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Global IT outages hit airlines and businesses worldwide [Updated 14:19]

The disruption appears to stem from an issue with cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, industry experts said. Microsoft Windows is among its clients.

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Paradise Papers: « La FSC se penche sur le dossier » selon Sudhir Sesungkur

Le ministre des Services Financiers et de la Bonne Gouvernance, Sudhir Sesungkur, a confirmé ce matin au Mauricien que la Financial Services Commission (FSC), l’autorité régulatrice du secteur des services financiers non bancaires, s’est déjà mis à l’ouvrage pour « étudier la véracité des informations contenues dans le lourd dossier (13,4 millions de documents) des Paradise Papers, en particulier les informations relatives aux activités dans le centre financier mauricien ».

7 years, 6 months ago

Central Mexico earthquake kills more than 140, topples buildings

Rescuers combed through rubble Tuesday after a powerful earthquake killed scores and collapsed buildings in Mexico City and surrounding states on the anniversary of a devastating earthquake decades ago.

7 years, 8 months ago

Venezuela hunts rogue police attacker, Maduro foes smell rat

The Venezuelan government hunted on Wednesday for a rogue policemen who attacked key installations by helicopter, but critics of President Nicolas Maduro suspected the raid may have been manipulated to justify repression.

7 years, 11 months ago

Venezuela's 100-bolivar note withdrawal causes chaos

Venezuela's highest denomination banknote has ceased to be legal tender, in a move that has caused cash chaos and long queues at banks this week.

8 years, 5 months ago

Brazil Chapecoense football team in Colombia air disaster

A plane carrying 81 people, including a top Brazilian football team, has crashed on its approach to the city of Medellin in Colombia.

8 years, 6 months ago

Haiti death toll from Hurricane Matthew passes 1,000

From the air, the path left by the power and fury of Hurricane Matthew is clearly visible. Trees stripped of foliage, scattered like matchsticks on the hilltops. Homes shredded bare, roofs blown away. Around what is left of nearly every house in the hills and on the coastline, personal belongings and debris scattered like confetti.

8 years, 7 months ago

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos

The 2016 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos for his efforts to end his country's long-running civil war with FARC rebels.

8 years, 7 months ago

Marriott buys Starwood, becoming world's largest hotel chain

Marriott International closed Friday morning on its $13 billion acquisition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, bringing together its Marriott, Courtyard and Ritz Carlton brands with Starwood's Sheraton, Westin, W and St. Regis properties.

8 years, 8 months ago

Puerto Rico: Huge blackout after power plant fire

A big fire at a power plant has left 1.5 million people without electricity in the US territory of Puerto Rico.

8 years, 8 months ago

Brazil's Senate ousts Dilma Rousseff in impeachment vote

Brazil's first female president is out of a job, but not barred from the ballot if she wants to run again.

8 years, 9 months ago

Rio 2016 Olympics: US swimmers 'invented robbery story'

US Olympic swimmers in Rio de Janeiro invented a story about a robbery in an effort to disguise a dispute over a damaged petrol station door, police sources have told the BBC.

8 years, 9 months ago

Textile: le Brésil émerge comme un marché d’exportation prometteur

Le secteur du textile explore de nouveaux horizons. Après l’Europe, l’Amérique du Nord et l’Afrique – plus particulièrement l’Afrique du Sud –, c’est l’Amérique latine qui est se présente comme un marché en devenir pour Maurice.

8 years, 10 months ago

Mexico Teacher Protests Buffet Ruling Party, Eight Killed In Clashes

At least eight people were killed in clashes in southern Mexico over the weekend when police and members of a teachers' union faced off in violent confrontations, a senior state official said, piling fresh pressure on the country's embattled ruling party.

8 years, 11 months ago

'Mass Rape' Video On Social Media Shocks Brazil

Brazilian police are hunting more than 30 men suspected of raping a teenage girl in Rio de Janeiro, and of putting video of the attack on social media.

9 years ago

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