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Seven times people discovered the Americas – and how they got there

When Columbus landed in 1492, the Americas had been settled for tens of thousands of years. He wasn’t the first person to discover the continent. Instead, his discovery was the last of many discoveries.

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PAHO secures 100,000 monkeypox vaccine doses for Latin America and Caribbean

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has lined up a supply of monkeypox vaccine for Latin America and the Caribbean, as the Americas becomes a new epicenter for the rapidly spreading disease.

Reuters

World monkeypox cases fall despite Americas spike, supply crunch

Global monkeypox cases declined for the first time in a month, led by a drop in infections across Europe despite growing concerns about a supply crunch for vaccines.

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WHO: COVID Deaths Down by 15%, Cases Fall Nearly Everywhere

The number of coronavirus deaths reported worldwide fell by 15% in the past week while new infections dropped by 9%, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. In its latest weekly assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN health agency said there were 5.3 million new cases and more than 14,000…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Five issued raised from review into John Barilaro's US trade job

The Americas trade role is one of NSW's most influential public sector appointments but selecting the right person for the job has been "flawed" and "problematic", according to a review. Here are some of the key findings from the report.

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Costa Rica seeks entry to trans-Pacific trade bloc

Costa Rica formalized its request to join a trade partnership of 11 countries across Asia, Australia and the Americas, President Rodrigo Chaves announced on Wednesday, in a step toward strengthening trade ties with Asian economies.

Reuters

Sydney news: Former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro to face US trade role inquiry

MORNING BRIEFING: Former deputy premier John Barilaro will today appear before the inquiry created to investigate his appointment as NSW's trade commissioner to the Americas.

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John Barilaro's New York job put on 'separate path' to others, inquiry hears

Investment NSW CEO Amy Brown has been grilled for a second time at a parliamentary inquiry into the appointment of Mr Barilaro as the state's senior trade and investment commissioner to the Americas.

ABC News

Ferrari earnings up 22% on surging deliveries to Americas

Luxury Italian automaker Ferrari is raising its forecast for the year after reporting a 22% increase in second-quarter earnings as sales in the Americas surged

The Independent UK

Spain, Brazil report first monkeypox deaths outside Africa

About 70 percent of cases in the outbreak that began in May have been found in Europe and 25 percent in the Americas.

Al Jazeera

Bentley just made more profit in six months than it did in the whole of 2021

Sales increased in the UK, Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific but fell in China and the Middle East

Birmingham Post

Monkeypox cases in the Americas reach 5,300; US, Canada, Brazil most affected -PAHO

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday that nearly 5,300 monkeypox cases have so far been reported across 18 countries and territories in the Americas, with the majority in the United States, Canada and Brazil.

Reuters

Why declaring monkeypox a global health emergency is a preventative step -- not a reason for panic

Countries that are members of the United Nations are obligated to report cases of unusual diseases that have the potential to become global health threats. In May 2022, more than a dozen countries in Europe, the Americas and other regions of the world that had never before had cases of…

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In Brazil, Biden's defense chief says militaries must be under civilian control

U.S. President Joe Biden's defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, on Tuesday stressed the need for militaries to be under firm civilian control at an Americas-wide defense gathering in Brazil, where military loyalty to the Constitution has become a central issue ahead of the Oct. 2 presidential election.

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Disease experts and historians can’t agree on when syphilis came to Europe

Opinion: The theory syphilis came to Europe from the Americas is wrong, according to ongoing research by paleopathologists, scientists who study skeletal remains for evidence of disease.

The Independent UK

Pope's Indigenous tour signals a rethink of mission legacy

Pope Francis’ trip to Canada to apologize for the horrors of church-run Indigenous residential schools marks a radical rethink of the Catholic Church’s missionary legacy in the Americas

Newcastle Herald

'Job for when I get the f*** out of this place': Barilaro staffer's evidence

Mark Connell, who was working for the former deputy premier when he was trade minister, submitted the statement to a parliamentary inquiry into Mr Barilaro's appointment as trade commissioner to the Americas.

Reuters

COVID cases down in Americas but Omicron subvariants driving new infections -PAHO

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on Wednesday warned of the growing number of COVID-19 cases caused by the highly infectious BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants of the coronavirus even as overall cases dipped in the Americas.

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Manuscripts and art support archaeological evidence that syphilis was in Europe long before explorers could have brought it home from the Americas

That the arrival of Europeans in the New World in 1492 led to a massive shift in the ecological landscape has been widely accepted for the past 50 years. Suddenly a trans-Atlantic exchange – maize for wheat, tomatoes for apples, tobacco for horses – meant that plants and animals were…

Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO: COVID-19 Cases Rising Nearly Everywhere in the World

The number of new coronavirus cases rose by 18% in the last week, with more than 4.1 million cases reported globally, according to the World Health Organization. The UN health agency said in its latest weekly report on the pandemic that the worldwide number of deaths remained relatively similar to…

ABC News

John Barilaro withdraws from $500,000 New York trade job

Former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro withdraws from his role as the state's Trade Commissioner to the Americas, describing his position as "untenable".

Benzinga

McCormick Q2 Earnings Miss Street View; Cuts FY22 EPS Forecast

McCormick & Co Inc (NYSE:MKC) reported a second-quarter FY22 sales decline of 1.3% year-on-year to $1.54 billion, missing the consensus of $1.61 billion. Flavor solutions segment sales increased 10%, driven by the Americas and EMEA regions. Consumer segment sales declined 8%, reflecting lower volume and product mix. Gross profit was $523 million, with…

Benzinga

Steelcase Shares Surge On Solid Q1 Results, Clocks 33% Revenue Growth

Steelcase Inc. (NYSE:SCS) reported first-quarter revenue growth of 33% year-over-year to $740.70 million, +35% on an organic basis, beating the consensus of $690.94 million. Adjusted EPS was $(0.05), beating the consensus of $(0.18). Revenue by segments: Americas $520.8 million (+38% Y/Y), EMEA $156.4 million (+27% Y/Y) and Others $63.5 million (+12% Y/Y). The…

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John Barilaro received plum New York trade job after senior public servant had already been offered it

Gladys Berejiklian told Jenny West she had the job in August but that offer was later rescinded and the role readvertised

ABC News

Emails show applicants for John Barilaro's new US trade commissioner job were shortlisted before it was readvertised

Documents show candidates for the New York-based job, worth up to $600,000 annually, were shortlisted in April last year and that appointments were meant to go to cabinet.

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