Gold Fund Falls 2.63% as Silver Fund Drops 5.59%
Gold fund GLD fell 2.63% and silver fund SLV 5.59% on 22 October as an oil rally raised US rate fears. See the data and what to watch before the...
ECLAC Raises El Salvador Forecast to 4.5%
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FIFA Gives US 19-Team Women’s Club World Cup
FIFA named the United States host of the first Women's Club World Cup, 5 to 30 January 2028,...
Abiove Sees Brazil Soy Crush Up 3.8% to 66M
Abiove, Brazil's vegetable oil industry group, forecasts a 66 million tonne soy crush in 2027, up 3.8%, with...
Ecuador Prison Riots Kill 8 on 22 October
Ecuador's prison service SNAI says two riots on Thursday, 22 October, killed eight inmates in Cotopaxi and Quito...
Costa Rica Finds 4 3D-Printed Guns, Cocaine
Costa Rica says police seized four 3D-printed guns and 357 units of cocaine at an Uvita mansion, the...
Volaris Viva Merger Faces 73% Fare Warning
A consultancy warns the Volaris Viva merger, reaching about 73% of Mexican domestic traffic, could lift fares while...
The Big Read: Mexico, Friday 23 October
Mexico's day: an alleged Hells Angels leader arrested in Cancún, a push to keep Formula 1 beyond 2028...
The Big Read: Brazil, Friday 23 October
Brazil's runoff is Sunday: markets favour Flávio Bolsonaro at 77%, a poll shows 51% to 49%, and a...
Uruguay Bill Would Ban Aquifer Data Centres
Uruguay senator Sebastián da Silva filed a bill on 22 October to ban new data centres over two...
Aerolíneas Argentinas Loses US$63M on Fuel
Argentina's state airline Aerolíneas Argentinas lost about US$63 million in the first half as jet fuel rose 90%,...
Guatemala Ex-Police Chief Loses Swiss Appeal
Switzerland's top court rejected ex-Guatemala police chief Erwin Sperisen's appeal, making his 14-year sentence for complicity in seven...
US Strips Citizenship From 2 Immigrants
A Cuban and a Nigerian lost US citizenship by consent judgment on 13 and 14 October, the Justice...
Sheinbaum Says FGR Will Assess Claim, 22 Oct
Mexico's federal prosecutors will assess a family complaint on a US soldier missing since 2020 and Chihuahua's governor,...
F1 US Grand Prix 2026 in Austin: Times, TV and Tickets
US Grand Prix 2026 at COTA in Austin: race Sunday 25 October at 4 p.m. ET, session times, Apple TV at US$14.99 and Antonelli's title chance.
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Jamaica Politics Explained, Who Holds Power in 2026
Jamaica politics in 2026: Prime Minister Andrew Holness, the opposition PNP, the Cabinet, police, courts and local mayors,...
Who Runs Belize’s Economy, the Key Players in 2026
The Belize economy runs on a few state bodies, four banks and a foreign-owned sugar industry. Here is...
Suriname Politics Explained, Who Holds Power in 2026
Suriname politics in 2026: the president, the 51-seat National Assembly, the ministers, the courts and the six-party coalition,...
Who Runs Costa Rica’s Economy, the Key Players in 2026
The Costa Rica economy runs on medical device exports, state utilities and a few big banks. Here is...
Trinidad and Tobago Politics Explained, Who Holds Power in 2026
Trinidad and Tobago politics in 2026: who the prime minister, president, opposition and judges are, how Parliament and...
Who Runs Bahamas’s Economy, the Key Players in 2026
The Bahamas economy in 2026: the ministers, banks, resorts and state firms that run it, and what a...
Who Runs Guyana’s Economy, the Key Players in 2026
The Guyana economy in 2026: who controls the oil, the oil fund, the banks, the gold and bauxite...
Who Runs Puerto Rico’s Economy, the Key Players in 2026
The Puerto Rico economy in 2026: the banks, factories, power companies and federal overseers that run it, and...
Dominican Republic Media Landscape Explained
Dominican Republic media in 2026: who owns the newspapers and TV channels, how the new Penal Code treats...
Who Runs Barbados’s Economy, the Key Players in 2026
Barbados economy in 2026: the government, central bank, banks, listed firms, tourism and rum that run it, and...
Religion in Venezuela Explained
Venezuela religion in 2026: how Catholic the country is, the rise of evangelicals, new saints, big festivals and...
Haiti Politics Explained, Who Holds Power in 2026
Haiti politics in October 2026: the prime minister who rules alone, the UN-backed force, the courts, the parties...
MauBank Pretax Profit Rises 30% to US$25M
MauBank pretax profit rose 30% to Rs 1.19 billion (US$25.2 million) in the year to 30 June 2026, but net profit grew only 6% as its tax bill jumped.
Nedbank Phone Theft Costs Customer US$1,200
MultiChoice Revenue Falls 3% in Nine Months
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Safaricom Launches Fuliza Ya Pochi on 22 Oct
Safaricom launched Fuliza Ya Pochi on 22 October 2026, an overdraft that lets Kenyan micro-merchants spend from an...
Mauritania Budget Plans US$155M Surplus
The Mauritania budget for 2027 shows a US$155 million surplus, 5.0% growth and 3.3% inflation, the state news...
Sierra Leone Shipping Company Plans 50 Ships
President Bio commissioned a Sierra Leone shipping company on 19 October, a 50-vessel plan built to carry mineral...
Nigeria Court Sentences 3 Militiamen to Hang
A Nigeria court in Sokoto sentenced three civilian task force members to death by hanging on 22 October...
Liberia Supreme Court Reserves Ruling 22 Oct
Liberia Supreme Court reserved its ruling on 22 October on the expulsion of lawmaker Yekeh Kolubah, a test...
Malawi Court Cancels 3 Activists’ Warrants
A Malawi court cancelled the arrest warrants for activists Trapence, Mtambo and Sembereka, ruling that the 2020 case...
Kenya Kisumu Railway Budget Hits US$5B
The Kenya Kisumu railway budget is now about US$5 billion, up US$1.1 billion in a year, with most...
Libya Pipeline Valve Shut on 22 October
The Libya pipeline valve was shut on 22 October, the state oil firm says, as Brent crude trades...
Namibia Offered Angola Refinery Stake 19 Oct
Angola invited Namibia on 19 October to an Angola refinery stake at Lobito; Windhoek calls any talk of...
Ghana Miner Eyes Global Court, 22 Oct
Northern Ashanti Mines, a Ghana miner, says it may take its Konongo gold lease dispute to international courts...
Libya Water Chief Jailed Over US$2.6M Pipes
Prosecutors announced on 22 October that the Libya water chief and nine officials are held over pipe contracts...
South Africa Fires Auditor Over US$24K Fine
South Africa fires auditor Crowe after a regulator fined its lead partner US$24,200 and the firm kept it...
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