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Impoverished Filipinos forge a life among the dead
AFP, Published on 30/10/2025
» MANILA - In teeming Manila, where poverty runs deep and millions lack adequate shelter, some of the living have found refuge among the dead.
US working on new $20bn 'facility' for Argentina
AFP, Published on 16/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday said he was working to help corral the private sector around a new $20 billion "facility" to support Argentina's embattled economy.
Against the tide: Filipinos battle rising sea on sinking island
AFP, Published on 11/09/2025
» BULACAN, Philippines - On the Philippine island of Pugad, street food vendor Maria Tamayo wakes before her grandchildren to begin the backbreaking work of removing seawater from her home scoop by scoop with a plastic dustpan.
Google ordered to pay Argentine pictured naked in his yard
AFP, Published on 25/07/2025
» BUENOS AIRES - An Argentine captured naked in his yard by a Google Street View camera has been awarded compensation by a court after his bare behind was splashed over the internet for all to see.
Philippines biodiversity hotspot pushes back on mining
AFP, Published on 02/07/2025
» BROOKES POINT (PHILIPPINES) - A nickel stockpile towers over farmer Moharen Tambiling's rice paddy in the Philippines' Palawan, evidence of a mining boom that locals hope a new moratorium will tame.
Shakira concerts give multimillion-dollar boost to Mexico
AFP, Published on 25/03/2025
» MEXICO CITY - Shakira fans flocking to see the Colombian star in concert are generating tens of millions of dollars for Mexico, according to the local chamber of commerce, underscoring the economic signicifance of major musical events.
Argentina port city 'destroyed' by massive rainstorm, 13 dead
AFP, Published on 09/03/2025
» BUENOS AIRES - Argentina's port city of Bahia Blanca has been "destroyed" after being pummeled by a year's worth of rain in a matter of hours, killing 13 and driving hundreds from their homes, authorities said Saturday.
Move over Mercedes: Chinese cars grab Mexican market share
AFP, Published on 27/12/2024
» MEXICO CITY - The growing popularity of Chinese sport utility vehicles (SUV) and pickup trucks has shaken up Mexico's luxury car market, hitting sales of traditionally dominant brands such as Mercedes-Benz and BMW (Bavarian Motor Works).
Argentina's Milei may find an unexpected friend in the IMF
AFP, Published on 22/11/2023
» WASHINGTON - What will the relationship be like between Javier Milei, Argentina's new self-described "anarcho-capitalist" president, and the IMF, with which the Latin American country has an ongoing $44 billion loan agreement?
Foragers and popsicle sellers: a micro-economy among US migrants
AFP, Published on 27/09/2023
» EAGLE PASS (UNITED STATES) - Marco Gonzalez used to fish the river between Mexico and Texas, but now he has a more lucrative harvest -- possessions abandoned by the thousands of migrants crossing the border from the south.