MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for May 14th 2019
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Tuesday, May 14th 2019 - 09:21 UTC
Ford assets in Brazil to be acquired by Chinese businesspeople
The founder of Brazilian automaker CAOA said on Monday he is negotiating with Chinese business executives to make a joint acquisition of a Ford Motor Co plant near Sao Paulo.
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Tuesday, May 14th 2019 - 09:11 UTC
Record diver detects plastic bag at the deepest place on Earth
On the deepest dive ever made by a human inside a submarine, a Texas investor found something he could have found in the gutter of nearly any street in the world: trash.
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Tuesday, May 14th 2019 - 09:08 UTC
Inequalities in UK threatening democracy, says the Institute for Fiscal Studies
Inequalities in pay and opportunities in the UK are becoming so extreme they are threatening democracy, an Institute for Fiscal Studies study has said. The think tank warns of runaway incomes for high earners but rises in “deaths of despair”, such as from addiction and suicide, among the poorest.
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Tuesday, May 14th 2019 - 09:07 UTC
Venezuela receives 71 tons of medical supplies from China
A second airplane from China carrying medical supplies including medicine arrived in Venezuela on Monday as part of a “humanitarian technical” cooperation agreement between President Nicolas Maduro's government and the Asian powerhouse.
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Tuesday, May 14th 2019 - 08:45 UTC
Brazil will ban violent foreign fans from the Copa America next month
Copa America hosts Brazil will stop known violent foreign fans from entering the country for the South American football tournament starting next month, officials said on Monday. Troublesome supporters identified by border control and immigration officers will be turned back, the justice and public security ministry said. The order takes immediate effect.
