The AP Morning Wire California shooter kills 10 at dance club; motive unclear MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) — Authorities searched for a motive for the gunman who killed 10 people at a Los Angeles-area ballroom dance club during Lunar New Year…Read More Asian community reeling after Lunar New Year shooting MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) — […]

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By Sir Ronald Sanders   (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States of America and the Organization of American States.   He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto)   Many countries in South America are now […]

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Jamaica Observer- In a statement on Saturday, the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) said the country has already registered 25,182 suspected cases and 21,407 hospitalised, 73 new, while 312 of the 496 deaths occurred in health institutions and 184 in the communities. In a bulletin, the health authorities state that the average age […]

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By MEGAN JANETSKYyesterday National police control security on a street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. One of Haiti’s gangs stormed a key part of the capital, Port-Au-Prince, and battled with police throughout the day, leaving at least three officers dead and another missing. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Every day when […]

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Reuters Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva looks on as he visits the Yanomami Indigenous Health House (CASA Yanomami) in Boa Vista, Roraima state, Brazil January 21, 2023. Ricardo Stuckert/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo BRASILIA, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Brazil’s ministry of health has declared a medical emergency in the Yanomami territory, the country’s largest indigenous reservation […]

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Image source, Reuters A brine pool at Uyuni salt lake in Bolivia contains valuable lithium   A giant Chinese battery company, Catl, has won a bidding process to develop Bolivia’s huge lithium reserves. The ultra-light metal is used in electric vehicle (EV) batteries, production of which is expected to soar as fossil fuels are phased […]

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Brazil Congress riots: President Lula sacks army commander Published 1 day ago Image source, EPAImage caption, Nearly 1,200 people remain under arrest following the storming of government buildings on 8 January By Will Grant & Kathryn Armstrong BBC News General Julio Cesar de Arruda had only been in the role since 30 December – just […]

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Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez greets Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, January 2, 2023. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo By Lisandra Paraguassu   BUENOS AIRES, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Brazil and Argentina aim for greater economic integration, including the development of a common currency, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula […]

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By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News Peru has closed its famous tourist site Machu Picchu indefinitely over the ongoing protests against the country’s new president. The government said it closed the site, and the Inca trail hike leading up to it, to protect tourists and citizens. Hundreds of people who were stuck for hours at the […]

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by Joseph Choi THE HILL As a version of COVID-19’s omicron variant —the XBB.1.5 subvariant — grows more prevalent in some parts of the U.S., health experts say it likely escapes immune protection better than previous mutations, though it is still unclear whether it causes more severe illness. More than 80 percent of coronavirus cases […]

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