Scientists were baffled when a band of seaweed longer than the entire Brazilian coastline sprouted in 2011 in the tropical Atlantic—an area typically lacking nutrients that would feed such growth. A group of U.S. researchers has fingered a prime suspect: human sewage and agricultural runoff carried by rivers to the ocean. The science is not…
Ecuador Prison Riot Kills at Least 24 People, Injures Dozens More
Dozens of inmates were killed on Tuesday after gang members started a riot at a prison located in a coastal city in southwest Ecuador, officials said. The violence erupted at a prison in the Guayaquil region and it took police and military officials five hours to regain control. The fighting involved gunfire, knives, and explosions…
Small Fry: Peru’s Fishermen Battle China’s Overseas Fleet
PUCUSANA, PERU—Aboard the Ocean Warrior in the eastern Pacific Ocean, José López proudly remembers his first catch: he was 13, and a local skipper, pitying his ragamuffin look, hired him as an extra hand. When he returned home, his pockets stuffed with a day’s wages, his mother protested. “She thought I had stolen the money,”…
Inside the Book That Provides America a Strategy for Defeating China
September 27, 2021
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The Epoch Times sits down with Elbridge A. Colby, author of the new book “The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict,” to discuss America’s strategy for defeating China in a war over Taiwan. China aims to replace the United States as the dominant power in Asia, and it is…
Brazil’s Bolsonaro Says UK’s Johnson Sought ‘Emergency’ Food Deal, British Embassy Differs
BRASILIA—Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, whom he met this week in New York, asked him for an “emergency” agreement to supply a food product that is lacking in Britain. Bolsonaro, speaking on his weekly webcast to supporters, did not name the product, but said he had passed…
Chile’s 2022 Draft Budget Seeks to Tame Deficit After Pandemic Splurge, Pinera Says
SANTIAGO—Chilean President Sebastian Pinera unveiled an $82.1 billion draft budget for 2022 on Thursday, that he said would begin to tame a ballooning deficit in the world’s top copper producer following more than a year of emergency spending to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. In a televised speech, the center-right president said the budget would reduce…
Chinese Australian Man Sentenced to 7 ½ Years in Prison for Crypto Hedge Fund Fraud
September 24, 2021
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New York-based cryptocurrency hedge fund manager Stefan He Qin was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for fraud on Sept. 15. U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni also ordered the confiscation of $54,793,532. The 24-year-old Qin was accused of misreporting the proceeds of the $90 million fund he managed and embezzled investor…
Tropical Storm Sam Expected to Reach Major Hurricane Strength Over the Weekend: NHC
Tropical Storm Sam has formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and is anticipated to strengthen into Hurricane Sam by Friday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) announced on Thursday. Sam, the 18th named storm of the 2021 season, was upgraded to a tropical storm by the NHC early on Thursday. The weather agency said the system…
UK Foreign Secretary to Push for CPTPP Membership on Mexico Trip
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will visit Mexico on Thursday to seek its continued support for the UK to join a Trans-Pacific trade pack, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) said. The newly appointed foreign secretary is travelling from New York, where she represented the UK at the U.N. General Assembly along with Prime Minister Boris Johnson….
US Trade Office Says GM Mexico Labor Case Concluded, Tariff Threat Lifted
September 23, 2021
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WASHINGTON—A U.S. labor complaint under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact over a General Motors plant union vote in Mexico has been successfully concluded, lifting the threat of U.S. tariffs on the factory’s pickup trucks, the U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) office said on Wednesday. The United States opened the case in May after complaints that workers’ rights…
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