Divisive China, Taiwan bids to join Pacific trade pact in focus at meet
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Members of a major trans-Pacific trade pact meeting in Auckland on Sunday are set…
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Analysis-Tumbling US dollar a boon to risk assets across the globe
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – Cooling U.S. inflation is accelerating a decline in the dollar, and risk…
Smuggler jailed for 15 years for California crash that killed 13 migrants
(Reuters) – A Mexican national who coordinated a human-smuggling operation that led to the deaths of 13 migrants in a…
Guatemala top court reverses ban on anti-graft presidential candidate
By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemala’s top court on Thursday suspended an order barring the party of anti-graft…
US bans former Panama president for ‘significant corruption,’ Blinken says
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has banned former Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela Rodriguez from entering…
Biden urges Republicans to stand up against senator’s military holds
By Steve Holland, Doina Chiacu and Phil Stewart HELSINKI (Reuters) – President Joe Biden said on Thursday he expects Republicans…
Canada’s CPKC signs deal to study passenger rail project in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s government and railroad company Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) have formalized an agreement to study…
Mexico’s Sheinbaum leads rivals for ruling party candidacy -poll
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum holds a 10 percentage point lead in voter preferences in…
US slaps sanctions on Sinaloa Cartel fentanyl network
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday imposed sanctions on 10 Mexican nationals and one company in the…
Racism underlies disparities in maternal mortality in Americas -UN report
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – High rates of pregnancy-related deaths among women of African descent in North and South America…