Trending | View in Browser July 20, 2022 Here is today’s selection of top stories from The Associated Press at this hour to begin your day. Today’s Headlines “The mouth of a bear”: Ukrainian refugees sent to Russia NARVA, Estonia (AP) — For weeks Natalya Zadoyanova had lost contact with her younger brother Dmitriy, who […]
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Dashan Hendricks Jamaica Observer PRIME minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves has hailed Rainforest Caribbean’s investment in a new seafood processing facility in that country as the manifestation of “Caricom in action”, as the plant opened six years after the investment was first mooted for the Eastern Caribbean island. Rainforest Caribbean has […]
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By Sergio Queiroz RIO DE JANEIRO, July 19 (Reuters) – Brazilian government actions such as removing protections for indigenous territories and not doing enough to stem violent crime in the Amazon created the conditions that led to the recent murders of a journalist and indigenous expert, photographer Sebastiao Salgado said. The 78-year-old photographer, best known […]
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EAGLE PASS, Texas, July 19 (Reuters) – Beneath a blazing sun, a record number of migrants seeking to enter the United States are crossing the Mexican border. Some wade or swim through the waters of the Rio Grande into Texas. Smugglers ferry groups of others on rafts. U.S. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, promised a […]
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July 19 (Reuters) – Brazil has a strong track record of free, fair and transparent elections and the United Sates trusts that its electoral system will reflect the will of the people in the October election, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Tuesday. The endorsement came one day after Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro questioned […]
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PANAMA CITY, July 19 (Reuters) – The CAF-Development Bank of Latin America said on Tuesday it has approved $1.65 billion in financing for Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru and Trinidad and Tobago. The funding rounds will be carried out in seven operations. The funds will be used in “strategic sectors” such as social development, water and […]
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BA.5 spurs calls to fund next-gen COVID vaccines © Getty The rise of the BA.5 variant is spurring new calls for funding for an Operation Warp Speed 2.0 to accelerate development of next-generation COVID-19 vaccines that can better target new variants.= The BA.5 subvariant of omicron that now makes up the majority of U.S. COVID-19 cases is […]
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The Reuters Daily Briefing Tuesday, July 19, 2022 by Linda Noakes Hello Here’s what you need to know. Record temperatures scorch Europe, Putin visits Iran, and the ECB weighs a bigger rate hike Today’s biggest stories People cool off in a water fountain in Trafalgar Square in London, July 19, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls WORLD Britain […]
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By Santana Salmon Suriname has been rocked by a major fraud scandal in which millions of dollars (One SR$=US$0.04 cents) have been withdrawn from the bank account of the Ministry of Finance and Planning through forged documents and receipts. The authorities said a total of SRD$40.9 million was withdrawn from the account in April and […]
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By Santana Salmon Haiti has extradited 40-year-old Maxony Germinal to the United States where he is accused of being one of the arms and ammunition suppliers of the notorious criminal organization “400 Mawozo” involved in kidnapping and murders in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country. Germinal was arrested on April 26 in Malpass, a town […]
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