Three dead in suspected hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship
Three of six passengers ill from a suspected rodent-transmitted virus have died, and one is in intensive care, WHO says.

Three of six passengers ill from a suspected rodent-transmitted virus have died, and one is in intensive care, WHO says.


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Peru’s public prosecutor says many of their citizens are victims of deception, lured by the promise of jobs.









The long-awaited deal creates one of the world’s largest free trade areas with 720m potential consumers.
From Hormuz to Panama, the South China Sea to the Black Sea, geopolitics is rewriting the rules of global shipping.
As US-UK relations nosedive, questions are mounting over whether Trump might shift Washington’s position on the islands.
American Airlines has resumed flights as Donald Trump moves to rebuild ties following the abduction of Nicolas Maduro.

The first direct US-Venezuela commercial flight in seven years departed Miami for Caracas on Thursday.
US prosecutors unsealed an indictment charging Ruben Rocha and nine others over alleged Sinaloa cartel links.
Rising tensions over Panama Canal prompt US-China showdown in global shipping power struggle.
Reporters Without Borders warns that ‘journalism is increasingly criminalised worldwide’.