By Kate Chappell KINGSTON, Dec 28 (Reuters) – Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness renewed states of emergency in eight parishes on Wednesday to control an ongoing threat of crime linked to gang activity in the Caribbean nation. Holness on Nov. 15 had announced regional states of emergency, which allow authorities to search buildings and […]
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By Ted Hesson and Mica Rosenberg WASHINGTON, Dec 28 (Reuters) – The Biden administration is planning to use pandemic-era restrictions to expel many Cuban, Nicaraguan and Haitian migrants caught at the southwest border back to Mexico, while simultaneously allowing some to enter the United States by air on humanitarian grounds, according to three U.S. officials […]
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By Daniel Ramos and Adam Jourdan LA PAZ/SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia, Dec 28 (Reuters) – Bolivian police on Wednesday detained prominent opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho on charges of “terrorism”, significantly escalating tensions between the national government and Camacho’s base in the Santa Cruz region. Bolivia’s state attorney’s office confirmed the detention of 43-year-old Camacho, a […]
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Image source, Twitter/@disangermano The fisherman was found on a signal buoy two days after he had fallen from board his boat By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News A missing fisherman who had fallen from his boat off the coast of Brazil was found clinging to a signal buoy. David Soares, 43, was rescued by a fellow […]
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AP TOP NEWS Vatican says health of retired pope Benedict XVI ‘worsening’ By FRANCES D’EMILIOan hour ago VATICAN CITY (AP) — The health of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has worsened due to his age, and doctors are constantly monitoring the 95-year-old’s condition, the Vatican said Wednesday. Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said Pope Francis, who asked […]
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By Micaiah Morgan Five Jamaican men are in custody after a firearm and several rounds of ammunition were seized on Monday after a motor vehicle was stopped at a vehicular checkpoint. Their identities are being withheld as investigations are ongoing. The incident occurred at the intersection of Spanish Town and West Roads in Kingston 12. […]
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LONDON, CMC –The London-based Death Penalty Project is urging Guyana to declare the death penalty unconstitutional. The organisation made the call after the Court of Appeal in Guyana on Thursday overturned three death sentences and replaced them with life sentences, but declined to strike down the death penalty as unconstitutional. In a statement regarding its […]
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By Benson Toti Avraham Eisenberg was arrested on Monday in Puerto Rico. The Department of Justice is charging Eisenberg with fraud and market manipulation over the Mango attack. Eisenberg withdrew roughly $110 million in crypto, but returned about $67 million. Avraham Eisenberg, who openly confirmed his exploit of cryptocurrency platform Mango Markets (MNGO/USD) in October, […]
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By Globe Staff Ten of the 13 people accused of attempting to murder former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz were convicted in a Dominican court Tuesday, according to ESPN. Rolfi Ferreyra Cruz and Eddy Vladimir Feliz Garcia were sentenced to 30 years each in prison. Theirs is the longest sentences among the defendants. Cruz was […]
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By Tom Hals and Dietrich Knauth An FTX logo and a representation of cryptocurrencies are seen through broken glass in this illustration taken December 13, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Dec 27 (Reuters) – FTX customers filed a class action lawsuit against the failed crypto exchange and its former top executives including Sam Bankman-Fried on Tuesday, seeking […]
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