Analysis-Skilled, educated and washing dishes: how Italy squanders migrant talent
By Alessandro Parodi and Alberto Chiumento (Reuters) – Marilyn Nabor, an experienced high school mathematics teacher in the Philippines, moved…
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Starbucks operator Alsea posts profit bump on sales boost
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican restaurant chain operator Alsea posted a 12% bump in net profit for the first three months…
Japan to invite emerging nations to G7 finance leaders’ meeting
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will invite some emerging nations to an outreach meeting at the Group of Seven advanced countries…
U.S. trade consultations on Mexico’s GMO corn rule ‘unacceptable violation’ of law – Mexican official
By Adriana Barrera MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Trade consultations requested by the United States on Mexico’s plan to limit the…
Peru wants to seize lithium ‘window of opportunity,’ says minister
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s economy minister on Thursday said “conditions were being established” to develop lithium mining projects in the…
US ramping up deportations and expanding legal pathways to deter border crossers
By Ted Hesson and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will ramp up deportations while also expanding legal pathways…
New Colombia finance minister seeks to calm market as bonds, peso suffer
LONDON/BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia’s incoming finance minister Ricardo Bonilla and President Gustavo Petro sought to calm the market on Thursday as…
Argentina seeks to tame inflation, peso with biggest rate hike since 2019
By Jorge Otaola BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina’s central bank hiked its benchmark interest rate a huge 10 percentage points to…
Analysis-China’s small steps on offshore use of yuan are starting to add up
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China’s yuan currency is slowly but surely being adopted for more international payments, which…
US to dedicate specially trained asylum officers to centers in Guatemala, Colombia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will dedicate specially trained asylum officers to new refugee centers in Guatemala and Colombia,…