KINGSTON, March 7 (Reuters) – Jamaica’s Supreme Court convicted a well-known crime boss on Tuesday in a landmark trial, marking a win for the Caribbean island’s recently reformed anti-gang laws. Andre “Blackman” Bryan was found guilty of leading the One Don faction of the Klansman gang, which persecuted a community on the outskirts of Kingston, […]
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By Molly Cone TORONTO, March 7 (Reuters) – Canada has expunged historic indecency and anti-abortion laws targeting women and the LGBTQ community, the government said on Tuesday, in a criminal justice system reform that will allow people convicted under such offences to clear their records. The repealed laws had targeted women and lesbian, gay, bisexual, […]
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RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA, March 7 (Reuters) – A criminal probe into former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s alleged efforts to illegally bring $3.2 million of jewelry into the country could further delay his return from the United States, sources tied to Bolsonaro told Reuters on Tuesday. Justice Minister Flavio Dino on Monday ordered police to investigate […]
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SAO PAULO, March 7 (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal police said on Tuesday they were carrying out new raids as part of a probe into the Jan. 8 riots in Brasilia, in which supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings. They were serving three arrest warrants and eight search and seizure warrants in the […]
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By Madeline Halpert & Will Grant, Mexico correspondent BBC News Two of the four Americans kidnapped at gunpoint in Mexico last week are dead and two are alive and now back in the US, Mexican and US officials say. Four US citizens were kidnapped by armed men on 3 March while driving into the city […]
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By Indy Almroth-Wright & Ben Moore BBC News The mother of a woman who vanished from her boyfriend’s catamaran in the Caribbean two years ago says she believes her daughter is dead. Sarm Heslop was last seen as she left a bar on St John in the US Virgin Islands with Ryan Bane on 7 […]
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Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 06, 2023 (RSCNPF): The Police are investigating a traffic accident that took place at the Southeast Peninsula in which persons were injured. The accident occurred sometime after 2 p.m. on March 05, 2023. It involved motor car PA1499 which is owned by Adrian Tuckett of St. Peters and was being driven by Makevon Williams of Wades Garden and Motorcycle R106 owned by […]
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By CMC News The Department of Immigration says it is working with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to repatriate “as quickly as possible” more than 100 Haitians who were rescued in the Bahamas on Sunday. In a statement, the Ministry of Immigration said that on Friday, an overloaded boat with several migrants had been spotted […]
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By CMC News President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Ilan Goldfajn, has called for a renewed effort to overcome the historic plagues of poverty and inequality, increasing productivity and accelerating growth. Goldfajn, who is on his first visit here since his election to the top post late last year, told the X1 annual consultation […]
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March 07, 2023 The AP Wire US sees China propaganda efforts becoming more like Russia’s WASHINGTON (AP) — China has long been seen by the U.S. as a prolific source of anti-American propaganda but less aggressive in its influence operations than Russia, which has…Read More China minister lashes out at US in first news conference […]
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