SAN SALVADOR, March 16 (Reuters) – El Salvador’s Congress passed yet another extension suspending some constitutional rights in the Central American country’s year-long fight against gangs late Wednesday. The emergency powers temporarily allow arrests without warrants, government access to private communications and detentions without the right to a lawyer. It has been extended every month […]

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MEXICO CITY, March 16 (Reuters) – Greater quantities of synthetic opioid fentanyl directly enter the United States and Canada than Mexico, Mexico’s president said on Thursday, pushing back against U.S. criticism of his record on cracking down on trafficking in the lethal drug. A powerful painkiller, fentanyl has been blamed for fueling a surge in […]

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Recovering tropical forests offset just a quarter of carbon emissions generated each year by logging, wildfire and land clearing, new research has found. The study, led by University of Bristol scientists, found destruction of these ecosystems currently far outstripped the pace of regrowth. Working with an international team, they used satellite data to study the […]

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By Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Global cocaine production has reached record levels as demand rebounds following Covid lockdowns, a new report has found. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime said coca cultivation rose by 35% between 2020 and 2021 to record levels. Findings suggest new hubs for trafficking have emerged in West and Central […]

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By Laura Gozzi BBC News Several cities in north east Brazil are suffering from serious unrest caused by marauding criminal gangs. For the third night, gang members set buses ablaze and carried out gun attacks on buildings in urban areas in Rio Grande do Norte state. The attacks are thought to have been sparked by […]

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By James Landale BBC Diplomatic correspondent in Kyiv Countries that “mistreated Ukraine” will be held to account after the war ends, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has warned. In a BBC interview he said the choice every nation made following Russia’s full-scale invasion will be “taken into account in building future relations”. He also warned […]

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Freddy set unofficial record as world’s longest tropical storm, a benchmark set in 1994 At least 270 people have died and tens of thousands were displaced in Malawi, Mozambique, and Madagascar amid Cyclone Freddy’s heavy rains and winds this month. The storm dissipated Wednesday after making landfall three times, once in Madagascar and twice in Mozambique. Malawi’s financial […]

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By Jackie Wattles, CNN CNN- A gargantuan mass of seaweed that formed in the Atlantic Ocean is headed for the shores of Florida and other coastlines throughout the Gulf of Mexico, threatening to dump smelly and potentially dangerous heaps across beaches and put a big damper on tourist season. The seaweed, a variety called sargassum, […]

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562 Attorney General Steadroy Benjamin By Robert A. Emmanuel A&B OBSERVER The Immigration Department will see a revamp of its administrative hierarchy as the Attorney General called for an improvement in the customer service offered by immigration officers. Speaking in Parliament yesterday, Attorney General Steadroy Benjamin — who is also the minister responsible for immigration […]

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by Sheena Forde-Craigg With Barbados now having non-stop flights to St. Kitts via interCaribbean Airways, Barbadians are being encouraged to visit the island of St. Kitts and “venture deeper”. Speaking on behalf of the Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc.’s (BTMI) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Jens Thraenhart, stressed that the […]

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