Today’s Headlines 1st ship carrying Ukrainian grain leaves the port of Odesa ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain set off from the port of Odesa on Monday under a deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey that is expected…Read More Pelosi lands in Singapore to kick off Asia tour KUALA […]
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BySantana Salmon CNW- United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency said it collaborated with US Coast Guard and other law enforcement partners in rescuing 68 Haitian migrants after smugglers dropped them off near the shores of Mona Island, Puerto Rico. CBP said five other Haitian migrants died during the smuggling event. “Transnational criminal organizations […]
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By Jasper Ward NASSAU, July 29 (Reuters) – Prosecutors in The Bahamas on Friday charged four men with manslaughter after their vessel capsized as it attempted to smugle mostly Haitian migrants into the United States, leaving 17 people dead including children and a pregnant woman. The vessel had some 45 people aboard and was on […]
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By Marc Frank HAVANA, July 30 (Reuters) – The Cuban capital of Havana will begin electricity blackouts in August, has canceled carnival and is taking other measures as the country’s energy crisis worsens, state media reported on Saturday. The capital, home to a fifth of the population of 11.2 million and center of economic […]
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South Australian police are investigating a second case of alleged serious criminal neglect following the death of a seven-year-old boy in February.
According to police, the "very sick" boy, whose name was Makai, was taken to hospital by his father on February 10. He died later that day.
The post-mortem found Makai died from "several serious" health issues.
The death was not initially deemed suspicious, however that changed following evidence obtained from various child protection agencies as part of a standard coronial investigation, as well as the opinion of a paediatric expert.
"(Investigators) formed the view that sufficient grounds existed to commence a criminal investigation for an offence of criminal neglect causing death," Detective Superintendent Des Bray said on Monday afternoon.
Suspected criminal neglect causing death can carry a sentence of life in prison.
"Essentially this offence occurs when a person who has a duty of care to a child fails to take all reasonable steps to protect the child from harm, and the child dies or is harmed as a result of that neglect and the neglect warrants a criminal sanction," Bray said.
Police will also investigate possible criminal neglect offences relating to five of Makai's siblings, aged between seven and 16.
The investigation is the second case of alleged criminal neglect against a child SA Police is looking into at the moment, following the death of six-year-old girl Charlie last month.
The two cases involve different families and are unrelated.
Premier Peter Malinauskas expressed shock about the death of the two children.
"One is shocking, two is desperately heartbreaking for every parent across the state," he said.
"If there are people who fail to do their job and children are paying the price they will e held to account."
Malinauskas announced a government review already investigating the death of Charlie will be expanded, and will now be "wholly independent".
Former police commissioner Mal Hyde will head the review and examine the interaction of every government agency involved with the two children and the families.
"It needs to be led by someone everyone in South Australia has complete confidence to do such a thorough investigation," Malinauskas said.
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It will also examine child protection, including housing authorities, education and the police.
The review will be carried out simultaneously alongside the police investigations.
"What we need to do is make sure there is not a child out there in difficult circumstances vulnerable to losing their life through criminal neglect," Malinauskas said.
MEXICO CITY, July 30 (Reuters) – Mexico deported 126 Venezuelan migrants who did not have proper permission to be in the country, the National Migration Institute (INM) said on Saturday. The 117 men and nine women were not able to prove their legal entry into Mexico, an INM statement said. The migrants were transported from […]
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GUATEMALA CITY, July 30 (Reuters) – Guatemalan military exchanged fire with the passengers of a car as it approached the location of President Alejandro Giammattei’s entourage on Saturday, though the president was elsewhere and was unharmed, an army spokesman said. Military officials stopped the vehicle as it neared a checkpoint guarding the presidential delegation during […]
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A Brazilian woman has spoken of her ordeal of being imprisoned – along with her two children – by her husband for 17 years, local media report. The family was rescued from a house in the Guaratiba neighbourhood, in the west of Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, police said. The husband has been arrested. In […]
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A group of migrants has escaped from a truck abandoned in Mexico, a month after more than 50 people died in similar circumstances in the US. The lorry was heading for the US border but was abandoned by the driver ahead of a checkpoint, paramedics said. People forced a way out of the top of […]
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N By Fenit Nirappil WASH POST A protester in San Francisco urges increased access to monkeypox vaccine July 18. That city’s mayor on July 28 declared a state of emergency because of the growing number of monkeypox cases. (Haven Daley/AP) San Francisco and the state of New York declared public health emergencies Thursday amid […]
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