by Reuters | Oct 31, 2022 | Africa, Asia, Business, Canada, Central America, Economy, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, Politics, UK, US
(Reuters) – Pandemic-related disruptions to global supply chains and the knock-on effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine have driven up prices of energy, commodities and basic necessities. Below is a list of actions taken by governments to try to help hard-hit...
by Reuters | Sep 28, 2022 | Asia, Business, Latin America, US
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -Smithfield Foods Inc has agreed to pay $75 million to settle a lawsuit by consumers who accused the meat producer and several competitors of conspiring to inflate prices in the $20 billion-a-year U.S. pork market by limiting supply. A...
by Reuters | Sep 28, 2022 | Economy, Environment, Latin America, Top News, US
By Dave Sherwood and Nelson Gonzalez PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba (Reuters) -Cuba’s electrical grid collapsed late on Tuesday, local officials said, leaving the entire country in the dark shortly after Hurricane Ian plowed through the western end of the island leaving a...
by Reuters | Sep 27, 2022 | Environment, Latin America, Top News, US
(This Sept 26 story has been refiled to delete extraneous word “in” in paragraph 6) By Shannon Stapleton and Brendan O’Brien TAMPA (Reuters) – Residents across Florida scrambled to place sandbags around their homes and stockpile emergency...
by Reuters | Sep 24, 2022 | Economy, Elections, Environment, Latin America, Politics, Top News, US
By Amanda Perobelli and Pilar Olivares SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A record number of indigenous leaders, most of them women, are running for federal office in Brazil’s election next month, in a backlash against the policies of President Jair Bolsonaro. As...
by Reuters | Sep 23, 2022 | Central America, Elections, Environment, Latin America, Politics, Top News
By Dave Graham and Diego Oré MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, a trained physicist vying to become the country’s first female president, is hoping her environmental credentials and success in curbing crime will help set her apart...
