The AP Wire Germany cautious over Nord Stream pipeline attack reports BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s defense minister voiced caution Wednesday over media reports that a pro-Ukraine group was involved in blowing up the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the…Read More FBI tested by attacks, politically explosive investigations WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI finds itself in […]

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PORT-AU-PRINCE — At least 60 people were killed and another 50 have been kidnapped, including a police official and his daughter, in a resurgence of gang warfare over the past week around Haiti’s capital, according to a human rights advocate and local media. The slew of shootings and kidnappings in various neighborhoods have forced hundreds […]

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by Eulana Weekes St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): The Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Mr. Timothy N.J. Antoine said the Federation is on a path of economic recovery but highlighted the need for structural reform in the Federation to boost the economy. During “Conversation with the Governor” on Thursday night, March 02, […]

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BARBADOS (March 7, 2023) – Despite global pressures such as high inflation, the war in Ukraine, the ensuing energy crisis, and an impending economic recession, the outlook for Caribbean travel and tourism is favorable, according to the Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO). Delivering the region’s 2022 “Tourism Performance and Outlook Report” in Bridgetown today, Neil […]

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By Terry Slavin and Karen Luckhurst March 7 – With so many extraordinary women engaged in the battle against climate change, the biggest task in compiling Reuters Impact’s list of trailblazing women for International Women’s Day was whittling down our long list to only 25. We reluctantly decided not to include the likes of Christiana […]

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KINGSTON, March 7 (Reuters) – Jamaica’s Supreme Court convicted a well-known crime boss on Tuesday in a landmark trial, marking a win for the Caribbean island’s recently reformed anti-gang laws. Andre “Blackman” Bryan was found guilty of leading the One Don faction of the Klansman gang, which persecuted a community on the outskirts of Kingston, […]

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By Molly Cone TORONTO, March 7 (Reuters) – Canada has expunged historic indecency and anti-abortion laws targeting women and the LGBTQ community, the government said on Tuesday, in a criminal justice system reform that will allow people convicted under such offences to clear their records. The repealed laws had targeted women and lesbian, gay, bisexual, […]

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RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA, March 7 (Reuters) – A criminal probe into former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s alleged efforts to illegally bring $3.2 million of jewelry into the country could further delay his return from the United States, sources tied to Bolsonaro told Reuters on Tuesday. Justice Minister Flavio Dino on Monday ordered police to investigate […]

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SAO PAULO, March 7 (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal police said on Tuesday they were carrying out new raids as part of a probe into the Jan. 8 riots in Brasilia, in which supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings. They were serving three arrest warrants and eight search and seizure warrants in the […]

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By Madeline Halpert & Will Grant, Mexico correspondent BBC News Two of the four Americans kidnapped at gunpoint in Mexico last week are dead and two are alive and now back in the US, Mexican and US officials say. Four US citizens were kidnapped by armed men on 3 March while driving into the city […]

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