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El Salvador anti-corruption lawyer arrested for alleged embezzlement

20 May 2025

By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) -El Salvadoran authorities have arrested a prominent human rights and anti-corruption lawyer over accusations of embezzlement while she served as a state official. Ruth Lopez is the anti-corruption and justice director of Cristosal, one of the country’s leading non-government human rights organizations. Police arrested her at her residence on …

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Brazil rules out three of seven suspected bird flu cases

20 May 2025

By Roberto Samora, Isabel Teles and Lisandra Paraguassu SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil, the world’s largest chicken exporter, ruled out three of seven suspected cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, officials told a press conference on Monday, citing laboratory test results. The government had been investigating seven cases after the first …

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FAA investigating after Newark air traffic control suffered two-second outage

20 May 2025

By David Shepardson (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration said the facility that handles Newark air traffic on Monday lost radio frequencies for about two seconds, the latest in a series of telecom issues. The incident occurred around 11:35 a.m. ET (1535 GMT) and all aircraft remained safely separated, the FAA said. The incidents highlight the …

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Argentina’s farmers describe ‘sea of water’ after downpour hits harvest

19 May 2025

By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina’s agricultural heartland has been lashed by heavy rains in recent days, leaving some soy fields underwater with up to 400 millimeters (15.75 inches) of precipitation recorded in certain areas bringing widespread flooding. “Everywhere you looked was like a sea of water,” grains farmer Martin Vivanco told Reuters by …

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Phantom cows and missing millions spark financial scandal in Uruguay

19 May 2025

By Lucinda Elliott ARTIGAS, Uruguay (Reuters) – Sandra Palleiro is on the hunt for her lost cows. The 60-year-old accountant is standing in a muddy field at the end of a farm track in Uruguay’s remote border region with Brazil. She has traveled 600 kilometers (370 miles) from the capital, Montevideo, to find 61 cattle she …

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Genetic test to reveal whether Brazil’s bird flu case is linked to zoo deaths

19 May 2025

By Debora Ely and Ana Mano MONTENEGRO, Brazil (Reuters) -Brazilian authorities hope to determine by Tuesday whether a confirmed outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza among wild birds in a zoo in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul is connected with the country’s first bird flu case on a commercial poultry farm in …

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Brazilian drug lord imprisoned in Brasilia after arrest in Bolivia

19 May 2025

By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) -The leader of Brazilian organized crime syndicate PCC has been jailed in a maximum-security prison in Brasilia after his arrest in Bolivia over the weekend, officials in Brazil said on Monday. Drug-trafficker Marcos Roberto de Almeida, known as Tuta, was expelled from Bolivia after negotiations between the two countries so …

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Zelenskiy says high-level meeting between Ukraine, Russia, US, EU and UK being considered

19 May 2025

KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Kyiv and its partners were considering arranging a high-level meeting between Ukraine, Russia, the United States, European Union countries and Britain as part of a push to end Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Speaking to reporters in Kyiv after holding two phone calls with U.S. President Donald …

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Argentina markets bask in Milei’s local election win glow

19 May 2025

By Walter Bianchi and Juan Carlos Bustamante BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina’s markets enjoyed the glow on Monday of a mood-boosting local election win by the party of investor-friendly libertarian President Javier Milei, which analysts said put him in good stead ahead of more important ballots later this year. Milei’s party won the most votes in …

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