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Bolsonaro Returning to Brazil and Legal Challenges

By Luis Fajardo in Miami & Adam Durbin in London BBC News Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is on his way back to Brazil, after spending months in the US. The far-right politician is returning for the first time since supporters stormed the Supreme Court, Congress and presidential palace in January. The riots came after […]

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Italy-Sized Portion of Gulf of Mexico To Be Auctioned Off by the US for Oil Drilling

In latest blow to Joe Biden’s reputation as the ‘climate president’, 73.3m acres of the gulf will be offered for fossil fuel extraction Oliver Milman GUARDIAN An enormous swathe of the Gulf of Mexico, spanning an area the size of Italy, will be auctioned off for oil and gas drilling on Wednesday morning, in the […]

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US FDA Approves First Over-the-Counter Drug for Opioid Overdose Reversal

by Nathaniel Weixel The first ever over-the-counter version of the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday, a move that could dramatically increase access to the lifesaving medication. The FDA approved Narcan, the brand name version of the drug manufactured by Emergent BioSolutions. Naloxone is a […]

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Premier Brantley Announces Temporary Closure of Opposition Office

by Eulana Weekes St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): The Premier of Nevis, Hon Mark Brantley, gave notice that the Office of the Opposition has been closed temporarily due to unfortunate circumstances between the Hon. Cleone Stapleton Simmonds and Hon. Dr Janice Daniel Hodge, Leader of the Nevis Reformation Party. Premier Mark Brantley, during his Monthly […]

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WORLD VIEW:Ukraine hits a Russian-held city, Sergio Ermotti returns to UBS, and all eyes are on the Taiwanese president

TODAY‘S TOP STORIES Ukraine struck a railway depot and knocked out power in the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol, deep behind the front line, amid growing talk from Kyiv of a counterassault against Russian forces worn out by a failed winter offensive. Here’s the latest on the war. Russian forces are relentless in their attempts to […]

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Pandemic: Brazil Hits 700,000 Virus Deaths, 2nd Highest in the World

By MAURICIO SAVARESEyesterday SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s government on Tuesday reported the 700,000th death from COVID-19 in the South American nation, which has the second most victims of the virus after the United States. Brazilian health experts say most people dying of COVID-19 in recent days are either unvaccinated or suffer from other debilitating […]

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Why Asylum Seekers are Choosing Canada in Record Numbers

By Nadine Yousif BBC News, Montreal Last year, nearly 40,000 migrants crossed into Canada at an unofficial border crossing at the end of a remote rural road in upstate New York – a record number – to seek asylum. Many are driven by the belief that the country is more welcoming than the US. But […]

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Taiwan President Defiant after China Threatens Retaliation for US Trip

Summary Taiwan President Tsai leaves for New York China threatens retaliation if Tsai meets U.S. House Speaker No reason for China to overreact: senior U.S. officials Tsai also visiting Guatemala, Belize TAOYUAN, Taiwan/BEIJING, March 29 (Reuters) – External pressure will not stop Taiwan engaging with the world, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday as she […]

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Peru Prosecutors Probe President, Ex-President for Money Launderin

LIMA, March 28 (Reuters) – Peruvian prosecutors are investigating President Dina Boluarte and former president Pedro Castillo for allegedly laundering money as part of a criminal organization, the attorney general’s office said on Twitter on Tuesday. The probe into the alleged crimes by Boluarte and Castillo is part of an ongoing investigation into alleged campaign […]

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Immigration: This is What El Paso,Texas Looks Like Amid Border Crisis

By Bernd Debusmann Jr in El Paso, Texas For the last three nights, 21-year-old Dylan Torres Reyes has spent his nights on the pavement outside El Paso’s main bus terminal, shivering in the freezing Texas night. “It’s been very, very cold here, and this is all I’ve got to wear,” he told the BBC, pointing […]

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