By Santana Salmon The United States government says its decision to construct a new embassy building in Trinidad and Tobago “is a powerful indicator of the longstanding, robust relationship” between the two countries. Media reports on Wednesday said Washington had bought the sprawling Trinidad Country Club on the outskirts of the capital, to facilitate the […]
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By Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – Criminal violence in Haiti worsened this week. with fighting among gangs in part of the capital chasing thousands from their homes and killing at least 20 people, including children. Haiti’s Civil Protection Agency said the fighting began Sunday in four neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince, north of the international airport. […]
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Nadine White Race Correspondent Independent Saint Kitts and Nevis has become the latest Caribbean nation to indicate it wants to part ways with the British monarchy and become a republic – just as Prince Edward and his wife Sophie end a tour of the region in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Shawn Richards, […]
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By Jake Spring SAO PAULO, April 28 (Reuters) – The world lost an area of forest the size of the U.S. state of Wyoming last year, as wildfires in Russia set all-time records and Brazilian deforestation of the Amazon remains high, a global forest monitoring project report said on Thursday. Global Forest Watch, which […]
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WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) – Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government are likely to be excluded from the U.S.-hosted Summit of the Americas to be held in June in Los Angeles, a senior State Department official said on Wednesday. “They are unlikely to be there,” U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Brian Nichols told […]
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A teenager has been left with facial injuries after he was attacked by a group of men in Melbourne's west earlier this week.
The 14-year-old was allegedly assaulted at a shopping centre in Caroline Springs at 6pm on Tuesday.
Police said they are investigating the incident.
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His mother said the boy was left traumatised by the attack.
"This was disgusting," she said.
"I want these people held accountable, this was violent, this was vicious.
"They threw him around like he was a rag doll and like he was a soccer ball."
Police say the boy suffered minor injuries.
"The exact circumstances surrounding the incident are yet to be determined and investigations are ongoing," a police spokesperson said.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or make a report online at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au.
CARACAS, April 27 (Reuters) – Judges on Venezuela’s Supreme Justice Tribunal on Wednesday named Gladys Gutierrez – who is under sanction by the United States – as the court’s new president. Gutierrez is one of 20 judges that Venezuela’s ruling-party controlled National Assembly appointed to the South American country’s top court earlier this week. read […]
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A senior detective has denied falsely prosecuting Bill Spedding for child sex charges while he was under investigation over the disappearance of William Tyrrell.
The washing machine repairman is suing the state for malicious prosecution, wrongful imprisonment, misfeasance in public office and collateral abuse of process.
The grandfather was arrested in 2015 for unrelated child sex offences from 28 years earlier, but which were thrown out at trial.
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Mr Spedding claims the failed case was punishment from police, who believed he had abducted the toddler.
Today Detective Sergeant Sam Brennan was called to the stand to explain his investigation, which he says came from a tip-off.
He couldn't recall many of the issues raised, however he acknowledged his colleagues looked into the allegations against Mr Spedding from the 1980s and never took action.
"I suggest to you that when you charged Bill Spedding you did not honestly believe in the case, did you?" Mr Spedding's barrister Adrian Canceri asked Detective Sergeant Brennan.
"Nothing could be further from the truth," the officer responded.
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Mr Spedding, now 70, described the pursuit of him as malicious, however the state said it was careful and professional, arguing passionate officers were just trying to do their job.
"This wasn't something police unearthed, they didn't create something out of nothing," Adrian Williams, barrister for the State of NSW, said today.
Former detective Gary Jubelin, who once led the William Tyrrell probe, will also be grilled over his role.
The soaring cost of petrol is causing some New South Wales motorists to drive away from servos without paying but experts warn it's all of us who will face the consequences.
As petrol prices have climbed over the past three months, there has been a 20 per cent increase in petrol theft.
This costs the industry $6.5 million a month.
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"Clearly some people are struggling and tending to feel the best way to manage is to steal fuel," CEO of Australasian Convenience and Petroleum Marketers Association Mark McKenzie said.
"It's unfortunate but it's a fact of life too."
Some of the unlucky service stations include Condell Park, Colyton and Wollongong.
NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research data has shown with every 10 cent increase in petrol prices there will be an extra 100 runaway drivers reported each month.
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To stop the thieves, service stations are implementing number plate scanning technology to keep a close eye on repeat offenders.
For those who keep stealing, the service stations can request payment upfront or refuse service.
To offset the missing money, businesses are forced to hike up their prices leaving more of us out of pocket.
For every tank that doesn't get paid for, it takes 60 others to offset that loss.
"If people don't pay the money back they get charged with more harsh charges so it's in their interest to pay it back," Evan Hansimikili from Budget Petrol said.
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Individual businesses are also able to chase money that they're owed through an online portal.
"It takes time, we get it back in some cases," Mr Hansimikili said.
By Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA, April 27 (Reuters) – Peruvian police said on Wednesday they had evicted an indigenous community that set up a camp inside a huge open pit owned by MMG’s Las Bambas copper mine, that had forced the Chinese-owned company to halt operations. Las Bambas, owned by China’s MMG Ltd (1208.HK), supplies […]
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