Today’s Headlines AP sources: Musk in control of Twitter, ousts top executives Elon Musk has taken control of Twitter and ousted the CEO, chief financial officer and the company’s top lawyer, two people familiar with the deal said Thursday…Read More Russia’s hope for Ukraine win revealed in battle for Bakhmut BAKHMUT, Ukraine (AP) — Russian […]

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WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Canada has sent officials to Haiti to assess the Caribbean nation’s humanitarian and security crisis, saying it will not sit by idly while gangs threaten women and children there. The Canadian delegation is in Haiti “to consult with stakeholders on options to support Haitian people in resolving the humanitarian and […]

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PORT OF SPAIN, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Trinidad and Tobago’s state-owned gas company has started work on designing a small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) hub that could help the Caribbean move away from oil-based power generation, the firm told Reuters. Trinidad is Latin America’s largest LNG exporter and the project, expected to be operational by […]

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By Vasco Cotovio, Paula Newton, David von Blohn and Marcia Reverdosa, CNN Brazil’s presidential candidates fight for votes of the poor. Here’s why São Paulo CNN  — In a flimsy wooden structure in a small favela on the outer edges of São Paulo, a kitchen, bed, and television occupy the same room. This is the […]

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BRASILIA, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court is set to demand that the government reactivate a billion-dollar international fund aimed at protecting the Amazon rainforest as the nation faces rampant deforestation, according to a court statement on Thursday. A majority of the top court’s justices decided that the government must take steps within 60 […]

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By Katy Watson BBC South America correspondent, São Paulo Brazilians will vote on Sunday in the second and final round of presidential elections. Polls suggest former leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is ahead of his far-right rival – the current president Jair Bolsonaro. But after the first round was closer than expected, some […]

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Ahead of holiday season, experts eye another COVID winter by Joseph Choi THE HIL AP Photo/Craig Ruttle People take part in traditional Christmas Day activities as they gather at Rockefeller Center in 2021. Falling coronavirus case levels and the absence of major restrictions might lead many to assume that this holiday season could be the first […]

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Image source, Elon Musk Elon Musk carrying a sink into Twitter HQ By James Clayton in San Francisco and Peter Hoskins in Singapore BBC News The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has completed his $44bn (£38.1bn) takeover of Twitter, according to US media and an investor in the firm. He tweeted “the bird is freed”, […]

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by Ernice Gilbert  VI Consortium- The Environmental Protection Agency has released its findings of an inspection of the Port Hamilton Refining and Transportation refinery on St. Croix, formerly Limetree Bay Refinery, which was initiated following a smoldering coke incident in August. The EPA’s findings paint a picture of a facility whose surfeit of issues caused […]

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The Reuters Daily Briefing Thursday, October 27, 2022 by Linda Noakes Hello Here’s what you need to know. T Today’s biggest stories A Ukrainian serviceman on the frontline in Mykolaiv region, October 26, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko WORLD Ukrainian troops are holding out against repeated attacks by Russian forces in two eastern towns while those on […]

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