Saturday, October 24, 2020 from Latin America
After mass protests, and amid a pandemic, Chileans go to the polls Sunday for a referendum over whether to scrap the constitution introduced under Gen. Augusto Pinochet's rule.Saturday, October 24, 2020 from Mexico & the Americas - Los Angeles Times
Towns like Whitefish, Mont., once could afford to view the coronavirus as a distant big-city problem. Not anymore.Saturday, October 24, 2020 from Latin American Herald Tribune
Filmmaker Sofia Coppola and actor Bill Murray are teaming up again after their success in “Lost in Translation” to make “On the Rocks,” a comedy about the renewed relationship between a father and his daughter amid the latter’s failing...Saturday, October 24, 2020 from Latin American Herald Tribune
Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas turned in the best performance in Friday’s practice for the Portuguese Grand Prix at the Algarve International Circuit in Portimao.Saturday, October 24, 2020 from Latin American Herald Tribune
Cuban dance is once again raising the curtain this weekend at Havana’s Alicia Alonso Gran Teatro with a show seeking to reignite the intense cultural life in the capital, which has been virtually dormant for the past seven months due to...Saturday, October 24, 2020 from Latin American Herald Tribune
Raul, Manuel, Cecilia, Ludys… Hundreds of Venezuelans are stranded in the Dominican Republic in a desperate situation because of the coronavirus pandemic, without any way to regularize their immigration status to work legally and without...Saturday, October 24, 2020 from Latin American Herald Tribune
United States President Donald Trump announced on Friday an agreement between Sudan and Israel to normalize relations and informed Congress that he plans to remove the African nation from Washington’s list of state sponsors of terrorism.Saturday, October 24, 2020 from Latin American Herald Tribune
Instead of delivering packages or food to people’s homes, around 130 bike messengers in Vienna have started delivering free PCR tests to people with COVID-19 symptoms so that they can be tested without ever leaving their homes.Saturday, October 24, 2020 from Latin American Herald Tribune
Belgium has temporarily limited non-urgent surgeries and tightened measures in sporting venues as it extends restrictions on top of curfew measures, while in the Czech Republic cases continue to mount despite draconian measures.Saturday, October 24, 2020 from Latin American Herald Tribune
A 19-year-old man arrested in North Carolina after being found in possession of guns, explosives and child pornography weighed killing Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and has admitted being near the former vice president’s...Saturday, October 24, 2020 from Latin American Herald Tribune
Marcus Rashford is the best soccer player in the world, but it’s not down to his goal against Paris Saint-Germain nor what he does when he dons a Manchester United shirt.Saturday, October 24, 2020 from Latin American Herald Tribune
The leaders of pro-democracy protests that have swept Thailand this month remain behind bars, although the majority of the 78 protesters who were detained between Oct. 13-22 have been released on bail.Saturday, October 24, 2020 from Latin American Herald Tribune
Barcelona against Real Madrid, El Clasico, will be held in silence this weekend at Camp Nou with fans kept away by the pandemic.Saturday, October 24, 2020 from Latin American Herald Tribune
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez delivered on Friday a televised address requesting the public’s cooperation to confront a second wave of COVID-19 infections ripping through the country.Saturday, October 24, 2020 from Latin American Herald Tribune
Rival factions in Libya have signed a permanent ceasefire deal to end an armed conflict that has raged for nearly a decade, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya said on Friday.Saturday, October 24, 2020 from Latin American Herald Tribune
An Indian council of Catholic bishops has claimed that reports about the Church supporting same-sex unions, based on parts of an interview by Pope Francis, were “false.”Saturday, October 24, 2020 from Latin American Herald Tribune
China will lift 5 million people who still live below the poverty line above the threshold before the end of the year, Chinese Poverty Reduction Office Deputy Director Hou Yongjian said recently during a government-organized trip to Tibet.Saturday, October 24, 2020 from Latin American Herald Tribune
Stadiums in Japan have more and more public in their stands owing to the gradual easing of entry restrictions and COVID-19 measures in what is a large-scale experiment in the run up to the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, whose...Saturday, October 24, 2020 from Latin American Herald Tribune
Without Turkey’s involvement, there would be no war between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said, adding that a diplomatic end to the conflict was off the table if Baku continued to...Saturday, October 24, 2020 from Latin American Herald Tribune
The Manila City Council announced on Friday the suspension of the popular Black Nazarene procession, one of the world’s biggest Catholic celebrations, to avoid crowds during the COVID-19 pandemic.Saturday, October 24, 2020 from Latin American Herald Tribune
Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday that “blackmail, blockades and pressure lead nowhere” and that “China will never cower from threats or be subdued,” in a veiled warning to the United States and its current policy of attacking...Saturday, October 24, 2020 from Latin American Herald Tribune
United States President Donald Trump and White House Democratic candidate Joe Biden met for their second and final face-to-face debate on Thursday, displaying irreconcilable differences on almost every issue including the COVID-19...Saturday, October 24, 2020 from Latin American Herald Tribune
With just a little more than a week to go before the US presidential election, security agencies and tech firms are on high alert for potential cyberattacks by foreign hackers and fears abound that there will be a repetition of what...Saturday, October 24, 2020 from Stabroek News » Regional News
GENEVA/ZURICH, (Reuters) – Health officials reviewing Gilead Science Inc’s remdesivir against COVID-19 should consider all evidence, including a trial in which the medicine failed, before giving it the green light, the top WHO...Saturday, October 24, 2020 from Stabroek News » Regional News
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – The Brazilian Air Force yesterday unveiled the first of 36 Gripen fighter jets bought from Sweden’s Saab AB in a $4 billion deal that includes the assembly of planes in Brazil. The article Bolsonaro rolls out...Saturday, October 24, 2020 from Stabroek News » Regional News
(Trinidad Express) Homicide detectives have been given instructions to lay a charge of murder against a 41-year-old Fyzabad man for the kill-ing of Santa Flora mother Tineil Shanice Cupid. The article Trinidad: Ex-boyfriend charged with...Saturday, October 24, 2020 from Stabroek News » Regional News
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazil recorded 30,026 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, and 571 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said yesterday. The article Brazil reports 30,026 new...Saturday, October 24, 2020 from BBC News - Latin America & Caribbean
As part of Black History Month, Football Focus looks back at the career of Brazil icon and legendary goalscorer Pele, in his own words.Saturday, October 24, 2020 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
Fifteen-year-old Saneeka Leechman, a student of The Queen’s School in Kingston, was making plans to surprise her father, 42-year-old Romeo Leechman, on his upcoming birthday, but this will never come to pass as a land slippage caused by...Saturday, October 24, 2020 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
The low pressure system responsible for the unstable weather conditions across the island over the last few days could develop into a tropical storm or depression by Sunday. This is according to the Meteorological Service, Jamaica, which...Saturday, October 24, 2020 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
Western Bureau: As the nation continues its relentless drive to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus, two communities, Rae Town, in Kingston, and Cornwall Courts, in St James, were placed under special area curfew because of the...Saturday, October 24, 2020 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
The long-running case between the Hope Pastures residents in St Andrew and the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is headed for trial. The Court of Appeal yesterday said the JPS was under a statutory obligation to supply electricity by...Saturday, October 24, 2020 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
Local companies with plans to expand their physical plants say that they have become increasingly impatient with the time it is taking to establish the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at Caymanas in St Catherine. Sanmerna Paper Product,...Saturday, October 24, 2020 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
Western Bureau: Hanover, which was the last parish to record a case of the coronavirus in Jamaica, took a direct hit yesterday as the family court in the parish had to be closed because of positive COVID-19 cases at the facility. A press...Saturday, October 24, 2020 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
Mark Golding, People’s National Party (PNP) presidential aspirant, has indicated that his first order of business if he is elected as president is to unify the party regardless of the views held previously by Comrades. His comments came...Saturday, October 24, 2020 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
The Ministries of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC) and Agriculture and Fisheries will soon launch a programme targeted at workers operating informally in household services, agriculture and fisheries to aid their transition to...Saturday, October 24, 2020 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
Contender for the presidency of the People’s National Party (PNP), Lisa Hanna, has asserted that healing and rebuilding the political organisation’s internal structures must be done outside of the public’s eyes. “For too long, the PNP,...Saturday, October 24, 2020 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) has admitted that some of its annual reports are outstanding and has blamed the delay on “unresolved property and financial transactions, which have led to major impairments of its balance sheet”....Saturday, October 24, 2020 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
People’s National Party (PNP) presidential candidate Lisa Hanna has said that if she should become prime minister of Jamaica, she will be seeking to make changes to how constituencies are funded. “Those constituencies that are larger...Saturday, October 24, 2020 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
DOWASCO informs residents of Morne Daniel and the general public that we will be carrying out excavation works to a section of the public road in Morne Daniel to facilitate supply pipeline relocation from October 27, 2020. This section...Saturday, October 24, 2020 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
As of next Monday, October 26th, those who enter the country by air will not need a negative PCR test for COVID-19. The requirement is eliminated for both tourists and Costa Ricans, reported Gustavo Segura, Minister of Tourism. In this...Saturday, October 24, 2020 from Mexico & the Americas - Los Angeles Times
The United Nations' World Food Program, recently named a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, is aiming for zero food hunger by 2030.Saturday, October 24, 2020 from BBC News - Latin America & Caribbean
After a year of often violent protests, Chileans get to decide whether they want a new constitution.Friday, October 23, 2020 from Latin American Herald Tribune
United States President Donald Trump said he was the “least racist person” in the room at the final debate with Democratic rival Joe Biden ahead of the Nov. 3 election, while assuring that his anti-racism legacy is only second to that of...Friday, October 23, 2020 from Latin American Herald Tribune
After a seven-and-a-half-month ban, the Philippines will allow foreigners with pre-existing visas to enter the country from Nov. 1, although the arrival of tourists is still prohibited.Friday, October 23, 2020 from Latin American Herald Tribune
Japan and the United Kingdom signed on Friday a new agreement that will govern their economic ties, the first signed by the London Government after “Brexit” and that lays the foundations for a strong increase in trade between the two...Friday, October 23, 2020 from Latin American Herald Tribune
Chinese tech giant Huawei’s revenue increased by 9.9 percent year-on-year under “intense pressure” in the first three quarters of 2020 to 671.3 billion yuan ($100.43 billion), the company announced on Friday.Friday, October 23, 2020 from Latin American Herald Tribune
Japan’s financial regulator conducted an on-site inspection of the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday following a technical glitch that forced trading to be suspended at the exchange earlier this month.Friday, October 23, 2020 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
As countries around the world reopen their economies and their borders amid the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreaks, governments are increasingly embracing what remains in some places, a divisive public health measure: mandatory...Friday, October 23, 2020 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
The Office of the Prime Minister has announced special curfews for Rae Town, Kingston and Cornwall Courts, St James amid an increase in COVID cases in the communities. The curfews take effect Friday at 6 p.m., Friday, October 23 and will...