Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Team Uganda for the 2024 World Junior Athletics Championships has secured three medals for the country. The team that was staged in Lima, Peru from 27th to 31st August 2024, triumphantly came home, with one silver medal from the newly recognized talent in 3000meter steeplechase …
Read More »Peru reports first “flurona” death
Lima, Peru | Xinhua | Peru’s Health Ministry on Thursday reported the country’s first fatal case of “flurona” (a simultaneous infection of flu and COVID-19), involving an 87-year-old patient with comorbidities who was not vaccinated against the coronavirus. The deceased was one of three cases of flurona detected in northern Peru’s …
Read More »Brazil to maintain attacking mindset against Peru in World Cup qualifier
São Paulo, Brazil | XINHUA | Forward Rodrygo said Sunday that Brazil would not compromise their attacking instincts against a dangerous Peru side when the teams meet in their South American Zone 2022 World Cup qualifier. Brazil will enter Tuesday’s match at Estadio Nacional in Lima on the back of …
Read More »Peru stun champions Chile 3-0 to reach Copa America final
Porto Alegre, Brazil | AFP | Peru stunned defending champions Chile 3-0 to reach the final of the Copa America for the first time in 44 years on Wednesday. Goals from Edison Flores, Yoshimar Yotun and Paolo Guerrero handed Peru a deserved win which sends them into a final against …
Read More »Colombian crime movie wins top award at Havana’s 40th film festival
Havana, Cuba | AFP | The Colombian crime film “Pajaros de Verano” has won the prized Coral Award at the 40th edition of the popular Havana Film Festival. The festival, which in its heyday in the 1980s drew a half-million moviegoers but of late has struggled with reduced budgets, continues …
Read More »BUSINESS: Low prices ahead for coffee
Rising global exports and inventory levels weaken prices: ICO The International Coffee Organisation’s (ICO) has predicted low prices into the near future for both the global Robusta and Arabica crop. In its latest April report, the ICO notes that growers such as Uganda, Indonesia, Honduras, India and Peru, who contribute …
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