Nicaragua’s National Assembly on Tuesday approved a drastic cut to the national budget because of the economic impact of months of anti-government unrest. The lawmakers adopted a 9.2 percent reduction …
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Brazil’s Farmers Dump Sugar for Soy as Trade War Boosts Chinese Demand
Last year, Brazilian farmer Gustavo Lopes sized up his sugar cane plantation against his soybean fields. He looked at global trends, including rising U.S.-China trade tensions and a stubborn sugar-market …
your ads here!Cubans Cheer as Internet Goes Nationwide for Day
Cuba’s government said it provided free internet to the Communist-run island’s more than 5 million cellphone users on Tuesday, in an eight-hour test before it launches sales of the service. …
your ads here!Congo Deploys Experimental Ebola Treatment as Cases Rise
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has started using the experimental mAb114 Ebola treatment to counter the latest flare-up of the virus, health officials said Tuesday, the first time it has been deployed …
your ads here!Stevie Wonder, Jesse Jackson Visit Ailing Aretha Franklin
Stevie Wonder visited an ailing Aretha Franklin at her home in Detroit on Tuesday. Franklin’s publicist Gwendolyn Quinn told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the Rev. Jesse Jackson …
your ads here!Tesla Appoints Independent Directors to Weigh Any Deal
Tesla’s board named a special committee of three directors on Tuesday to evaluate possibly taking the electric carmaker private, although it said it had yet to see a firm offer …
your ads here!Ebola Outbreak in Eastern DR Congo Potentially More Dangerous Than West African Epidemic
World Health Organization chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the raging conflict in North Kivu makes the Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo more dangerous than the historic 2014-2015 epidemic in …
your ads here!Ebola Death Toll in DRC at 41 as New Drug in Use
Forty-one people have died in the latest outbreak of Ebola in DRC, health authorities said on Tuesday, adding that doctors were using a novel drug to treat patients. Out of …
your ads here!Survey: Vienna Tops Melbourne as World’s Most Liveable City
Vienna has dislodged Melbourne for the first time at the top of the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Liveability Index, strengthening the Austrian capital’s claim to being the world’s most pleasant …
your ads here!Maduro: Venezuela Gasoline Prices Should Rise to International Levels
Venezuela’s heavily subsidized domestic gasoline prices should rise to international levels to avoid billions of dollars in annual losses due to fuel smuggling, President Nicolas Maduro said in a televised …
your ads here!Mexico’s Lopez Obrador Pledges More Than $11B for Refineries
Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday his administration will invest more than $11 billion to boost refining capacity in order to curb growing fuel imports. Lopez Obrador, …
your ads here!Global Concerns Rise as Turkey’s Lira Dips Again
Turkey’s currency, the lira, continues to slide as the country’s central bank failed to halt the decline Monday. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the United States of purposely …
your ads here!World’s First Commercial 3-D-Printed Concrete Homes Planned
The world will soon have its first batch of commercially available 3-D-printed concrete homes. A consortium of the Dutch municipality of Eindhoven, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), and three private …
your ads here!People Unburden Stress with Beasts of Burden
Animal-assisted therapy is a growing field that uses animals to help people recover from or better cope with health problems, such as heart disease, cancer and mental health disorders. While …
your ads here!Analysts: Trade Wars Not Good for Anyone
Tariffs imposed on goods imported from China, Europe and other parts of the world could hurt American consumers and small businesses more than help them. Analysts point out that in …
your ads here!World’s First Commercial 3D-Printed Concrete Homes Planned
The world will soon have its first batch of commercially available 3D-printed concrete homes. A consortium of the Dutch municipality of Eindhoven, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), and three private …
your ads here!Wu’s Fight for ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Part of a Bigger Crusade
Constance Wu had resigned herself to the fact that “Crazy Rich Asians” was not going to work out for her. She was under contract for her sitcom “Fresh Off the …
your ads here!Tesla’s Slow Disclosure Raises Governance, Social Media Concerns
Tesla’s handling of Chief Executive Elon Musk’s proposal to take the carmaker private and its failure to promptly file a formal disclosure has raised governance concerns and sparked questions about …
your ads here!Greek Town Loves Movie Score Maestro Morricone — And It Shows
Once upon a time in central Greece … a small town fell in love with famed film composer Ennio Morricone and painted a huge mural in his honor. The residents …
your ads here!Like ‘The Wife,’ Glenn Close Says She Is Late Bloomer
Glenn Close may be known for playing strong, often ruthless women, but like her long-subdued character in The Wife she says she’s only just starting to feel comfortable in her …
your ads here!Multi-gene Test May Find Risk for Heart Disease and More
You know your cholesterol, your blood pressure … your heart gene score? Researchers say a new way of analyzing genetic test data may one day help identify people at high …
your ads here!Turks Fear for Future as Currency Rout Continues
The Turkish lira has fallen more than 40 percent since the start of the year, 20 percent just last week, amid rising tensions between the U.S. and Turkey, and international …
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