Afghanistan quake killing 1,000 GAYAN, Afghanistan (AP) — Survivors dug by hand Thursday through villages in eastern Afghanistan reduced to rubble by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 1,000 […]

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Calls by A&B Prime Minister Gaston Browne for Caribbean leaders to seek help from Venezuela in a bid to combat rising fuel costs are receiving regional support. Venezuela was once a major oil exporter to the Caribbean, particularly under the PetroCaribe energy initiative which saw refined fuel products shipped to Antigua and Barbuda among other […]

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LONDON, June 23 (Reuters) – World Health Organization (WHO) experts meet on Thursday to evaluate whether monkeypox constitutes an international emergency, its highest form of alert. read more Only six such emergencies have previously been declared: COVID-19 (2020), the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (2019), Zika virus (2016), polio (2014), West Africa’s Ebola […]

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