Mexico City, Aug. 30, (dpa/GNA) – Guatemala’s outgoing president Alejandro Giammattei has initiated the transition process to future president Bernardo Arévalo’s government, who was…
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Musk’s platform X to allow political advertising again
San Francisco, Aug. 30, (dpa/GNA) – Elon Musk’s platform X, formerly known as Twitter, will accept political advertising again for the first time in…
Ex-presidential candidate Zurita to leave Ecuador after death threats
Buenos Aires, Aug. 29, (dpa/GNA) – The replacement presidential candidate for murdered Fernando Villavicencio in Ecuador has said he will leave the country for…
Judge sets March 2024 for Trump trial on charges of 2020 election subversion
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, (Xinhua/GNA) — A U.S. federal judge on Monday, set March 4, 2024 for former President Donald Trump’s trial, on charges of…
Guatemalan officials confirm Arévalo election but suspend his party
Mexico City, Aug 29, (dpa/GNA) – Guatemala’s electoral authority, has officially confirmed the victory of leftist candidate Bernardo Arévalo in the presidential election on…
Faculty member killed on North Carolina campus, police arrest gunman
Washington, Aug 29, (dpa/GNA) – A gunman opened fire at a university in the US state of North Carolina on Monday, killing a faculty…
Guatemalan officials confirm Arévalo election but suspend his party
Mexico City, Aug. 29, (dpa/GNA) – Guatemala’s electoral authority has officially confirmed the victory of leftist candidate Bernardo Arévalo in the presidential election on…
UN: Withdrawal out of Mali accompanied by attacks
New York, Aug. 29, (dpa/GNA) – The withdrawal of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali is being hindered by intensified attacks on the…
At least 4 killed in mass shooting in California, sources say
Los Angeles, Aug 24, (tca/dpa/GNA) – At least four people were killed and six wounded, in a mass shooting Wednesday night at a landmark…
Rudy Giuliani surrenders in Georgia election interference case
Washington, Aug. 24, (Xinhua/GNA) – Rudy Giuliani, a personal lawyer for former U.S. President Donald Trump, turned himself in on Wednesday to authorities in…
Three dead in Washington state from Listeria-contaminated milkshakes
New York, Aug 21, (tca/dpa/GNA) – Three people have died, after being infected with Listeria bacteria, traced to a Tacoma, Washington, restaurant’s ice cream…
Hurricane center busy with one depression, four potential systems
Washington, Aug. 20, (tca/dpa/GNA) - The bubble finally burst on the spate of National Hurricane Center investigations popping up in the Atlantic with the formation of a tropical depression while four…
Ecuador heads to polls in ‘climate of fear’ after candidate killing
Buenos Aires, Aug. 20, (dpa/GNA) - Ecuadorians were voting to elect a new president on Sunday in what observers called a “climate of fear” following the assassination of…
Bolivian bus crash death toll rises to 20
LA PAZ, Aug. 18, (Xinhua/GNA) — Local authorities confirmed Thursday that the death toll rose to 20, from an overturned public bus on the…
New Zealand man gets record pay-out for wrongful murder conviction
Wellington, Aug 18, (dpa/GNA) – A New Zealand man, wrongfully imprisoned for 19 years, will receive a record almost $5 million New Zealand ($3…
New species of snake discovered in Peru named after Harrison Ford
Los Angeles, Aug 16, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – A new species of snake, discovered in Peru, has been named after Harrison Ford. The reptile, known…
Biden to travel to Hawaii ‘soon’ as fire death toll hits 106
San Francisco, Aug 16, (dpa/GNA) – The number of dead from the devastating fire on the Hawaiian island of Maui has risen to 106,…
Journalist to run in place of murdered Ecuador election candidate
Havana, Aug 14, (dpa/GNA) – The party of murdered Ecuadorian presidential candidate, Fernando Villavicencio, has changed its decision on his successor in the upcoming…
Fire death toll on Hawaii’s Maui island jumps to 36
Washington, Aug. 10, (dpa/GNA) – At least 36 people have been confirmed dead in the wildfire on Hawaii’s Maui island, Maui County said in…
Killing of anti-corruption president hopeful inflames Ecuador crisis
Buenos Aires, Aug. 10, (dpa/GNA) – Ecuador plunged deeper into crisis after an anti-corruption presidential candidate was assassinated on Wednesday evening, less than two…