By Jude Sheerin BBC, Washington Ex-US President Donald Trump watched last year’s Capitol riot on TV at the White House, ignoring his children and aides who “begged him” to rebuke the mob, a congressional inquiry has heard. “He chose not to act,” said Adam Kinzinger, one of two Republicans on the Democratic-led committee. The […]
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BBC- Police in Brazil say 18 people have been killed during a raid against a criminal gang that controls one of Rio de Janeiro’s most violent favelas. Four hundred heavily-armed military police were deployed to the Alemão favela in the early hours of Thursday. Sixteen of the dead were suspected criminals, while a police officer […]
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Biden experiencing ‘very mild symptoms’ after testing positive for COVID-19 by Morgan Chalfant The Hill President Biden tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday and is experiencing mild symptoms, the White House announced in a statement. The president, who is 79 years old, is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, but the development is certain to trigger […]
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BySantana Salmon New York City Mayor, Eric Adams, is calling for United States federal resources to assist with arriving asylum seekers in New York City after New York experienced a sharp increase in asylum seekers from Latin America, the Caribbean, and other regions. Adams said New York City is working with the federal government to […]
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by Anna-Lisa Paul T&T Guardian This country has remained on the Tier 2 Watch List for trafficking in persons for a second consecutive year, and there are concerns that if immediate measures are not taken to improve this urgently, T&T could find itself being blacklisted by the US. On Tuesday, the US Department of State […]
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Trending | View in Browser July 21, 2022 Here is today’s selection of top stories from The Associated Press at this hour to begin your day. Today’s Headlines Jan. 6 panel probes Trump’s 187 minutes as Capitol attacked WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee will hold its final hearing of the summer the […]
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July 20 (Reuters) – A U.S. grand jury on Wednesday indicted four men including the suspected driver in connection with the death of 53 migrants amid the sweltering heat during a smuggling attempt last month in Texas, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday. Dozens of migrants were packed into the back of a tractor-trailer that was […]
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PANAMA CITY, July 20 (Reuters) – Hundreds of people took to the streets of Panama on Wednesday to protest the government’s failed efforts to stem the rising cost of living, among other demands. Across the Central American nation protesters blocked roads and stopped trucks from delivering food, a pressure tactic that has been increasingly used […]
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NASSAU, July 20 (Reuters) – A vessel delivering diesel to The Bahamas resort island of Great Exuma spilled around 35,000 gallons of the fuel early on Wednesday, according to the country’s acting prime minister. “I am … advised that all of the agencies of government are deployed to mitigate the matter,” said Chester Cooper, who […]
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By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News El Salvador’s government has extended a controversial state of emergency by another month for a fourth time. The special measures were declared in March to combat rampant gang violence. Since then, 46,000 people have been arrested on suspicion of belonging to gangs in the country of 6.5m people. Human rights […]
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