As Risks Rain Down on Emerging Markets, Unrest Rises
When global economy-watchers talk about the outlook for so-called emerging markets these days, they’re kicking around some alarming terms: They see a toxic cocktail of risks, warn of a train wreck and are braced for a potential cascade of disasters. It’s the fallout from a mix of external shocks and mounting financial troubles washing over low- and middle-income countries, creating perhaps the biggest confluence of challenges since the 1990s, when a series of rolling crises sank economies and to
washingtonpost.comFamily, friends mourn British journalist killed in Brazil
Gathered at a cemetery on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, friends and relatives paid their final respects to British journalist Dom Phillips, killed in the Brazilian Amazon while researching for a book about how to save the world’s largest rainforest
washingtonpost.comFamily, friends mourn British journalist killed in Brazil
Gathered at a cemetery on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, friends and relatives paid their final respects to British journalist Dom Phillips, killed in the Brazilian Amazon while researching for a book about how to save the world’s largest rainforest.
As Risks Rain Down on Emerging Markets, Unrest Rises
When global economy-watchers talk about the outlook for so-called emerging markets these days, they’re kicking around some alarming terms: They see a toxic cocktail of risks, warn of a train wreck and are braced for a potential cascade of disasters. It’s the fallout from a mix of external shocks and mounting financial troubles washing over low- and middle-income countries, creating perhaps the biggest confluence of challenges since the 1990s, when a series of rolling crises sank economies and to
washingtonpost.comBrazil police: Items owned by missing men found in Amazon
Brazilian police say search teams have found a backpack, laptop and other personal items that belonged to Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and freelance British journalist Dom Phillips, who went missing in a remote area of Brazil’s Amazon a week ago.
Backpack, laptop found where pair went missing in Amazon
Divers from Brazil's firefighters corps found a backpack and laptop Sunday in the remote Amazon area where Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and freelance British journalist Dom Phillips went missing a week ago, firefighters said. The backpack was tied to a tree that was half-submerged, a firefighter told reporters in Atalaia do Norte, the closest city to the search area, which is near the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory. Officers with the Federal Police brought the items by boat to Atalaia do Norte later in the afternoon.
news.yahoo.comPair's disappearance in Brazil's Amazon tied to 'fish mafia'
A main line of police investigation into the disappearance of a British journalist and an Indigenous official in the Amazon points to an international network that pays poor fishermen to fish illegally in Brazil’s second-largest Indigenous territory, authorities said. Freelance journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous official Bruno Pereira were last seen last Sunday morning near the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory, which sits in an area the size of Portugal bordering Peru and Colombia.
news.yahoo.comBritish journalist, Brazilian expert missing in the Amazon
An Indigenous association in Brazil’s Amazon region says that one of its advisors and a British journalist are missing in a remote area near the Peru border, The area has been marked by violent conflicts between fishers, poachers and government agents
washingtonpost.comAs Risks Rain Down on Emerging Markets, Unrest Rises
When global economy-watchers talk about the outlook for so-called emerging markets these days, they’re kicking around some alarming terms: They see a toxic cocktail of risks, warn of a train wreck and are braced for a potential cascade of disasters. It’s the fallout from a mix of external shocks and mounting financial troubles washing over low- and middle-income countries, creating perhaps the biggest confluence of challenges since the 1990s, when a series of rolling crises sank economies and to
washingtonpost.comSouth Korea, Japan to take on Brazil; Iran slow off the mark
While Japan and South Korea will start fine-tuning for the World Cup with high-profile warm-ups against Brazil next month, there are concerns in Iran that Asia’s top-ranked team has been slow off the mark with its preparations. Iran is in Group B with England and the United States at the World Cup, which kicks off Nov. 21 in Qatar.
news.yahoo.comLatin American nations ease restrictions as COVID cases drop
Colombians will soon be going to movie theaters without having to wear face masks. Mexico's president has declared the pandemic over. The region has been hit hard by the pandemic, with nations like Brazil and Peru registering some of the world’s highest death tolls.
news.yahoo.comEx-minister says Brazil leader didn't interfere on pandemic
A former Brazilian health minister has denied receiving any direct orders from President Jair Bolsonaro during his 10 months in the post, providing Senate testimony analysts see as an attempt to shield the country’s leader from any blame over the government’s pandemic response.