By Micaiah Morgan Haiti’s National Police said it is investigating the recent slaying of three officers that it blamed on gang members. The agency said Wednesday that a gang called “Ti Makak,” which means Little Macaques, killed the officers on Tuesday in Laboule, a largely gated community located just south of Port-au-Prince. It is also […]
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Tropical Storm Fiona is heading for the Caribbean islands, prompting storm warnings and carrying the threat of flooding rains and mudslides this weekend. Fiona’s top winds have so far reached 80 kph and could rise to more than 100 as it makes its way through the Caribbean, the US National Hurricane Centre said. It is […]
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Mexico City (CNN)Mexico has arrested retired army general José Rodríguez Pérez in relation to the bloody disappearance of 43 students in the city of Iguala, nearly eight years ago. Deputy secretary of security Ricardo Mejía announced the news on Thursday, referring to Rodríguez only as “the commander of the 27th Infantry Battalion when the events […]
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HOUSTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) – A cargo of Russia’s crude oil was heading to Cuba on Thursday, the latest import of Russian oil under sanctions by the Caribbean nation, which has an energy crisis. The Liberia-flagged tanker Kazan loaded about 700,000 barrels of Russia’s Urals crude at the Baltic port of Primorsk last week and […]
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MEXICO CITY, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Latin America and the Caribbean face multiple and increasingly frequent risks from a changing climate, ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service said on Thursday, with the risks highest for the region’s energy and extractive sectors. The dangers include sea level rise, unprecedented fires, droughts, floods and extreme weather, “with dangers […]
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By Jonathan Allen and Ted Hesson MARTHA’S VINEYARD, Mass., Sept 15 (Reuters) – Some migrants who were flown to the wealthy island of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, said on Thursday they were duped about their destination, and Democratic leaders called for a probe of the move by Florida’s Republican governor to send them there from Texas. […]
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By Brendan O’Boyle MEXICO CITY, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Mexico has released thousands of prisoners during Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s presidency as part of an effort to free those who have not committed serious crimes or were being held unjustly, authorities said on Thursday. The releases follow a decree by Lopez Obrador in August 2021 […]
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GUATEMALA CITY, Sept 15 (Reuters) – At least nine people died, including two 12-year-old children, in a stampede at a large rock concert in the western Guatemalan city of Quetzaltenango, auth;rities and emergency services said on Thursday. Six people were injured at the outdoor festival in the early hours of Thursday, according to Maria del […]
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Argentina’s Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner – who survived an assassination attempt after a gunman’s weapon jammed – has said she is alive “because of God and the Virgin Mary”. In her first public comments since the 1 September attack in Buenos Aires, she also revealed that Pope Francis called her the very next day […]
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US warned to brace for a difficult flu season © AP Health experts are warning the nation to brace for what could be an exceptionally severe flu season this fall and winter, as more people who have not built up immunity over the last few years mix and mingle. There are two big reasons why […]
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