ASUNCION, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Paraguayan Vice President Hugo Velazquez on Thursday said he will not resign until he has details of U.S. accusations against him, a reversal days after Washington accused him of having participated in acts of “significant” corruption. On Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said an associate of Velazquez had […]
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MEXICO CITY, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Mexican officials on Thursday called the 2014 disappearance of 43 students a state crime that was covered up by the government, in another damning assessment of the previous administration’s actions regarding one of Mexico’s worst human rights atrocities. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has pledged to reveal what happened […]
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By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Flags are flying at half mast in Cuba as the country mourns 16 firefighters who died while battling a blaze at the Matanzas fuel depot. The fire broke out on 5 August after lightning struck a fuel tank at the depot on Cuba’s northern coast. It took firefighters almost a […]
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© AP The Biden administration is planning to accelerate the delivery of its remaining supply of monkeypox vaccines and will make an additional 1.8 million doses available for ordering starting Monday, officials said Thursday. Conditions: Jurisdictions will only be able to access the additional doses if they adopt the new intradermal administration of vaccine and […]
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View in Browser August 18, 2022 Police: Death toll in Afghan capital mosque bombing now 21 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A bombing at a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul during evening…Read More Climate migration: Flooding forces Bangladesh family to flee BHOLA, Bangladesh (AP) — When the Mehgna River swallowed Mohammad Jewel and Arzu […]
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Khyle Quincy Parker Nassau Guardian LinkedIn Share via Email In some cases, guns sold in the United States (US) have been used in the commission of violent crime in The Bahamas within 24 hours, according to Royal Bahamas Defence Force Commodore Dr. Raymond King. King spoke with The Nassau Guardian following an announcement yesterday by […]
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By Charlotte Alt B&K Times, UK Tributes have been paid to “Windrush Lioness” and Harlesden resident Lera Clarke who is remembered for her community work in Brent. Lera was born in Manchester, Jamaica, on September 22 1928 when it was still a British colony and came to Sheffield, UK, in 1960 as part of the Windrush […]
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Haitian American Civil Court Judge, Dweynie E. Paul, says she’s humbled to be officially nominated among 12 judges to run on the Kings County (Brooklyn) Democratic Party’s line in the 2022 election for open bench seats in New York State Supreme Court. “I am filled with humility and gratitude by the Supreme Court nomination,” Judge […]
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CNW- man wanted for murder in Washington, DC was apprehended in Kingston Jamaica on Tuesday. Ranje Reynolds of Beltsville, Maryland, was arrested by members of the US Marshals Service and the Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force. No information has been provided about what led US authorities to Jamaica to apprehend Reynolds. The 24-year-old Reynolds is […]
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By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Attacks on Brazil’s indigenous people and invasions of their lands by illegal miners and loggers, mainly in the Amazon, increased dramatically in 2021, escalating an already “terrifying” situation, the Catholic Church’s Indigenous Missionary Council (Cimi) said on Wednesday. In its annual report on violence against indigenous […]
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