AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
April 23, 2021 GMT
This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press
Photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean. It was curated by AP photojournalist Rebecca Blackwell in Mexico City.
The winner will be announced on Wednesday, June 2, with the prize money split between the winning book’s author and its translator.
British author Lucy Hughes-Hallett, who is chairing the panel of judges, said the list showed that some of the most exciting new writing is going on “in the borderlands” between fiction and other genres, such as history and memoir.
Vuillard’s book is about a real 16th-century German theologian, Ravn’s is set on a spaceship in the 22nd century and Diop’s story of Senegalese soldiers in the First World War is so “wildly imaginative … when I first read it I almost thought I was having a nightmare , Hughes-Hallett said.
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Golden Minerals on Track with 1st Quarter 2021 Gold-Silver Production
Golden Minerals CompanyApril 19, 2021 GMT
GOLDEN, Colo., April 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Golden Minerals Company (NYSE American and TSX: AUMN) (“Golden Minerals”, “Golden” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce first quarter 2021 production results from its Rodeo gold-silver mine in Durango State, Mexico.
1,559 gold equivalent ounces produced in gold-silver doré while ramping up production in the quarter
1,054 gold equivalent ounces of doré sold in the first quarter On track for annual production of 12,000 to 14,000 ounces gold in 2021
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Global Cell Analysis Industry (2020 to 2027) - Key Market Trends and Drivers - ResearchAndMarkets.com
April 16, 2021 GMT
Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the global market for Cell Analysis estimated at US$16.7 Billion in the year 2020, is projected to reach a revised size of US$25.1 Billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 6% over the analysis period 2020-2027.
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Flow Cytometry Products, one of the segments analyzed in the report, is projected to record a 6.6% CAGR and reach US$7.4 Billion by the end of the analysis period. After an early analysis of the business implications of the pandemic and its induced economic crisis, growth in the qPCR Products segment is readjusted to a revised 6.4% CAGR for the next 7-year period.
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Worldwide Skincare Products Industry to 2026 - Escalating Demand For Anti-Aging and Anti-Pollution Ranges - ResearchAndMarkets.com
April 16, 2021 GMT
DUBLIN (BUSINESS WIRE) Apr 16, 2021
The Global Skincare Products Market was valued at USD 140.92 billion in 2020 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.69% during the forecast period 2021 - 2026.
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The COVID-19 pandemic influenced consumers’ spending habits and purchase decisions leading to a slight decline in the market growth by 1.12% in 2020 owing to various governments imposing multiple measures intended to slowdown spread of the COVID-19. Some basic initiatives include social isolation directives, limitations on business opening hours, and travel restrictions. But, the sales of the product through on-line outlet escalated during the pandemic period. For Instance, Zalando, Europe’s fashion and lifestyle e-commerce co