By Nelson Acosta HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Rolling blackouts will resume in Cuba and last until May, the Minister of Energy and Mines said, while the country overhauls decades-old oil-fired power plants ahead of the energy-intense summer season. They will last three hours on average, Vicente de la O Levy said late on […]
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LIMA, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Peru’s Congress passed a constitutional complaint on Friday against ousted former President Pedro Castillo for alleged corruption, a step towards a formal judicial charge. Castillo has been held in pre-trial detention in Lima since his abrupt Dec. 7 ouster and arrest after he tried to illegally shutter Congress to avoid […]
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By Ank Kuipers PARAMARIBO, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Dozens of protesters forced their way into Suriname’s parliament as hundreds more rampaged through the capital Paramaribo on Friday, clashing with police as demonstrations against the government descended into chaos. Thousands took to the streets in initially peaceful demonstrations against government austerity measures, including the elimination of […]
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PANAMA CITY, Feb 17 (Reuters) – A substantial hike in children crossing the Darien jungle – linking Panama with Colombia – is expected this year, the United Nations said on Friday, amid a surge in migrants making the dangerous journey to reach the United States. By the end of 2023, more than 300,000 migrants are […]
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A general view of a burnt area in Menque, Chile, February 12, 2023. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado Feb 18 (Reuters) – New and reactivated wildfires in south-central Chile are causing great concern in populated areas, the country’s Interior Ministry Carolina Toha said on Saturday, as some have destroyed buildings and left at least three people severely injured. […]
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By Kelly Kasulis Cho WASHINGTON POST More than 46,400 people have died across Syria and Turkey since the earthquakes nearly two weeks ago, officials said. In the final days of search-and-rescue operations, emergency workers have managed to extract a handful of people from the rubble alive. Yunus Sezer, head of Turkey’s AFAD disaster management agency, said Saturday […]
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By Phelan Chatterjee BBC News Authorities in the Brazilian state of São Paulo say at least 36 people have been killed in heavy flooding and landslides, forcing some cities to cancel annual Carnival celebrations. Video showed neighbourhoods under water, flooded motorways and debris left after houses were swept away. Rescue teams have been struggling […]
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By Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States and the Organization of American States. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto. The views expressed are entirely his own) Rape, […]
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The AP Wire Advancing the Power of Facts Ukrainian refugees safe, but not at peace, after year of war WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Months after Russian forces occupied the region of Kherson in eastern Ukraine last year, they started paying visits to the home of a Ukrainian woman and…Read More Tank plant in small Ohio […]
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