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Death toll in Ecuador prison riot rises to 116, six decapitated
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QUITO, (Reuters) – The death toll from a riot at one of Ecuador’s largest prisons rose to 116, President Guillermo Lasso said yesterday,...
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Brazil’s health minister tests positive for COVID-19 in NYC
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BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga tested positive for COVID-19 hours after accompanying President Jair Bolsonaro to the United Nations General...
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El Salvador’s world-first adoption of bitcoin hits snags
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SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – El Salvador today became the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, although it suffered teething problems when the...
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Brazil health regulator suspends use of 12 mln Sinovac vaccine shots
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SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal health regulator Anvisa yesterday suspended the use of over 12 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine developed...
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Amazon fires surge anew in Brazil as cleared forest burns
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LABREA, Brazil, (Reuters) – Thick smoke billowed above Brazil’s Amazon jungle as fire tore through butchered rainforest and discarded trees littered the scorched...