By Kelly Kasulis Cho WASHINGTON POST More than 46,400 people have died across Syria and Turkey since the earthquakes nearly two weeks ago, officials said. In the final days of search-and-rescue operations, emergency workers have managed to extract a handful of people from the rubble alive. Yunus Sezer, head of Turkey’s AFAD disaster management agency, said Saturday […]

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  By Phelan Chatterjee BBC News Authorities in the Brazilian state of São Paulo say at least 36 people have been killed in heavy flooding and landslides, forcing some cities to cancel annual Carnival celebrations. Video showed neighbourhoods under water, flooded motorways and debris left after houses were swept away. Rescue teams have been struggling […]

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States and the Organization of American States.   He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto.  The views expressed are entirely his own)   Rape, […]

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The AP Wire Advancing the Power of Facts Ukrainian refugees safe, but not at peace, after year of war WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Months after Russian forces occupied the region of Kherson in eastern Ukraine last year, they started paying visits to the home of a Ukrainian woman and…Read More Tank plant in small Ohio […]

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By CMC News Guyana is contributing $100,000 to help relief efforts in Turkey and neighboring Syria affected by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake earlier this month, President Irfaan Ali said. He said the donation will be split equally between the earthquake-hit countries. “The contributions will be channeled through the United Nations,” a government statement said. The decision […]

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By CMC News The Trinidad High Court has blocked the deportation of five Cameroonians seeking asylum, pending the outcome of their lawsuit against the Chief Immigration Officer and the Office of the Attorney General. The interim injunction was granted by High Court Judge Carol Gobin just before midnight on Tuesday, less than four hours before […]

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By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DAVID BILLER AP A masked reveler participates in a street pre-carnival party by the “Cordao do Boitata” Block, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. Revelers are taking to the streets for the open-air block parties, leading up to Carnival’s official Feb. 17th opening. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado) RIO DE […]

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  Reuters Mayoral employees walk through a poor neighborhood during a day of food aid delivery, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bogota, Colombia April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez BOGOTA, Feb 16 (Reuters) – More than 15 million Colombians suffer moderate or severe food insecurity, equivalent to almost a third of the […]

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by Juhakenson Blaise  HAITIAN TIMES   PORT-AU-PRINCE — Authorities have killed  16 suspected bandits and arrested another 369 in an Haitian National Police (PNH) operation dubbed ‘Tornado I.’ Agency spokesperson Garry Desrosiers said the operation, launched following the killings of 15 PNH officers in January, is to arrest the gang leader responsible for the assassinations. […]

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