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Stories for April 9th 2019
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Tuesday, April 9th 2019 - 06:02 UTC
Baroness Fairhead visits Argentina and Brazil to bolster trade and investment relations
Minister of State for Trade and Export Promotion Baroness Fairhead, is travelling to Brazil after visiting Argentina this week to meet with key Brazilian and Argentine businesses and government ministers to discuss the UK’s commitment to trade and investment in both countries and the wider Latin American and Caribbean (LATAC) region.
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Tuesday, April 9th 2019 - 05:48 UTC
Mysterious and dangerous fungal infection, Candida Auris has emerged in hospitals and nursing homes
A mysterious and dangerous fungal infection called Candida auris has emerged around the world. It is resistant to many anti-fungal medications, placing it among a growing number of germs that have evolved defenses against common medicines.
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Tuesday, April 9th 2019 - 05:36 UTC
Russia agrees to free orca and belugas held in “whale jails”
Russian officials said on Monday they will work towards freeing all orca and beluga whales from a notorious facility in the east of the country, after a visit by US-based marine mammal advocates.
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Tuesday, April 9th 2019 - 05:27 UTC
In a trigger-happy incident Brazilian military fire 80 bullets on family car killing one occupant
Brazilian soldiers opened fire on a family driving to a baby shower in Rio de Janeiro, riddling their vehicle with more than 80 bullets and killing one of the occupants, reports said on Monday. Ten army personnel have been arrested over Sunday's incident, which also wounded two others, on suspicion of “failure to comply with rules of engagement”, the military said in a statement.
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Tuesday, April 9th 2019 - 05:06 UTC
Trump designates Iran's Guards a terrorist organization; Teheran does the same with US troops in Middle East
United States President Donald Trump has designated Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organization. It is the first time the US has labelled another nation's military as a terrorist organization. Iran retaliated by declaring US forces in the Middle East as a terrorist organization, Iran state news reported.
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Tuesday, April 9th 2019 - 05:03 UTC
Argentine businessman accused of tax evasion and fleeing from Justice caught in Belize
Argentina's “King of Meat”, the businessman Alberto Samid, was arrested Friday in the tiny Caribbean nation of Belize after fleeing Argentina in late March.
