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Panama City (Associated Press): Migrant traffic through the Darien Valley separating Colombia from Panama has dropped significantly this month since Panamanian President José Raul Mulino took office and ordered authorities to control the jungle border area, the country’s border police said Wednesday. Still, migration through Darien remains roughly the same as in the record-breaking 2023 year, when more than 500,000 migrants, more than half of them Venezuelans, made the perilous journey. The National Border Patrol reported Wednesday that 11,363 migrants have crossed the border since July 1, about 9,000 fewer than the same period last year. The agency’s director, Jorge…

US President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 while in Las Vegas on Wednesday. The White House reported that Biden is experiencing mild symptoms, including general fatigue. According to an Associated Press report, spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden will self-isolate at his home in Delaware and continue to carry out his duties as president during this time. UnidosUS President and CEO Jeanette Murguía first announced the news at the organization’s convention in Las Vegas, where Biden canceled his attendance after testing positive. Biden’s doctor said the president was experiencing symptoms including a cough, runny nose and general fatigue, and he…

{{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The Araku Valley, deep in the mountains of India’s east coast, has been impoverished and rocked by Maoist violence for years. The government classifies most of the valley’s residents as “particularly vulnerable tribal” and for generations they have relied on slash-and-burn agriculture to survive. But now locals grow premium coffee beans that they sell to Europe’s upper classes at premium prices. Araku Coffee, which processes and sells the beans, operates cafes in upscale neighborhoods in Bangalore, Mumbai and Paris. The valley’s transformation is an agricultural success story — and a glimpse into what other rural parts…

Washington: US President Joe Biden tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday, shortly after acknowledging he would consider abandoning his difficult re-election bid if he was seriously diagnosed with the illness.The 81-year-old Democrat cut short a campaign trip to Las Vegas after his diagnosis, giving a thumbs up to reporters from his limousine and telling them he was “feeling fine.”The White House said Trump was suffering from a runny nose, cough and “general fatigue,” was taking COVID-19 medication and went straight to a quarantine facility at his beach house in Rehoboth, Delaware.The diagnosis came hours after Biden said in an…

Sixteen people have been killed in a fire at a shopping centre in southwest China, state media reported on Thursday. Smoke billows as a fire breaks out at a shopping centre in Zigong, Sichuan province, China (via Reuters) The rescue operation ended at about 3 a.m. on Thursday (1900 GMT Wednesday), the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported, citing local fire and rescue services. Video broadcast by state media CCTV on Wednesday night and shared on social media showed thick, black smoke pouring from the 14-storey building in Zigong city, Sichuan province. The TV station said the fire broke out in…

Sixteen people have been killed in a fire at a shopping centre in southwest China, state media reported on Thursday. Smoke billows as a fire breaks out at a shopping centre in Zigong, Sichuan province, China (via Reuters) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The rescue operation ended at about 3 a.m. on Thursday (1900 GMT Wednesday), the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported, citing local fire and rescue services. Explore Crickit, your go-to platform to watch matches anytime, anywhere, click here. Video broadcast by state media CCTV on Wednesday night and shared on social media showed thick, black smoke pouring from the…

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The White House announced that President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 while visiting Las Vegas and is experiencing “mild symptoms” of the infection.Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden would fly back to his Delaware home and “self-isolate while continuing to perform his full duties.”The news was first broken by Unidos US president and CEO Jeanette Murguía, who told attendees of the group’s conference in Las Vegas that Biden regrettably could not attend because he had tested positive for the virus.The president’s physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, said in a memo that Biden “visited the hospital this afternoon complaining of upper…

Protests erupted two weeks ago, with students clashing with pro-government protesters and police in the capital Dhaka and other cities. The Bangladesh government has closed all public and private universities following protests on Tuesday that left six people dead and dozens injured, according to media reports.UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk wrote on social media that all acts of violence or use of force, especially those resulting in loss of life, must be investigated and perpetrators held accountable.”Freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly are fundamental human rights,” he added.The students are protesting against a quota system…