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Gang leader’s witchcraft accusations sparked Haiti massacre that left 184 dead
Rights group says gang leader ordered massacre with machetes and knives after his child became sick.
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Paraguay expels Chinese diplomat for urging lawmakers to sever ties to Taiwan
7 Dec 2024 - 5:59AM
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Bitcoin
El Salvador’s President Bukele triumphant after his bet on bitcoin comes true
6 Dec 2024 - 7:20AM
United States & Canada
Donald Trump
Mexico seeks deal with Trump to avoid deported migrants from other countries
Mexico’s president wants the US to deport non-Mexican migrants directly to their home countries as mass crackdown looms.
6 Dec 2024 - 10:12AM
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement and a group of undocumented immigrants detained in Kansas. File photo: The Wichita Eagle/TNS
Americas
Americas and the Caribbean
Cuba suffers third nationwide blackout in 2 months
Cuba’s power grid collapses again, leaving the entire island in the dark.
5 Dec 2024 - 2:59PM
Americas
Americas and the Caribbean
Peru rocked by president’s nose job controversy
Peruvian president faces calls for removal after she disappeared from public view for nose surgery without delegating her powers.
4 Dec 2024 - 11:09AM
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Global Economy
China trade
Will China turn to Argentina to fill its farming import gap? Wheat and see
The first wheat shipment from Argentina to China since the 1990s suggests a deeper trade relationship could be on the horizon.
3 Dec 2024 - 9:30PM
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Americas and the Caribbean
Mexico raids stores selling counterfeit Chinese goods, vows national crackdown
The operation comes soon after Trump’s tariff threat, and amid concerns that Chinese goods are flowing through Mexico to flood the US market.
30 Nov 2024 - 4:44AM
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Members of the Mexican Navy keep watch outside the Mexico Mart shopping centre in Mexico City during an operation to seize Chinese counterfeit goods on Friday. Photo: Reuters
Global Economy
China trade
Mexico scrambles to reassure Chinese investors amid Trump tariff threats
Many in China are worried that Mexico will cave to US pressure to clamp down on Chinese-funded factories.
28 Nov 2024 - 11:06PM
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Americas
Donald Trump
Trump says Mexico’s president agreed to ‘stop’ US-bound migration after his tariff threat
Donald Trump and Claudia Sheinbaum give slightly different accounts of their ‘wonderful conversation’ about migration amid US tariff plans.
28 Nov 2024 - 2:31PM
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Global Economy
China trade
China extends reach into Latin America as crane exports pick up
China is expanding its maritime footprint in Latin America, with more exports of cranes amid rising tensions with the US.
27 Nov 2024 - 9:42PM
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China
G7
Blinken urges G7 countries to maintain unity in face of China risks
US secretary of state cites Beijing’s economic policies, human rights record and support for Russia in the war against Ukraine.
27 Nov 2024 - 6:47AM
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks on Tuesday at the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in Fiuggi, Italy. Photo: Reuters
Americas
Americas and the Caribbean
Brazil’s Bolsonaro ‘actively’ took part in coup plot against Lula, police say
The ex-president was also ‘fully aware’ of an alleged plan by elite soldiers to assassinate his successor, the 884-page report adds.
27 Nov 2024 - 5:53AM
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United States & Canada
Donald Trump
Mexico’s Sheinbaum hints she could retaliate against Trump tariffs
Meanwhile, Canada’s Trudeau says he had a ‘good’ conversation with the US president-elect after the latter’s surprise tariff threat.
27 Nov 2024 - 11:55AM
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Americas and the Caribbean
Disturbing new details emerge in Liam Payne death investigation
New footage reveals Liam Payne’s struggle with hotel staff before his fatal fall from a Buenos Aires balcony last month.
26 Nov 2024 - 5:50PM
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Global Economy
China trade
Trump’s tariff plans turn Chinese investment in Mexico into a waiting game
US president-elect on Monday said his new administration would immediately impose a 25 per cent tariff on imports from Mexico.
27 Nov 2024 - 5:08PM
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Employees works at production line in San Jose Chilapa, Mexico. Photo: Reuters
Americas
Americas and the Caribbean
Left-wing candidate Yamandu Orsi wins Uruguay presidential election
South American nation joins others around the world in rebuking the incumbent party in a year of landmark elections.
25 Nov 2024 - 1:22PM
Americas
Americas and the Caribbean
Uruguay’s once-dull election has become a dead heat in presidential run-off
Conservative governing party and left-leaning coalition locked in close run-off after failing to win outright majority in last month’s vote.
25 Nov 2024 - 4:51AM
Americas
Americas and the Caribbean
Mexico ditches Chinese products amid fears of exclusion from US-Canada trade pact
Mexican officials fear their country could be left out of the USMCA over alleged trade in Chinese steel and automotive products.
24 Nov 2024 - 1:37AM
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Global Economy
China trade
Amid US tariff threats, can port in Peru open up new markets for China?
US$3.5 billion Chancay port will initially be able to handle 1 million containers a year.
27 Nov 2024 - 5:33PM
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Americas
Brazil
Brazil police indict Bolsonaro and aides over alleged 2022 coup attempt
Ex-president Bolsonaro accused of plot to overthrow election result, but he rejects the accusations against him.
22 Nov 2024 - 12:04PM
Americas
Americas and the Caribbean
Nicaragua’s Ortega proposes making him and wife ‘co-presidents’
Vice-President Rosario Murillo has become the face of the government as her husband rarely makes public appearances.
21 Nov 2024 - 11:12AM
Diplomacy
Diplomacy
Xi Jinping and Brazilian president Lula sign 37 trade and development deals
In remarks with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brasilia, Xi praises Sino-Brazilian relations as “at their best in history”.
21 Nov 2024 - 7:16AM
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Open Questions series
Why eco-warrior Ma Jun sees hope for China’s role in Cop29 amid US uncertainty
22 Nov 2024 - 12:38PM
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Historian on why we aren’t heading towards WWIII yet and how wars have changed
8 Nov 2024 - 12:01AM
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China’s evolving role in Middle East conflicts, according to an academic
29 Aug 2024 - 10:09AM
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This economist says China’s property oversupply is far from over. Here’s why
6 Aug 2024 - 9:19AM
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Ex-World Bank economist on why ‘China will not be misled’, dodging Japan’s fate
5 Aug 2024 - 8:16PM
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Arthur Kroeber: why China decoupling is unlikely, and talk of reform incomplete
12 Jul 2024 - 1:46PM
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Why eco-warrior Ma Jun sees hope for China’s role in Cop29 amid US uncertainty
22 Nov 2024 - 12:38PM
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Historian on why we aren’t heading towards WWIII yet and how wars have changed
8 Nov 2024 - 12:01AM
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China’s evolving role in Middle East conflicts, according to an academic
29 Aug 2024 - 10:09AM
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This economist says China’s property oversupply is far from over. Here’s why
6 Aug 2024 - 9:19AM
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Ex-World Bank economist on why ‘China will not be misled’, dodging Japan’s fate
5 Aug 2024 - 8:16PM
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Arthur Kroeber: why China decoupling is unlikely, and talk of reform incomplete
12 Jul 2024 - 1:46PM
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