The AP Wire 2024 race won’t be like 2020. That’s good and bad for Biden As President Joe Biden seeks a second term, he won’t have to depend on glitchy Zoom connections, or deliver remarks in largely vacant theaters with attendees in chairs ringed by circle markings on the floor to ensure enough social distancing. […]
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By Evens Sanon | AP PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Armed with machetes, bottles, and rocks, residents in the hilly suburbs of Haiti’s capital fought back against encroaching gangs Tuesday, a day after a crowd burned 13 suspected gangsters to death in a gruesome outburst of vigilante violence. Tired of relying on an understaffed police department, scores of […]
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JAMAICA OBSERVER- For the first quarter of 2023, Jamaica recorded its lowest murder rate for a first quarter in the last seven years, according to Minister of National Security, Dr Horace Chang. “Since the start of this year and up to April 22, 2023, murders committed in the country have reduced by 17 per cent, […]
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The Cuban authorities have canceled the traditional May 1 parade at the Revolution Square on International Workers’ Day this year. The authorities cited economic problems and a shortage of fuel supplies, General Secretary of the Workers’ Central Union of Cuba Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento said. “First of all, the difficult economic situation facing our country, […]
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By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira LISBON, April 25 (Reuters) – Opponents of Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva condemned his visit on Tuesday to Portugal’s parliament as hypocritical while a rival group of supporters hailed him as the saviour of their nation. On his first visit to Europe since taking office as president, […]
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By David Lawder WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) – Rapid aging of both wealthy and middle-income countries will make their economies increasingly dependent on migration from poorer countries, and the process needs to be better managed, the World Bank said on Tuesday. The bank’s latest World Development Report said that about 184 million people across the […]
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MEXICO CITY, April 25 (Reuters) – Mexican prosecutors on Tuesday formally accused Mexico’s top migration official with unlawful practice in public office, a criminal offense, over a fire at a government detention center that killed 40 migrants, according to Mexican media. Francisco Garduno, head of the National Migration Institute (INM), is the highest-ranking official to […]
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By Daina Beth Solomon MEXICO CITY, April 25 (Reuters) – An impending change in U.S. border policy could put increased pressure on Mexico’s migrant detention system and lead to more reports of rights violations, migrant advocates have warned, in the wake of a fire that killed 40 people. On May 11 the U.S. is […]
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By Luis Jaime Acosta and Oliver Griffin BOGOTA, April 25 (Reuters) – A summit meant to reinvigorate talks between the Venezuelan government of Nicolas Maduro and opposition political parties, attended by representatives from 19 countries and the European Union, produced no concrete results on Tuesday, though a further meeting was planned. The meeting in […]
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BOGOTA, April 25 (Reuters) – Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has asked his cabinet ministers to resign ahead of a reshuffle, two sources told Reuters late on Tuesday, as the leftist leader said he had lost his majority coalition in Congress. Petro’s decision followed upset in Colombia’s House of Representatives after a debate on the president’s […]
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