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October 21, 2024 4:20 PM

Latin America braces for US election impact on trade, tariffs

Latin America is anxiously counting the days to Nov. 5, when U.S. voters will choose between relative continuity under Vice President Kamala Harris or a return to policies that triggered volatility in the region's largest markets and economies under ...

October 17, 2024 2:37 PM

Biden heads to Germany for talks on Ukraine, Middle East

U.S. President Joe Biden takes off for Berlin on Thursday for a rapid visit to discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine with the leaders of Germany, France and Britain as Kyiv urges its western allies to take urgent steps to end the fighting. The rapidl...

October 14, 2024 5:08 PM

Nobel economics prize goes to inequality researchers

Three U.S.-based academics won the 2024 Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for their research into why global inequality persists, especially in countries dogged by corruption and dictatorship. Simon Johnson and James Robinson, both British-American, a...

October 1, 2024 3:55 PM

Former US president Jimmy Carter celebrates 100th birthday

Nobel laureate Jimmy Carter, who has lived longer than any U.S. president in history, celebrates his 100th birthday on Tuesday. Carter, a Democrat, served a single term as president from January 1977 to January 1981. His decades of humanitarian work...

September 30, 2024 10:53 PM

UN authorizes Haiti security force for another year

The U.N. Security Council unanimously agreed on Monday (September 30) to authorize for another year an international security force helping fight armed gangs in Haiti, but a U.S. push for a plan to transform it into a U.N. peacekeeping mission was dr...

July 11, 2024 2:55 PM

How much has U.S.-built Gaza aid pier helped get aid into Gaza?

A U.S.-built pier designed to increase flows of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip has been beset by challenges and is now expected to be permanently dismantled. U.S. officials have said they will attempt to reinstall the pier to clear a backlog o...

July 4, 2024 4:38 PM

Xi and Putin set out ambitions for Eurasian security club

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged members of a regional security club on Thursday to resist external meddling, while President Vladimir Putin was due to speak about creating a new Eurasian security system at the group's annual meeting. Putin and Xi...

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