By Anna-Catherine Brigida and Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentines are expected to eat the most beef in five years in 2023, extending the country’s reign as the No. 1 steak con[...]
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U.S. screens highest number of air passengers since 2019
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Transportation Security Administration screened 2.658 million passengers on Thursday, the highest number since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, as[...]
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Cuba says no quick fix as economic crisis drags on
HAVANA (Reuters) – There is no quick fix for Cuba’s sputtering economy, its economy minister said on Thursday, as inflation, fuel shortages, plunging farm production and a cash crunch drag[...]
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Spain’s mass tourism in candidates’ crosshairs in election year
By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) – Scrawled across Barcelona’s opera house, along the city’s renowned La Rambla boulevard, is expletive-laden graffiti urging tourists to “go ho[...]
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Thai jobless rate lowest in 3 years in Q1 as tourism rebounds
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s unemployment rate hit a three-year low in the first quarter, the state planning agency said on Monday, declining to 1.05% from 1.15% in the last three months[...]
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US imposes sanctions on hundreds of targets in fresh Russia action
By Daphne Psaledakis and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Friday announced sanctions on more than 300 targets as Group of Seven leaders met in Japan, aiming to punish Russia for[...]
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Pent-up demand promises record tourist season for southern Europe
By Giselda Vagnoni ROME (Reuters) – After three years of pandemic travel restrictions and rocketing energy costs, tourism is back with a vengeance to boost the economies of southern Europe as su[...]
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China’s domestic travel recovery marred by anti-spending ‘special forces’
By Casey Hall SHANGHAI (Reuters) – When graduate student Cai Zhishan decided to spend her Labour Day holidays in northern China, she wished she had enough money to hire a car for the more-than 4[...]
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Hong Kong Q1 GDP grew 2.7% y/y, sees tourism, consumption driving recovery this year
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong’s economy grew 2.7% in the first quarter from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, thanks to a strong recovery of inbound tourism and domestic demand[...]
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