By Antoinette Radford BBC News Journalists across Ecuador have been targeted by explosive devices sent through the post. One presenter, Lenin Artieda, was injured when he opened the envelope in the middle of the newsroom. He said the explosive device looked like a USB drive. He plugged it into his computer and it detonated. The […]
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by Harun Maruf VOICE OF AMERICA A Somali woman breastfeeds her child at a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia, on Sept. 20, 2022. A new report estimates 43,000 people died amid Somalia’s drought last year, half of them children. Droughts in Somalia may have killed an estimated 43,000 people last […]
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Today’s Top News China’s President Xi Jinping and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin set their sights on shaping a new world order as the Chinese leader left Moscow, having made no direct support for Putin’s war in Ukraine during his two-day visit. We spoke to Ukrainians near the frontlines who are facing the daily dilemma of […]
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(Reuters/WINN – The U.S. government said it “respects” Honduras’ decision to move towards establishing formal diplomatic ties with China, the Honduran foreign minister said on Monday after a meeting with U.S. officials, comments Taiwan disputed. Enrique Reina said Honduras’ President Xiomara Castro made “general comments” on the decision during the meeting attended by different officials […]
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By Eulana Weekes St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): In observance of World Water Day, celebrated annually on March 22, Minister with responsibility for Infrastructure and Utilities, Hon. Konris Maynard highlighted the fact that only one percent of water in the world can be used for drinking, hence humans survival depends heavily on how we utilise […]
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The AP Morning Wire Japan, China leaders visit rival capitals in Ukraine war KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida began a surprise visit to Ukraine early Tuesday, hours after Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in neighboring…Read More Trump legal woes force another moment of choosing for GOP ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — From […]
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CNN — More than a month after a 63-year-old US citizen was kidnapped from her home in Mexico, the FBI has announced a $20,000 reward for information leading to her whereabouts. Maria del Carmen Lopez was kidnapped February 9 in Pueblo Nuevo, a municipality in the southwestern Mexican state of Colima, the FBI’s Los […]
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By Alexandra Valencia QUITO, March 20 (Reuters) – Journalists at various news outlets in Ecuador have been sent envelopes containing electronic devices fitted with explosives, the attorney general’s office said on Monday, adding it has opened a terrorism investigation in the incidents. The envelopes sent to journalists had similar characteristics and the same contents and […]
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — A U.S. company said Monday that Mexican police and soldiers have illegally entered and seized a cargo port it operates on land it owns on Mexico’s Caribbean coast. Alabama-based Vulcan Materials said police forced their way into the Caribbean coast dock at Punta Venado, near Playa del Carmen, last week. “It […]
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By REGINA GARCIA CANO CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The man responsible for running Venezuela’s oil industry — the one that pays for virtually everything in the troubled country, from subsidized food to ridiculously cheap gas — has quit amid investigations into alleged corruption among officials in various parts of the government. Tareck El Aissami’s announcement […]
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