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  • Tuesday, November 7th 2023 - 09:43 UTC

    US Tyson Foods recalls 14 tons of chicken nuggets with metal pieces

    Nuggets were produced at one facility and shipped to distributors in nine US states. Tyson Foods said the voluntary recall is “out of an abundance of caution”

    Tyson Foods from Arkansas, USA, has been forced to recall 14 tons of chicken nuggets since metal pieces were found in the product. The firm said the voluntary recall is “out of an abundance of caution”.

  • Tuesday, November 7th 2023 - 08:25 UTC

    Biden envoy visiting Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay

    Fernandez’s presence is a move to neutralize China’s expansion in the region

    US Undersecretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and Environment, José W. Fernández is on a South American tour with stops in Uruguay, Chile, and Paraguay to boost green energy developments in the region.

  • Saturday, November 4th 2023 - 11:00 UTC

    Biden pledges to boost regional trade before leaders of the Americas

    “We want to make sure that our closest neighbors know that they have a choice,” Biden told the attendees

    US President Joseph Biden pledged in Washington DC before a dozen leaders from Barbados, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Peru, and Uruguay to boost economic ties while standing up to China and other global competitors seeking their slice of regional businesses.

  • Friday, November 3rd 2023 - 20:28 UTC

    Woman commander for the US Navy

    Lisa Franchetti is a surface warfare officer who has commanded at all levels, including a naval destroyer and two stints as an aircraft carrier strike group

    The most powerful navy in the world has a woman commander, Admiral Lisa Franchetti. Her nomination was confirmed by the US Senate, and she also becomes the first woman to serve as member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

  • Wednesday, November 1st 2023 - 08:58 UTC

    Brazil hopeful of de-globalization, as US/China technology clash escalates

    The world is going through a period of confrontation between the old hegemonic superpower, the USA, and an emerging superpower, China

    Brazil did not enjoy the globalization process that started in the 1980s to its fullest potential. Still, it may have a second chance now amid the current de-globalization process – essentially an adjustment of globalization.

  • Monday, October 30th 2023 - 17:36 UTC

    The Wavertree and the Endurance; talk at South Street Seaport Museum, New York

    Mensun Bound and Captain Jonathan Boulware beneath the bow of the Wavertree

    On Tuesday, September 26th, at the South Street Seaport Museum in New York, Falkland Islander, Mensun Bound gave a lecture followed by a book signing of The Ship Beneath the Ice – The Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance. The event occurred onboard the Wavertree, an old square rigger condemned at Port Stanley in 1910. This gathering was the culmination of a year-long book tour spanning the UK, USA, Canada, and parts of Europe and Scandinavia, during which time the book rose to Number 2 in the UK Best-Seller List.

  • Saturday, October 28th 2023 - 10:33 UTC

    Maine massacre perpetrator found dead

    Sauschuck declined to answer questions about warnings police may have received about Card before the shootings

    Authorities in the US State of Maine said that Robert Card, the alleged perpetrator of back-to-back shooting sprees late Wednesday that left 18 people dead and dozens wounded has been found dead, it was reported Friday.

  • Thursday, October 26th 2023 - 10:07 UTC

    Mass shooting spree leaves at least 22 dead in US State of Maine

    Maine State Police Commissioner Michael Sauschuck told reporters late Wednesday that the search for a person of interest was still ongoing

    At least 22 people have been reported dead Wednesday following yet another shooting spree. This time around it was Lewiston in Androscoggin County, Maine, some 35 miles north of Portland. The suspected perpetrator of the attack remained at large in the early hours of Thursday.

  • Thursday, October 26th 2023 - 09:56 UTC

    UN Security Council rejects US draft resolution

    The UN body failed once again to pass a resolution despite Vieira's warning: “This Council must rise to the challenge we face”

    Russia and China exercised their veto power on Wednesday and therefore the United Nations (UN) Security Council rejected a proposed resolution by the United States on the conflict between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas. The document had received the nod from ten countries while chairing Brazil abstained, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Thursday, October 26th 2023 - 09:15 UTC

    Mike Johnson becomes new Speaker of US House of Representatives

    “We want our allies around the world to know that this body of lawmakers is reporting again to our duty stations,” said Johnson with the ongoing Middle East crisis in mind

    Republican Congressman Mike Johnson of Lousiana was sworn in Wednesday as the 56th Speaker of the US House of Representatives after seemingly endless weeks of internal squabbling among his party's lawmakers.