MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for December 17th 2019
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Tuesday, December 17th 2019 - 09:32 UTC
Boeing considering halting or cutting production of the troubled 737 Max aircraft
Boeing is reportedly considering either halting or cutting down the production of the grounded 737 Max aircraft after it failed to get approval last week for the plane's return to service from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) before the end of the year.
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Tuesday, December 17th 2019 - 09:30 UTC
Beef prices to remain high in 2020 because of China, forecasts meatpacker Marfrig Global Foods
The price of beef in Brazil will remain high in 2020 but not at current levels, an executive for meatpacker Marfrig Global Foods said on Friday, citing high demand from China and other Asian countries.
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Tuesday, December 17th 2019 - 09:27 UTC
Double burden of undernutrition, rapidly expanding in Latin America among children and women
Low and middle-income countries risk seeing their development progress slashed by the double-edged sword of obesity and under-nutrition, both caused by a lack of access to affordable healthy food, a report in The Lancet warned on Monday.
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Tuesday, December 17th 2019 - 08:29 UTC
OIE confirms Falklands Veterinary Services exercise of a simulated FMD outbreak
Ross Milner, Veterinary Officer, Falkland Islands Government, informed the OIE (World Organization for Animal Health) that a desk-top simulation exercise involving a simulated outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) took place in Stanley, Falkland Islands on 30 October 2019.
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Tuesday, December 17th 2019 - 07:39 UTC
Bloomberg fined 5 million Euros in France for a report based on a fake news release
France's financial markets watchdog on Monday hit Bloomberg with a five million euro (US$5.6 million) fine for a report based on a fake news release that triggered a plunge in the shares of French construction giant Vinci and wiped billions off its market value.
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Tuesday, December 17th 2019 - 06:21 UTC
Argentine police arrest four suspects linked to the gang that killed an English tourist
Argentine authorities said on Monday they had identified suspects in the shooting death of a British tourist killed in an armed robbery attempt outside a luxury Buenos Aires hotel over the weekend.
