By Katy Watson BBC South America correspondent Maurício Ye’kwana worries about the future. He comes from the community of Auaris, in northern Brazil, close to the border with Venezuela. The area, part of the Yanomami Indigenous Territory, is rich in gold, diamonds and minerals – and illegal miners want a piece of it. In […]
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CDC: 2021 was America’s deadliest year ever © iStock New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed that more Americans died in 2021 than in any other year in the nation’s history, as the coronavirus pandemic raged and death rates attributed to cancer, diabetes and strokes rose. The data published through the […]
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Trending | Russia-Ukraine | View in Browser April 13, 2022 Here is today’s selection of top stories from The Associated Press at this hour to begin your day. Today’s Headlines Biden: Russia war a ‘genocide,’ trying to ‘wipe out’ Ukraine DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — President Joe Biden said Russia’s war in Ukraine amounted […]
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New research shows vulnerable communities need to prepare for more years like 2017-2020, with devastating storms like Harvey, Irma, Maria and Laura. By Bob Berwyn For storm-battered residents of the Caribbean, the Southeast and the Gulf Coast, new research on hurricanes is rarely good news, with recent studies showing trends toward stronger storms that intensify […]
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BY Abby Neufel The crew of an Ontario airline has been detained since early April and the crew is under interrogation after officials say they seized 200 packages of presumed cocaine at a Dominican airport earlier this month. According to a statement issued to CTV News Toronto by Pivot Airlines, an airline launched out […]
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By Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY, April 12 (Reuters) – The number of migrants crossing the treacherous Darien Gap linking Colombia and Panama more than doubled in the first quarter of 2022 compared with the year-earlier period, led by Venezuelans, Panamanian officials said on Tuesday. In the first three months of the year, 13,425 people crossed […]
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BRASILIA, April 12 (Reuters) – Former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday promised Brazil’s indigenous people that he would stop illegal mining on their reservations and recognize their land claims if he wins the presidential election in October. Lula visited a protest camp in Brasilia where several thousands members of 200 tribes […]
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BBC- Locals in the city of Texistepeque in El Salvador have kicked off the Easter week with an annual festival which sees residents dressing up as demons known as “talcigüines” and playfully whipping bystanders. The demons and a man dressed as Jesus act out scenes which are meant to represent the temptation of Christ as […]
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By Jennifer Scott Political reporter, BBC News Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have rejected calls to resign, despite being fined by police for breaking lockdown rules in Downing Street in June 2020. The prime minister, the chancellor and the PM’s wife all received fixed penalty notices for attending a birthday gathering for the PM in […]
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The new highly transmissible BA2 variant of Omicron is causing a significant increase in positive persons accessing UTC/ A&E at the hospital, and causing significant demand for our local hospital services. Unless you need help for an immediate health emergency residents are urged to contact their GP surgery first or NHS 111 to seek advice. […]
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