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• Honduras Beefs Up Borders in Crackdown on Gangs November 27, 2022
  Tegucigalpa, Honduras - Honduras on Sunday sent more than 600 military police officers to its borders with El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua as part of a state of emergency declared against criminal gangs in the Central American nation, police told AFP.The small country has long been plagued by poverty, gangs and violence linked to drug […]
• Experts See Environmental Risk from China's Small Island BRI Efforts November 27, 2022
  Berlin - Investments under China's Belt and Road Initiative can pose environmental risks to small island nations already vulnerable to harm from climate change, an expert told VOA in late November.Despite contributing less to human-caused climate change, the islands are often at the front lines of the some of the most severe impacts: Tuvalu plans […]
• Costa Rica still alive after beating Japan in World Cup (updated) November 27, 2022
  DOHA, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Costa Rica bounced back from a humiliating opening game defeat against Spain to overcome Japan 1-0 at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium on Sunday. Right back Keysher Fuller scored for the Caribbean side in the 81st minute as defender Yoshida Maya's clearance sent the ball to Yeltsin Tejeda, who set up […]