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FTSE 100 Live 27 January: Pubs set for £300m support, Dr Martens and Evoke slump

The Chancellor is set to unveil a £300 million support package for pubs after they warned budget tax changes could lead to mass closures, job cuts and price rises.

Evening Standard

What Trump is forgetting: American nations have a long history of open borders

The US cites the ‘wisdom’ of historical immigration policy. But nation states in the Americas have spent more time with open borders than closed

The Guardian - US

Early American settlers may have come from Japan: Study

Archaeologists have spent decades debating how and when people first entered the Americas. The outlines are familiar, but the details keep shifting. A growing body of evidence now suggests that the earliest populations arrived earlier than once believed and brought with them a shared way of making stone tools. This…

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Golden Gloves VR Launches Today on Meta Quest

Golden Gloves VR is now available on the Meta Quest Store for $14.99, marking a big step forward for boxing and competitive gaming. It becomes the first officially sanctioned esports platform connected to USA Boxing and the Pan American Boxing Confederation, covering more than 30 countries across the Americas and…

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5,500-year-old human skeleton discovered in Colombia holds the oldest evidence yet that syphilis came from the Americas

An ancient DNA analysis of a 5,500-year-old human skeleton reveals that an ancestor of the bacterium that causes syphilis was present in the Americas at least 3,000 years earlier than previously thought.

LiveScience

19th-century plan for a slaving empire based in US deep south and Caribbean resonates with Trump’s foreign policy today

One year into his second term of office, Donald Trump’s foreign policy aspirations have led him to variously lay claim to Canada, the Panama Canal and, most contentiously at present, Greenland. He has kidnapped the head of state of Venezuela, saying that the US can run the country and exploit…

The Conversation

VCT Americas 2026 Kickoff schedule, teams, format, and more

With the new format, every team has three chances to secure a spot at Masters Santiago.

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Millions of Venezuelans scattered across Latin America cautiously watch what comes next

Many of the 8 million Venezuelans scattered across the Americas received the news of their president's capture with caution

The Independent UK

‘There’s this whole other story’: inside the fight to end slavery in the Americas

The Great Resistance, an expansive new book by author and historian Carrie Gibson, brings together often unheard narratives to tell the bigger picture of a difficult time

The Guardian - US

Apongo was a rebel leader in Jamaica – a diary entry sheds light on his west African origins

For over three centuries, between 1526 and 1866, at least 10.5 million Africans were forcibly trafficked to the Americas in the transatlantic slave trade. Over half of them (with known places of departure) left from a 3,000km stretch of the west African coast between what are today Senegal and Gabon.

The Conversation

First-of-its-kind ancient mosaic board game found at Mayan city in Guatemala

Patolli is one of oldest ludo-like strategy board games played in Americas

The Independent UK

The enchanting Caribbean island Americans can visit without a passport

Puerto Rico might be a U.S. territory, but it feels like another world entirely. Here’s your guide for an unforgettable trip

The Independent UK

Asia will get steady growth next year, defying global headwinds, says Mastercard’s chief APAC economist

Asia is contributing more to global growth than the Americas or Europe, says Mastercard's David Mann.

Fortune

“Woke” Social Media User Hilariously Trolled Over Her “Decolonized Christmas”

Christmas dates back to the 4th-century Roman Empire and has since evolved into a multicultural holiday.

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Latin Times

A Deeper Look At Latin America's Transgender Violence Problem

November 20 was International Transgender Remembrance Day, which commemorates the lives of transgender people who have fallen victims to hate crimes. The day is especially poignant in Latin America, where the vast majority of the world's trans murders take place.

International Business Times UK

New UN Femicide Report Shows Which Places Are The Most Dangerous For Women

UN Women study exposes global femicide trends, highlighting urgent need for legal reforms to prevent future killings.

Latin Times

Nobel Laureate Machado Says 'Iran Has Turned Venezuela Into Its Satellite, Operating in the Heart of the Americas'

Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado warned on Wednesday that Iran has transformed Venezuela into its "satellite" in the hemisphere

Benzinga

Johnson Controls Sees Record Orders From Soaring Data Centers

Johnson Controls International plc (NYSE:JCI) shares rose on Wednesday after the company delivered a solid fourth quarter with strong demand in the Americas, helping offset softness in China.

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Sun unleashes 2 colossal X-class solar flares, knocking out radio signals across the Americas and Pacific

The back-to-back eruptions caused radio blackouts across two hemispheres as the active sunspots turn to face Earth.

International Business Times

Smarter Contracts, Shared Impact: WorldCC Launches 2026 Global Summit Series Across EMEA, APAC, and Americas

The upcoming Summits will be held in Berlin (April 20–21), Sydney (August 10–11), and Phoenix (October 5–6), continuing WorldCC's tradition of convening its 80,000-strong membership base across regions.

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This Dividend Stock Yields 4% and Is Going Through a Major Shakeup. Should You Buy It Here or Ditch the Drama?

Molson Coors is cutting jobs and reorganizing under a new CEO to accelerate transformation amid falling beer demand and intensifying competition.

The Guardian - US

Historic town founded by Black Colombians fleeing slavery eyes second ‘independence’

San Basilio de Palenque calls itself ‘the first free Black territory in the Americas’ – a referendum next month could win its own local government

The Guardian - UK

US anti-vax stance to blame for continent-wide surge in measles, say experts

The disease was eliminated across the Americas in 2024, but urgent vaccination drives are now under way as cases rise from Mexico to Bolivia after outbreaks farther north

LiveScience

What if Christopher Columbus had never reached the Americas?

How would history have unfolded if Christopher Columbus had never reached the New World?

LiveScience

Who discovered America?

Christopher Columbus was far from the first person, and not even the first European, to reach the Americas.

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