By Dave Sherwood and Matt Spetalnick A vintage car passes by the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, June 15, 2022. Picture taken on June 15, 2022. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini HAVANA/WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (Reuters) – A visiting U.S. delegation wrapped up two days of talks on law-enforcement issues with Cuban officials in Havana on Thursday, the two […]
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By DÁNICA COTO FILE – Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority workers repair distribution lines damaged by Hurricane Maria in the Cantera community of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Oct. 19, 2017. Puerto Rico announced Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023, that it plans to privatize its electric generation, a first for a U.S. territory facing chronic power outages […]
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By Jake Spring An agent of the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) gets ready before going to an operation to combat of deforestation, in Uruara, Para State, Brazil January 19, 2023. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino URUARA, Brazil, Jan 19 (Reuters) – Brazilian environmental agents cut through the rainforest with machetes on […]
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By MARIA VERZA MEXICO CITY (AP) — Concern grew in Mexico Thursday over the fate of two environmental and community activists who disappeared five days ago in a dangerous corner of western Mexico. Farmers blocked roads on the border between the western Mexico states of Michoacan and Colima to protest the disappearance of lawyer Ricardo […]
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By Marco Aquino LIMA, Jan 19 (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters in Peru, many from the country’s heavily indigenous south, descended on Lima, the capital, on Thursday, angered by a mounting death toll since unrest erupted last month and calling for sweeping change. Police estimated the march at around 3,500 people, but others speculated it […]
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Attempts to smuggle eggs across the border are punishable by steep fines By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington How do you like your eggs? Whatever your preference, avoid the ones smuggled across the border. Attempts to smuggle eggs from Mexico or Canada can result in fines of up to $10,000 (£8,140), officials warn. And […]
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Hello! The U.S. government touches the debt limit, Jacinda Ardern is to step down as New Zealand prime minister, and France is hit by mass strikes by Linda Noakes World News German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius receives his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, for talks in Berlin, January 19, 2023. REUTERS/Fabrizio […]
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NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (January 19, 2023) — The following is an announcement from the Culturama Secretariat in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) regarding registration for Culturama 49 contests. The Culturama Secretariat hereby informs the general public that registration is now open for the following competitions that would be held as part of Culturama 49 which […]
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Labour leader to stand down no later than 7 February, saying she ‘no longer had enough in the tank’ to do the job. Tess McClure in Auckland GUARDIAN New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has said she is resigning, in an unexpected announcement that came as she confirmed a national election for October. At the […]
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By CMC News New York City Mayor, Eric Adams, has submitted an emergency mutual aid request to New York State for immediate help to shelter what he describes as a “massive influx” of arriving Caribbean and other asylum seekers. Adams said these asylum seekers include Haitians, Cubans and Venezuelans. “Three months ago, I spoke directly […]
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