International Customs

ALEXANDRIA BAY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers encountered Samuel Jones, a U.S. citizen, attempting to cross the border with...

Jamaica: Carreras Ltd. makes higher profit despite huge tax

KINGSTON: Carreras Limited, the large cigarette distributor, made higher net profit for its June first-quarter 2015 despite an increase in...

Former Niger Delta militants’ leader asks to increase monthly allowance

ABUJA: Leaders of the now rested Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, has backed the ongoing probe...

US customs seizes 101 pounds of cocaine at World Trade Bridge

LAREDO: More than 100 pounds of cocaine in a tractor-trailer arriving at World Trade Bridge was seized, U.S. Customs and...

Colombia seeks tourist opportunity in Cuba

HAVANA: A mission composed of Colombian companies arrived in Cuba to assess the tourism situation on the island in view...

Cuba rescues land for sugar cane production

CIEGO DE AVILA: Lands that were covered by marabou for some fifteen years in the municipality of Chambas were rescued...

Mexico’s San Quintín salary dispute bursts again

MEXICO CITY: The struggle by San Quintín farmworkers for a better salary and better working conditions seemed all but settled...

2 men plead guilty to smuggling 13.61kg of heroin from Mexico

EL CENTRO: Two California men pleaded guilty to using drones to smuggle nearly 30 pounds (13.61 kilograms) of heroin from...

Brazil: Coffee industry invests R$1.7m to grad, sort raw beans

RIO DE JANEIRO: The coffee industry in the state of Rio de Janeiro is looking to reestablish itself as a...

Guyana police arrest Tucville couple for unlicensed gun, illicit drugs

GEORGETOWN: Police arrested 30-year-old Deon Richards and his wife of Tucville Squatting Area in Georgetown on the night of Thursday,...

Guyana funding of GuySuCo hinges on findings of CoI into operations

GEORGETOWN: The findings of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the operations of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) will determine...

Chinese carmaker likely to expand auto assembly in Venezuela

CARACAS: As decreased production makes new cars virtually impossible to buy in Venezuela, government officials are hoping Chinese automaker Chery...

Venezuela provides 1.4 million ounces of gold in exchange for $1b

CARACAS: Venezuelan government has negotiated a deal with Citigroup to swap a portion of its gold reserves for $1 billion...

Chinese firm supplies 1.1 megawatts’ of solar panels in Venezuela

CARACAS: Chinese photovoltaic manufacturer Yingli Green Energy announced that it supplied 1.1 megawatts’ worth of solar panels for a solar...

Finnair’s loss decreases by 41.3m from January to June

HELSINKI: National flag carrier Finnair operating loss from January and June decreased by 41.3 million euros compared to 53.9 million...

Finland wants a new tax agreement with Portugal

HELSINKI: The tax arrangement between Finland and Portugal could be terminated if a consensus is not reached on its amendment,...

Greece’s euro partners approve $29b in new loans

ATHENS: Finance ministers of the 19-nation euro single currency group on Friday approved the first 26 billion euros ($29 billion)...

Migrants from Turkey flood into Greece: Customs

ATHENS: Greece's Customs data shows that Migrants on a Turkish beach scuffled over places on one inflatable dinghy and frantically...

Hungary GDP growth slows over forecast in 2Q on Agriculture

BUDAPEST: Hungary’s economy grew less than forecast by analysts as a drop in agricultural output pushed the pace of expansion...

Chevron takes two TEN suezmaxes on two-year timecharters