Today: November 21, 2024
Today: November 21, 2024

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FAA eases Haiti flight ban as US airlines permitted in north of country

The U.S.

November 21, 2024
FAA eases Haiti flight ban as US airlines permitted in north of country
Americas|Business|Economy|World

Mexico's lower house votes to abolish autonomous bodies

Mexico's lower house of Congress approved on Wednesday a measure to abolish most of the autonomous bodies that regulate some economic sectors and ensure government

November 21, 2024
Mexico's lower house votes to abolish autonomous bodies
Americas|World

Nicaragua's Ortega proposes reform to make him and his wife 'copresidents'

Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega is proposing a constitutional reform that would officially make him and his wife, current Vice President Rosario Murillo, “copresidents” of the Central American nation

November 20, 2024
Nicaragua's Ortega proposes reform to make him and his wife 'copresidents'
Americas|Political|World

Mexico's new president pitches delicate balance on migration with Trump

Mexico's new president outlined a delicate balancing act on Wednesday, stressing the need to work constructively with President-elect Donald Trump and his

November 20, 2024
Mexico's new president pitches delicate balance on migration with Trump
Americas|Asia|Business|Economy|Finance

Brazil development bank gets $690 million loan from China

China Development Bank signed a deal on Wednesday to loan 5 billion yuan ($690 million) to Brazil's National Bank for Economic and Social Development BNDES,

November 20, 2024
Brazil development bank gets $690 million loan from China
Americas|Asia|Political|US|World

Brazil’s Lula welcomes China's Xi for state visit as ties between countries strengthen

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has welcomed China’s President Xi Jinping for a state visit at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, in the latest sign of deepening ties between the two countries that analysts say may accelerate as Donald Trump returns to the White House in 2025

November 20, 2024
Brazil’s Lula welcomes China's Xi for state visit as ties between countries strengthen
Americas|Business|Economy|Finance|US

Canada's provincial leaders want a free trade deal with the US that excludes Mexico

The leader of Canada’s most populous province says all of the country’s provincial and territorial premiers want Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's federal government to negotiate a bilateral trade deal with the United States that excludes Mexico

November 20, 2024
Canada's provincial leaders want a free trade deal with the US that excludes Mexico
Americas|Travel|World

About 1,500 migrants form a new caravan in Mexico. Here's what it means

About 1,500 migrants have formed a new caravan in southern Mexico, hoping to walk or catch rides to the U.S. border

November 20, 2024
About 1,500 migrants form a new caravan in Mexico. Here's what it means
Africa|Americas|World

UN mulls Haiti peacekeeping force as gangs ramp up warfare

Diplomats at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday voiced broad support for converting a security mission helping Haitian police fight escalating gang warfare

November 20, 2024
UN mulls Haiti peacekeeping force as gangs ramp up warfare
Americas|World

Colombia rebel group Segunda Marquetalia splits, but peace talks go on

The Colombian rebel group Segunda Marquetalia has split in two, but the larger faction will continue to pursue peace talks with the government, it said on

November 20, 2024
Colombia rebel group Segunda Marquetalia splits, but peace talks go on
Americas|Asia|US|World

Chinese defense minister declines meeting with Pentagon chief

China's defense minister declined a meeting with U.S.

November 20, 2024
Chinese defense minister declines meeting with Pentagon chief
Americas|Political

Nicaragua's Ortega seeks to expand presidential powers

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega proposed a constitutional reform to expand presidential powers over other branches of government, according to an official document seen by Reuters on

November 20, 2024
Nicaragua's Ortega seeks to expand presidential powers
Americas|Political

Mexican president to offer new proposals to implement judicial overhaul

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday that her administration will propose to Congress three bills to help implement a sweeping judicial reform that aims to

November 20, 2024
Mexican president to offer new proposals to implement judicial overhaul
Americas|World

Cuban agriculture reels as Hurricane Rafael worsens food shortages

Cuban farmer Leonardo Abreu clambered over fallen banana plants in a field beside his home, taking stock of the wreckage two weeks after Category 3 Hurricane

November 20, 2024
Cuban agriculture reels as Hurricane Rafael worsens food shortages
Americas|Political|World

Uruguay election frontrunner Yamandu Orsi pledges a 'modern left'

Uruguayan center-left opposition leader Yamandu Orsi, whose political ambitions were galvanized by his experience growing up in a dictatorship, is the

November 20, 2024
Uruguay election frontrunner Yamandu Orsi pledges a 'modern left'
Americas|World

Xi and Lula elevate China-Brazil ties in state visit

China's President Xi Jinping and his Brazilian peer Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday upgraded the status of diplomatic relations and

November 20, 2024
Xi and Lula elevate China-Brazil ties in state visit
Americas|Sports

Mexico overcomes 2-goal deficit, reaches CONCACAF Nations League semifinals with US, Canada, Panama

Mexico overcame a two-goal, first-leg deficit and reached the CONCACAF Nations League semifinals with a 4-0 win over Honduras at Toluca behind two goals from Henry Martín and one each from Raúl Jiménez and Jorge Sánchez

November 20, 2024
Mexico overcomes 2-goal deficit, reaches CONCACAF Nations League semifinals with US, Canada, Panama
Americas|Political

Argentina's Milei pivots to pragmatism in first talks with China's Xi after shaking up the G20

Last year, then-presidential candidate Javier Milei declared Argentina would not “make deals with communists” in China or Brazil, calling their leaders “murderers” and “thieves” in a bid to channel the populist energies of Donald Trump into a winning political message

November 20, 2024
Argentina's Milei pivots to pragmatism in first talks with China's Xi after shaking up the G20
Americas|Business|Economy|US

Mexico warns about Trump tariff impact on U.S. companies

Mexico's top economy officials on Tuesday downplayed concerns about trade talks with Donald Trump's administration, saying the potential impact on American

November 20, 2024
Mexico warns about Trump tariff impact on U.S. companies
Americas|World

Doctors Without Borders halts operations in Haiti's capital

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Tuesday that it is stopping operations across the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and its wider metropolitan area due to an escalation in

November 19, 2024
Doctors Without Borders halts operations in Haiti's capital
Americas|Crime|World

Brazil police arrest five over alleged plot to assassinate President Lula

Brazil police arrest five over alleged plot to assassinate President Lula

November 19, 2024
Brazil police arrest five over alleged plot to assassinate President Lula
Americas|US|World

Texas offers 1,402-acre plot for Trump's immigrant deportation plan

Texas is offering 1,402 acres (567 hectares) of land along the border with Mexico to the incoming Trump administration to lease as part of a plan for the mass deportation of immigrants,

November 19, 2024
Texas offers 1,402-acre plot for Trump's immigrant deportation plan
Americas|Crime|US|World

More than two dozen killed after attempted attack on Haiti suburb

More than two dozen suspected gang members were killed in Haiti's capital on Tuesday after residents joined police to fight off an

November 19, 2024
More than two dozen killed after attempted attack on Haiti suburb
Americas|Crime|Political|World

Peru president's brother gets three years pre-trial detention in corruption case

A Peruvian court on Tuesday ordered President Dina Boluarte's brother be held for up to three years as he is investigated over alleged influence peddling, bribery and

November 19, 2024
Peru president's brother gets three years pre-trial detention in corruption case

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