BBC- Brazil’s judicial authorities have ordered the arrest of top public officials after rioters stormed key government buildings in Brasília. One official, the former commander of the military police, has been arrested, local media reported. The officials also include Brasília’s former public security chief Anderson Torres and others “responsible for acts and omissions” leading to […]

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© AP The XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant is raising concerns of a potential surge in COVID-19 cases as it sweeps across the Northeast. Officials have warned in recent weeks that the strain is highly transmissible, can more easily evade the immunity offered by vaccines or prior infections than past variants and is likely to drive cases […]

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By CMC News The grandmother of a six-year-old child shot and killed on Sunday has appealed to gunmen to “leave the children alone” as police reported 12 murders in Trinidad and Tobago since the start of the year. Last year, the country recorded 605 killings. Police said Kylie Maloney was gunned down at her Sangre […]

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Hello! Trump executive Weisselberg prepares for jail on Rikers Island, Brazil’s Bolsonaro is in a Florida hospital, and U.S. banks are getting ready for shrinking profits   by Linda Noakes   World News A resident of Soledar waits in temporary sleeping accommodation before being transported to an evacuation train in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, January 8, 2023. […]

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SIMPSON BAY–Three years after the Simpson Bay bridge operator’s booth was knocked into the water by a superyacht entering Simpson Bay Lagoon with a hatch left open, the new bridge attendant’s booth was damaged by another mega-yacht on Sunday afternoon. The 43.4m mega-yacht was going through the Simpson Bay bridge after the bridge opened at […]

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FL Gov. Ron DeSantis mobilized Florida’s National Guard Associated Press The U.S. Coast Guard repatriated 273 migrants to Matanzas, Cuba, over the weekend following interdictions off the Florida Keys. While more than 4,400 migrants from Cuba and Haiti have made their way by boat to the state since August, more than 700 migrants arrived in […]

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By Mica Rosenberg Jan 8 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden is visiting the U.S.-Mexico border for the first time since he took office in January 2021 on Sunday, ahead of a visit to Mexico and after announcing new measures to reduce border crossings. What is happening at the U.S.-Mexico border now and why are […]

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PORT OF SPAIN, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Trinidad and Tobago received a total of 16 bids for exploring and developing oil and natural gas at eight onshore blocks in its most recent bidding round, the country’s Energy Ministry said on Monday. Trinidad in recent years has redoubled efforts to lure foreign investors to its energy […]

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By Dave Graham and Jarrett Renshaw MEXICO CITY, Jan 9 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and his Mexican counterpart discussed stronger economic ties, fighting the illegal drug trade, and approaches to curbing illegal migration at a meeting in Mexico City on Monday, the White House said in a statement. Biden and Mexican President Andres […]

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By Katy Watson in São Paulo & Yaroslav Lukov in London BBC News Tens of thousands of people in Brazil have held pro-democracy rallies, in an angry response to the storming of Congress by ex-President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters. In the country’s largest city of São Paulo, crowds chanted that Mr Bolsonaro must go to prison. […]

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