The suit says JPMorgan provided banking services to Epstein after he had been convicted of sex charges and failed to report his suspicious activities The attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands is accusing JPMorgan Chase of helping Jeffrey Epstein illegally exploit women and girls, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in […]
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A boat with 253 Haitian emigrants put in at Cayo Coco, north of Ciego de Ávila, on its way to the United States. The travelers, including 31 children and 61 women, told Granma newspaper that they were forced to touch Cuban coasts due to bad weather. The newspaper indicated that the Haitians were transferred to […]
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by Nathaniel Weixel THE HILL The Biden administration is planning new coronavirus precautions on travelers arriving from China due to a surge in COVID-19 cases and concerns about the lack of transparent reporting data from the country, federal health officials said Wednesday. Beginning Jan. 5, all air passengers at least 2 years old originating from […]
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By Marco Aquino LIMA, Dec 28 (Reuters) – Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, who is being held for 18 months in pre-trial detention after attempting to illegally dissolve Congress, said on Wednesday he was a victim of “political revenge” by his adversaries. Castillo, speaking at a hearing to appeal the detention, said he had not […]
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MADRID, Dec 28 (Reuters) – The Spanish government has appointed a new ambassador to Venezuela, signalling a thaw in relations that comes two years after Madrid vacated the post to protest over what it said was the absence of free elections in the Caribbean country. Following the 2018 presidential election, Spain recognised opposition leader Juan […]
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LONDON, Dec 28 (Reuters) – Britain has imposed sanctions on Haitian gang leader Jimmy Cherizier, saying he had committed acts that constitute “serious human rights abuses”, the government website showed on Wednesday. The government imposed an asset freeze and travel ban on Cherizier, the leader of the so-called G9 alliance of Haitian gangs, saying he […]
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By Kate Chappell KINGSTON, Dec 28 (Reuters) – Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness renewed states of emergency in eight parishes on Wednesday to control an ongoing threat of crime linked to gang activity in the Caribbean nation. Holness on Nov. 15 had announced regional states of emergency, which allow authorities to search buildings and […]
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By Ted Hesson and Mica Rosenberg WASHINGTON, Dec 28 (Reuters) – The Biden administration is planning to use pandemic-era restrictions to expel many Cuban, Nicaraguan and Haitian migrants caught at the southwest border back to Mexico, while simultaneously allowing some to enter the United States by air on humanitarian grounds, according to three U.S. officials […]
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By Daniel Ramos and Adam Jourdan LA PAZ/SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia, Dec 28 (Reuters) – Bolivian police on Wednesday detained prominent opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho on charges of “terrorism”, significantly escalating tensions between the national government and Camacho’s base in the Santa Cruz region. Bolivia’s state attorney’s office confirmed the detention of 43-year-old Camacho, a […]
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Image source, Twitter/@disangermano The fisherman was found on a signal buoy two days after he had fallen from board his boat By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News A missing fisherman who had fallen from his boat off the coast of Brazil was found clinging to a signal buoy. David Soares, 43, was rescued by a fellow […]
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