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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) said on Monday it had fined LATAM Airlines Group SA $1 million after the airline and several affiliates routinely failed to provide timely refunds to passengers for U.S. flights. The department said since March 1, 2020, it received over 750 complaints alleging LATAM, the biggest carrier in Latin America, failed to provide timely refunds after cancelling flights to or from […]

LONDON (Reuters) – The International Boxing Association (IBA) has suspended federations from New Zealand, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden for joining a ‘rogue’ rival organisation, it said on Monday. A group including the United States and Britain announced the establishment of Swiss-registered World Boxing last month in a breakaway aimed at securing the troubled sport’s Olympic future. Its interim executive board features representatives from Germany, Britain, the Netherlands, New Zealand, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s decision to allow allies to train Ukrainian forces on how to operate F-16 fighter jets — and eventually to provide the aircraft themselves — seemed like an abrupt change in position but was in fact one that came after months of internal debate and quiet talks with allies. Biden announced during last week’s Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, Japan, that the U.S. would […]

LIMA (Reuters) -A Peruvian judge ruled on Monday that an investigation into alleged money laundering involving former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski needed to be done again, a short-term victory for one of several embattled former presidents of the country. Prosecutors in early May filed money laundering and criminal organization charges against Kuczynski and asked for 35 years behind bars for the economist and former banker, who took office in July […]

By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil on Monday condemned the “racist attacks” Brazilian soccer player Vinicius Jr has repeatedly suffered in Spain and called on the Spanish government and sports authorities to punish those involved, the foreign ministry said in a statement. The ministry called in Spain’s ambassador on Monday to explain the situation following the latest incident on Sunday when racist insults were hurled at the Black top-scoring […]

(Reuters) -The lights on Rio de Janeiro’s iconic statue of Christ the Redeemer were switched off for an hour on Monday night in a display of solidarity with Vinicius Jr after the Brazil forward was racially abused during a club match in Spain. The lights were turned off at 1800 local time to cap a day when the Brazilian government and the world of football united to condemn the racial […]

(Reuters) -The lights on Rio de Janeiro’s iconic statue of Christ the Redeemer were switched off for an hour on Monday night in a display of solidarity with Vinicius Jr after the Brazil forward was racially abused during a club match in Spain. The lights were turned off at 1800 local time to cap a day when the Brazilian government and the world of football united to condemn the racial […]

(Reuters) – Brazil’s Christ the Redeemer statue switched off its lights on Monday night as a show of solidarity with Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr, who received racial slurs from Valencia fans at the Mestalla stadium on Sunday. The lights of the iconic landmark in Rio de Janeiro, the same state where Vinicius was born, were switched off at 1800 local time for an hour to cap a day where […]

LIMA (Reuters) -A Peruvian judge ruled on Monday that an investigation into alleged money laundering involving former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski needed to be done again, a short-term victory for one of several embattled former presidents of the country. Prosecutors in early May filed money laundering and criminal organization charges against Kuczynski and asked for 35 years behind bars for the economist and former banker, who took office in July […]