Hundreds of children in Haiti are taking refuge at a high school in the capital Port-au-Prince after escaping gang violence that has claimed hundreds of lives this month. Toddlers to teenagers are sleeping in classrooms at the prestigious Institution Saint-Louis de Gonzague. A severe wave of violence erupted between two rival gangs in the Cité […]
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BBC- At least 17 people from Haiti have died in a boat accident off the coast of The Bahamas, the government has said. Bahamian PM Philip Davis said it is thought those on board were travelling from Haiti to Miami, Florida in the US. Police in The Bahamas said the boat capsized more than 11 […]
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The US Coast Guard and other partner agencies intercepted the sailboat after it had run aground on Thursday Migrants were transferred from the ‘overloaded and unsafe sailing vessel’ to the Coast Guard cutter crews By Rachael Bunyan For Mailonline The U.S. Coast Guard averted what may have been a disaster when it intercepted a […]
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The Reuters Daily Briefing Friday, July 22, 2022 by Linda Noakes Hello Here’s what you need to know. Ukraine and Russia are set to sign a deal to reopen grain export ports, cracks appear in Trump’s standing among Republicans, and New Zealand’s COVID death rate hits record levels Today’s biggest stories A never-before-seen video of […]
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By Sheri-Kae McLeod CNW- Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, says the implementation of a regional visa regime among CARICOM nations has huge economic potential for tourism recovery and development in the region. “A regional visa regime is something that we’ve been talking about. I think if we are to build Caribbean tourism, then we […]
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)— Ninety-five per cent of monkeypox cases have been transmitted through sexual activity, according to the largest study to date, which also noted new clinical signs such as single genital lesions. The research, published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Thursday, came as World Health Organization experts debated whether to […]
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(CNN) Former Brazilian president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, widely known as Lula, is now officially standing as the Brazilian Workers’ Party (PT) presidential candidate, the party announced Thursday. Brazil’s presidential elections are scheduled for October 2, when Lula is expected to face off against current President Jair Bolsonaro. His bid for the presidency had […]
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By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Havana, Cuba (CNN)For Cubans, the heat is on and the power could go out any moment.Enduring broiling-hot summer temperatures and a short-circuiting electrical grid has long been part of life in Cuba but now the island is dealing with severe fuel shortages, failing power plants and widespread blackouts that are […]
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By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA, July 21 (Reuters) – Colombia’s top criminal gangs, who are linked to producing and trafficking cocaine, on Thursday proposed a ceasefire to the incoming government of leftist Gustavo Petro as a starting point to peace talks, six groups said in a statement. The groups, which are spread throughout Colombia, […]
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