Bodies left in streets of Ecuador's biggest city as coronavirus ravages countryThe bodies of people dead from coronavirus are being left in the streets of Ecuador's biggest city, the mayor said. Guayaquil, a coastal city home to 2.8 million people, has been swamped by the COVID-19 pandemic like much of the world, the LA Times reported. But it has been uniquely incapable of.......
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Covid-19: Ecuador in Chaos, Dead Bodies Left on the StreetsRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The coronavirus pandemic has spread around the world and in recent weeks has claimed countless victims and frightened the population in many countries. China, Italy, Spain and the United States, which concentrate the vast majority of infections and deaths, are being forced t....
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Ecuador Cancels Oil Sales Amid Price CollapseRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Petroecuador is yet another Latin American oil company to cancel an oil sale as the coronavirus pandemic crushes global demand for energy. The state company cancelled a sale of 2.88 million barrels of Oriente oil this week after receiving disappointing offers, said spokesman....
Wildlife Rescue Centers Struggle To Care For Their Animals Amid Coronavirus PandemicWildlife rescue centers around the world have been negatively impacted by the coronavirus pandemic as they often rely on public funding and volunteerism to care for their animals, reported The Guardian.
Merazonia, a wildlife center located in Ecuador, is one organization that fears being able to ....
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IMF hints at helping Pakistan to fight off corona impactISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund has announced that it would consider Islamabad's request for financial assistance under IMF's Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) facility to shore up the country's foreign exchange reserves and budgetary support in the wake of the adverse impact of the corona....
They went abroad to study. Now they are strandedChanning Stirrat travelled to Ecuador to study biology. Nicholas Nerli flew to Morocco to further his Arabic studies. For Adina Rombro, a study-abroad program offered a chance to dive into Peruvian culture and history.....
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US locking down 70 million people as virus strains EuropeThree major American states are locking down their residents in the face of a rapidly advancing virus storm that is already severely straining health systems in parts of Europe.
New York and Illinois announced that they would largely restrict residents to their homes starting this weekend, after ....
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South America: Governments Cooperate Against Coronavirus Crisis – Excluding VenezuelaRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The governments of Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay, countries involved in the Forum for South American Progress (PROSUR), have agreed to work closely together to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Left-wing Venezuela has been e....
Argentina, Ecuador deaths take Latin American virus toll to 5MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay – Argentina announced its second coronavirus-related death on Friday, March 13, as Ecuador reported its first, taking the total death toll in Latin America to 5, as the virus shows signs of spreading rapidly.
Venezuela, Uruguay, Guatemala and Suriname reported their first c....
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Italy, Ecuador reach Davis Cup finalsPARIS: India’s Leander Paes went down fighting as his dream of crowning his 30-year Davis Cup career with a place at the finals ended Saturday while Ecuador and Italy reached the November showpiece, triumphing in empty arenas locked down because of the coronavirus crisis.Paes, 46, has played......
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Paess 30-year Davis Cup dream endsPARIS: India’s Leander Paes went down fighting as his dream of crowning his 30-year Davis Cup career with a place at the finals ended Saturday while Ecuador and Italy reached the November showpiece, triumphing in empty arenas locked down because of the coronavirus crisis.Paes, 46, has played......
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Paraguay reports first coronavirus caseASUNCION, Paraguay – A 32-year-old Paraguayan who arrived from Ecuador is the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in Paraguay, the country's health minister said Saturday, March 7.
The patient was in "very good" general health and authorities were monitoring people who had contact wi....
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Ecuador upset Japan to advance to Davis Cup finalsTOKYO: Underdogs Ecuador swept their Davis Cup qualifier against Japan Saturday in a match played behind closed doors due to the coronavirus outbreak, while elsewhere Australia beat Brazil and Kazakhstan eliminated the Dutch.The hosts took to the court in Japan’s western Miki city without.......
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Ecuador take 2-0 lead over JapanTOKYO: Ecuador took an early 2-0 lead against Japan with nail-biting victories in their Davis Cup qualifier on Friday in western Japan, held behind closed doors due the coronavirus outbreak.Emilio Gomez beat Go Soeda 7-5, 7-6 , before Robert Quiroz outplayed Yasutaka Uchiyama 7-6 , 2-6, 7-6.......
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Facebook's Political and Issue Ad Policies, Transparency Tools Added to 32 CountriesFacebook is bringing its political and issue ad policies and transparency tools to 32 more countries, effective in mid-March. The social network said in a blog post that the policies and tools are being added in Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Chile, Colombia, C?te D'Ivoire, Dominican Repu....
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Argentina Records First Coronavirus CaseRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In Latin America, despite the absence of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus (Covid-19) so far in most countries, several authorities have already acknowledged that the onset of the disease is only a matter of time. Yesterday, March 3rd, Argentina confirmed the first case....
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Report: Everton join the race to sign in-form Newcastle targetReport: Everton join the race to sign in-form Newcastle target - originally posted on Sportslens.com
According to reports from Ecuadorian outlet Ecuagol, Everton and Newcastle United have joined West Ham in the race to sign Lazio striker Felipe Caicedo. Last week, Calciomercato reported that the....
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Minas de Huascachaca wind power plant in Ecuador with significant progressThe wind farm is located next to the Jubones river in the territory of the Saraguro canton, on the border with Santa Isabel. The construction of the Minas de Huascachaca wind energy plant, located in the San Sebastián de Yuluc parish, in the Saraguro canton, Loja province, progresses according to t....
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Ecuador reports 1st new virus case; Mexico confirms 2 moreQUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Officials in Ecuador on Saturday confirmed the first case of the new coronavirus in the South American nation and Mexico reported two more to raise the country's total to four.
Ecuador's Health Minister Catalina Andramuño Zeballos said a more-than-70-year-old Ecuadoran wo....
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For Lenin Moreno, Ecuador's Economy Is a Key to Staying in PowerLast October, Ecuador witnessed some of the largest mass protests in its modern history. Concentrated mainly in the capital city of Quito and, less intensely, in Guayaquil, Cuenca and Portoviejo, the protests ignited on October 3, when President Lenin Moreno's government announced the elimination of....
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Thousands of bikers take part in Zorro's caravanThe bikers were from different countries, including Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, and the U-S. The event takes place every year on the first weekend of February.....
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Relative of extinct tortoise located in GalapagosQUITO, Ecuador – A scientific expedition to the Galapagos Islands has discovered a tortoise with a "strong" genetic link to a presumed-extinct subspecies made famous by the popular Lonesome George, national park officials said Friday, January 31.
George, the last known member of the Chelonoidi....
Morocco, Ecuador Look Towards Stronger CooperationRabat – Morocco and Ecuador seek to strengthen bilateral relations, representatives of the two countries said at a meeting on Friday, January 24 in Quito, the capital of Ecuador. Farida Loudaya, Morocco’s ambassador to Colombia and Ecuador, discussed means to promote bilateral cooperat....
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Man busted on kiss-cam for smooching lady who's not his girlfriendLoose lips sink (relation)ships. A soccer fan in Ecuador might have lost his lady love after a kiss cam caught the lewd Lothario planting a lip lock on a gal that was not his girlfriend, reported Metro. During a Jan. 18 soccer match, the roaming Romeo, identified as Deyvi Andrade, was spotted kissin....
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Scientists to search for relatives of extinct Galapagos tortoisesQUITO, Ecuador – A scientific expedition to the Galapagos Islands will spend 10 days searching for relatives of two tortoise species believed to be extinct, including those of the archipelago's Lonesome George, park officials said Friday, January 24.
George, the last known member of the Pinta ....
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Clean energies are the energy future of EcuadorRenewable energies such as wind and solar thermal energy are those that produce or obtain energy with minimal or no ecological impact on the environment, during its extraction and generation processes.There are different natural sources for the generation of energy, the most used are: hydraulics, wh....
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Report: Jan target on his way to 'complete his transfer' to WolvesReport: Jan target on his way to 'complete his transfer' to Wolves - originally posted on Sportslens.com
According to reports from Sky Sports (transfer live blog; 18:11), Leonardo Campana is close to joining Wolverhampton Wanderers. The 19-year-old striker is travelling to the UK this we....
Volcano erupts on ecologically sensitive Galapagos islandQUITO, Ecuador – A volcano erupted on an uninhabited island in the Galapagos, Ecuadorian authorities said, spewing lava on the ecologically sensitive environment.
La Cumbre volcano on Fernandina island, one of the youngest in the archipelago, began erupting Sunday evening, January 12, Galapag....
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SEE IT: Galapagos volcano erupts, spews lava across uninhabited islandThe Galapagos' La Cumbre volcano erupted after an earthquake Monday, spewing lava across the uninhabited island of La Fernandina. Seismic experts at Ecuador's Geophysical Institute are continuing to monitor La Cumbre volcano, which is about 55 miles northwest of Isla Isabela's Puerto Villamil,...
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Species-saving Galapagos giant tortoise Diego can take a restQUITO, Ecuador – Job done, prolific Galapagos giant tortoise Diego is being released back into the wild after being credited by authorities with almost single-handedly saving his species from extinction.
The 100-year-old tortoise, who was recruited along with 14 other adults for a captive bree....
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8 unexpected places to see penguins in the wild around the worldTom Pilgrim/Shutterstock
The Galapagos Islands in Ecuador is the only place to find penguins north of the equator.
On St. Kilda Pier in Melbourne, Australia, tiny fairy penguins walk alongside tourists.
African penguins sunbathe on Boulders Beach in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Eastern Airlines Is Back (Again) With a New Strategy and RebrandDuring its heyday, Eastern Airlines was one of the original Big Four domestic carriers, before folding in 1991. This January, it is returning to the skies, beginning with a route to Guayaquil, Ecuador out of New York's JFK International Airport. It'll also serve Georgetown, Guyana and Jinan, China (....
Report: Nuno has come up with an exciting transfer target for WolvesReport: Nuno has come up with an exciting transfer target for Wolves - originally posted on Sportslens.com
Wolverhampton Wanderers have been very smart in their transfer dealings having signed some of the hottest prospects in the last few years. The likes of Adama Traore, Ruben Neves, Diogo Jota, ....
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7 trends that will shape the world in 2020AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit
Patterns that emerged in 2019 will continue to shape the regions around the world in 2020.
Seven experts at the Council on Foreign Relations outlined the trends that they think provide a view of the future.
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In 2019, a....
