MEXICO CITY, Oct 13, (APP/AFP): Mexico and Canada launched a task force on Wednesday to improve conditions for Canadian-owned mines in the Latin American nation, where security problems and protests have affected operations. Goldcorp temporarily suspended production at Mexico’s biggest gold mine in the northern state of Zacatecas last week after a transport company blocked […]
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Canada, Mexico seek to overcome mine ‘challenges’
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Haiti tops list of disaster deaths: UN
GENEVA, Oct 13, (APP/AFP): Hurricane-ravaged Haiti, still recovering from a devastating 2010 earthquake, has suffered the highest number of disaster deaths of any country in the past two decades, the UN said Thursday. Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, currently reeling from the impact of Hurricane Matthew which has left at least 473 people […]
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New York bomb suspect to make first court appearance
NEW YORK, Oct 12 (APP/AFP) – The suspect behind the New York bombing that left 31 wounded in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood will appear in court on Thursday for the first time, nearly a month after the attack. Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, will appear via video link in court in his hometown of Elizabeth, New Jersey […]
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Palestinian child killed along Gaza border: ministry
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, Oct 12 (APP/AFP) – A 10-year-old Palestinian boy was killed along the Gazan border late Wednesday, with a Palestinian official and an eyewitness accusing Israel but the army denying any exchange of fire. Ashraf al-Qudra, spokesman for the health ministry in the Gaza Strip, said the boy died when Israeli troops […]
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List of Nobel Economics Prize laureates
STOCKHOLM, Oct 8, (APP/AFP) – The economics prize is the only Nobel not originally included in Alfred Nobel’s last will and testament. It was established in 1968 by the Swedish central bank in his memory to celebrate its tricentenary. Since it was first awarded in 1969, Americans have dominated the economics prize, with 55 of […]
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Algerian army kills 4 militants: ministry
ALGIERS, Oct 8, (APP/AFP) – Four armed militants were killed Friday in an Algerian army operation ea st of the capital, the country’s defence ministry said. Soldiers killed the four “terrorists” during the operation in the Tizi Ouzou region, 110 kilometres (70 miles) east of Algiers, also seizing Kalashnikov-type weapons, a statement said.