By Matt Delaney – The Washington Times A vigilante group in Haiti has killed 160 people suspected of gang activity and halted kidnappings on the island since April, a Haitian civil society nonprofit says. The vigilante movement, known as Bwa Kale, formed in late April, according to the Centre d’analyse et de recherche en droits […]
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“This report makes it clear: We must act now to save lives, help people adapt to a changing climate, and ultimately prevent famine,” said the World Food Program chief. “If we don’t, the results will be catastrophic.” Jessica Corbett COMMON DREAMS As El Niño looms and fighting in Sudan rages on, a pair of United […]
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By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR, May 29 (Reuters) – A court in El Salvador sentenced former President Mauricio Funes and his justice minister to more than a decade behind bars for their ties to criminal groups and failure to comply with duties, the attorney general’s office said on Monday. Funes was sentenced to 14 years […]
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By Lisandra Paraguassu and Anthony Boadle BRASILIA, May 30 (Reuters) – South American presidents are gathering in Brasilia on Tuesday for their first summit in almost a decade at the invitation of Brazil’s leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who aims to regain his country’s active role in regional affairs. Ideological divisions undermined a […]
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By Swaminathan Natarajan BBC World Service “I feel very emotional and elated when I find a missing family. It also gives me a sense of accomplishment,” Shamshu Deen says. For the past 25 years, Mr Deen, 76, a resident of Trinidad and Tobago, has been helping families in the Caribbean find long-lost relatives in India. […]
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By Laura Gozzi BBC News US and Mexican authorities are urging the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a public health emergency over a fungal outbreak linked to cosmetic operations in Mexico. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said two people who got surgeries involving epidural anaesthesia have died of meningitis. Almost 400 […]
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By Will Grant in Mexico & Jaroslav Lukiv in London BBC News Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro has visited Brazil for the first time since he was banned by former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in 2019. Mr Maduro was received by the new president, fellow leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, ahead of a summit of […]
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St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN)- Rahsaan Hopkins, 26, of Lower Thibou Avenue, is the Federation’s 12th murder victim of 2023.. According to police, the crime occurred at about 3:51 a.m. on May 27. Hopkins was gunned down on the street at Lower Thibou Avenue, closer to the intersection with the Bay Road. Preliminary Police investigations […]
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By CNW Contributor This year marks the Diamond Jubilee of The University of the West Indies (UWI). As part of its year-long 75th-anniversary celebrations, The UWI is calling on its 87,000 graduates, current students, present and retired staff, friends, and partners scattered across the globe, to share the impact that The UWI has made on […]
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By CMC News A secondary school girl in Guyana, who allegedly caused the death of 19 of her schoolmates when she set the dormitory of the Mahdia Secondary School ablaze last Saturday, will be charged with murder. Head of the Criminal Investigations Department in Guyana Assistant Police Commissioner Wendell Blanhum said the department arrived at […]
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