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The US says it is closely watching the situation in Bolivia and calls for calm

The US says it is closely watching the situation in Bolivia and calls for calm

USA is closely monitoring the situation in Bolivia and urges calm and moderationa spokesman for the White House National Security Council said Wednesday. Bolivian armed forces took control of the capital’s central square early Wednesday, and An armored vehicle stormed the entrance to the presidential palace followed by soldiers who ran inraising fears of a ...

McDonald's says plant-based trial in two key US cities failed

McDonald’s says plant-based trial in two key US cities failed

A McDonald’s test of its plant-based burger in San Francisco and Dallas “was not successful in either market,” said Joe Erlinger, the network’s U.S. chief executive, on Wednesday. American consumers are not looking for “McPlant or other plant-based proteins from McDonald’s,” Erlinger said at the Wall Street Journal’s World Food Forum in Chicago. Following the ...

Polls prior to the Biden-Trump debate have both politicians in a technical tie

Polls prior to the Biden-Trump debate have both politicians in a technical tie

Looking ahead to the first presidential debate between the president, Joe Biden, and the former president and again candidate, Donald Trump, they arrive with a technical tie in terms of the voting intention of the voters of the American Union. According to the most recent survey conducted by YouGov and sponsored by The Economist, the ...

Gustavo Petro and other leaders reject the attempted coup in Bolivia

Gustavo Petro and other leaders reject the attempted coup in Bolivia

Bolivian President Luis Alberto Arce Catacora denounced an attempted military coup, in your X account, He pointed to “irregular mobilizations of some army units” and armed forces gathering in Plaza Murillo in La Paz. In addition, the statements of the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, OAS, Luis Almagro, condemning the events by ...

Increase in Mexican fuel imports goes against the president's goal

Increase in Mexican fuel imports goes against the president’s goal

The Mexican state oil company imported 11% more gasoline in May than the previous month, a sign that it is struggling to meet President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s goal of making the nation self-sufficient in refining. Gasoline imports from Petróleos Mexicanos grew to 358,500 barrels a day in May, according to data released Monday. This ...

Peru's Ministry of Health stops considering trans people mentally ill

Peru’s Ministry of Health stops considering trans people mentally ill

Peru ordered to stop classifying those who identify as transgender, among others, as people with mental disorders, the country’s Ministry of Health said on Tuesday. after a backlash that critics called discriminatory. The use of the terms “transsexualism” and “transvestism” as references to mental disorders will particularly cease.which had been included under a health insurance ...

New warning from the European Union to Apple for tracking its App Store

New warning from the European Union to Apple for tracking its App Store

Apple’s antitrust dispute with the European Union over allegedly illegal App Store practices intensified as watchdogs issued a new warning that could lead to more fines, just months after the iPhone maker was slapped with a fine of 1.8 billion euros (US$1.9 billion) for competition in the music streaming system. The European Commission said Monday ...

Assange will plead guilty to espionage in the United States to obtain freedom

Assange will plead guilty to espionage in the United States to obtain freedom

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is expected to plead guilty this week to violating the US espionage law, in a deal that could end his imprisonment in the UK and allow him to return home to Australia. U.S. prosecutors said in court documents that Assange, 52, has agreed to plead guilty to a single criminal charge ...

China offered benefits to German cars to avoid tariffs on their electric cars

China offered benefits to German cars to avoid tariffs on their electric cars

Beijing has suggested that German luxury car makers could benefit if Berlin convinces the European Union to reduce tariffs on Chinese exports of electric vehicles.according to Bloomberg reports. China proposed lowering the tariffs it applies to large-displacement cars in exchange for the elimination of planned taxes about imports of electric vehicles from the Asian nation, ...