LIMA, March 16 (Reuters) – Eight people have been rescued and at least 15 are missing after a major landslide in Peru, the government said on Wednesday, with police and fire brigades continuing their search in the hope of finding more survivors. The landslide occurred on Tuesday in the La Libertad region in northern Peru. […]
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Guatemala’s Congress has shelved a law which would have prohibited same-sex marriage and raised the prison sentences for women seeking abortion. It had been approved by an overwhelming majority of lawmakers just last week. The U-turn came after Guatemala’s President, Alejandro Giammattei, threatened to veto the law. President Giammattei said it violated Guatemala’s constitution and […]
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BBC- Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori have been reunited with their families in the UK after years of detention in Iran. The British-Iranian nationals were met by their loved ones at RAF Brize Norton in the early hours of Thursday. Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s seven-year-old daughter Gabriella rushed to hug her mother, who she had not seen […]
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BBC- More than 100 people who took part in rare anti-government protests in Cuba in July have been sentenced to lengthy jail terms of between six and 30 years. Out of the 129 defendants, only one was acquitted, with the remaining being found guilty of sedition and theft. Thousands of Cubans took part in the […]
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WHO: WEEKLY COVID-19 DEATHS DOWN The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the number of new coronavirus deaths declined by 17 percent over the last week, though cases of the virus continue to climb. WHO’s weekly report, which was released on Tuesday, revealed that in the last week over 11 million new COVID-19 infections were […]
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NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (March 16, 2022) — The Department of Agriculture will stage its annual Agriculture Open Day on March 24-25 under the patronage of Mr. John Parris after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The theme will be “Fostering economic growth through innovation.” Mr. Steve Reid, Chief Extension Officer at the department […]
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By Morgan Chalfant and Laura Kelly – © Getty Images/Pool Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday implored the U.S. and its allies to “close the sky over Ukraine,” invoking Pearl Harbor and 9/11 and showing graphic images of the destruction and death wrought by Russia’s attack on Ukraine. “Right now, the destiny of our country […]
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Trending | Russia-Ukraine | View in Browser March 16, 2022 Today’s Headlines Russian forces try to crush Ukraine defenses amid diplomacy KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s military forces blasted Ukraine’s capital region and other major cities Wednesday as they tried to crush a Ukrainian defense that has frustrated their progress nearly…Read More Zelenskyy center stage: […]
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Kidnappings in Haiti increased 180% in the past year, with 655 of them reported to police — though authorities believe the actual number is much higher By Evens Sanon Thousands of doctors, nurses and other health professionals across Haiti have gone on strike to protest a spike in gang-related kidnappings as supporters burned tires […]
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By Sophie Barnett LBC @sophhbarnett The ban on same-sex marriages in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands has been upheld as constitutional, judges in the UK have ruled. Activists supporting same-sex marriages in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda received a heavy blow after the UK’s Privy Council sided with the government of Bermuda. The Privy Council, […]
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