MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for December 6th 2022
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Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 08:30 UTC
Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022 grew 9,3% and reached US$ 142 billion, WB report
Remittances to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in 2022 grew an estimated 5% to US$626 billion, according to the latest World Bank Migration and Development Brief.
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Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 08:17 UTC
US gasoline prices at the pump could fall under US$ 3 per gallon by Christmas
United States gasoline prices have declined on average 16 cents to US$ 3,403 a gallon, while gas prices have declined 43 cents over the past 30 days, and are US$ 1.01 cents higher than a year ago.
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Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 08:06 UTC
Peru and Ecuador declare bird flu health emergency; 10,000 pelicans dead, 180,000 chickens to be slaughtered
Peru and Ecuador last week declared three-month health emergencies because of outbreaks of bird flu after a wave of cases led to tens of millions of poultry being slaughtered in Europe and the United States.
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Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 08:00 UTC
Rishi Sunak’s daunting challenge, standing up to far right extremists
By Chris Patten - The United Kingdom’s new prime minister has inherited a mountain of economic problems, including runaway inflation and a shrinking GDP. To fix his predecessors’ blunders and avoid a humiliating electoral defeat, he must stand up to his party’s far-right extremists.
