Stories for July 23rd 2019

Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 09:39 UTC
Brazil seizes record volumes of cocaine, mostly in the Santos port hub

Brazil seized 25.3 tons of cocaine bound for Europe and Africa in the first half of 2019, up more than 90 percent on the same period last year, officials said on Monday. Nearly half of the drugs were found at Santos port in southern Brazil, not far from where police recently arrested two men suspected of belonging to Italian mafia 'Ndrangheta'.
Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 09:36 UTC
Trump and Congress agree to suspend the debt limit until after the 2020 election

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that a “compromise” bipartisan budget agreement has been reached that will boost federal spending by US$320 billion and suspend the debt limit beyond the next presidential election.
Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 09:31 UTC
Expelled German ambassador back in Caracas; Germany continues to recognize Guaidó

Germany's ambassador to Venezuela has returned after being expelled by President Nicolas Maduro's government in March over Berlin's backing of opposition leader Juan Guaido's claim to the presidency, the German embassy said on Monday.
Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 09:12 UTC
Ebola experimental vaccines trigger cabinet dispute in Congo

 Congo's health minister, Oly Ilunga, resigned on Monday in protest at the presidency's announcement last week that it was stripping his team of control over the response to the Ebola outbreak.

Brazil seizes record volumes of cocaine, mostly in the Santos port hub