The AP Morning Wire Advancing the Power of Facts Death toll in Turkey, Syria earthquake rises, hope fades GAZIANTEP, Turkey (AP) — Rescuers pulled more survivors from beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings Thursday, but hopes were starting to fade of finding many more people…Read More Zelenskyy addresses EU Parliament as he seeks more weapons […]

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Haiti Libre- The Government of Japan has granted UNICEF US$1.5 million as an emergency grant to provide water, sanitation and hygiene services and health care to approximately 900,000 children and families affected by the recent cholera epidemic in Haiti https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-38712-haiti-cholera-daily-bulletin-105.html After more than three years with no reported cases, cholera has reemerged in Haiti, with […]

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  By DÁNICA COTO SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dozens of children are stuck in orphanages across Haiti, unable to leave the increasingly volatile country and start new lives with adoptive parents because a U.S. policy change has unleashed a rush for passports at Haiti’s main immigration office. U.S. President Joe Biden announced last […]

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By Dave Sherwood   HAVANA, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Papal envoy and cardinal Benjamin Stella said in Havana on Wednesday a potential amnesty for prisoners jailed in Cuba following anti-government protests in July 2021 was “on the table” but that the response did not depend on the Roman Catholic Church. Stella, who arrived for an […]

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By Amanda Perobelli  An agent of the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA), looks on as a plane and a house belonging to miners are destroyed during an operation conducted jointly within Brazil’s National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) and Brazilian National Public Security Force against illegal mining in Yanomami indigenous land in […]

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Reuters Singer Margareth Menezes, now Brazil’s culture minister, performs during the draw for the 2014 World Cup at the Costa do Sauipe resort in Sao Joao da Mata, Bahia state, December 6, 2013. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes BRASILIA, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Brazil’s former far-right president dismantled all government cultural programs and blocked funding for institutions and […]

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Three Haitian Americans and a Colombian have been charged in the US over the assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021. Seven people in total have now been charged in the US. His death in his private residence in the capital, Port-au-Prince, plunged the country, already suffering from rising violence and an economic […]

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Image source, EPA Image caption, The sky has been tinted orange by the reflection of the fires By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News The Chilean government has put three central regions of the country on high alert of forest fires amid a heatwave. while thousands of firefighters continue to battle blazes in the south. Twenty-four people […]

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By Tara Subramaniam, CNN What we’re covering More than 20,000 people have been killed and tens of thousands injured after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, according to officials. Rescue teams are searching for survivors through thousands of collapsed buildings amid freezing weather conditions after more than 125 aftershocks struck the […]

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By Micaiah Morgan CNW Those who know the popular hit shows Grown-ish and All American are familiar with American actor Abraham D. Juste, popularly known as Da’Vinchi. He is often referred to by his personality and physical appearance, even being called the ‘Magnetic charm’. Some however may not know about his background or that he […]

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