Washington, Jun. 7, (dpa/GNA) – The former chief strategist of ex-US president Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, is to begin his four-month prison sentence for contempt of Congress…
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Starliner docks at ISS carrying two astronauts after thruster issue
Washington, Jun. 7, (dpa/GNA) – Boeing’s new Starliner capsule carrying two NASA astronauts docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, but struggled with technical problems on…
WHO reports first human death from H5N2 bird flu strain in Mexico
Mexico City, Jun. 6, (dpa/GNA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday confirmed the first fatal case of human infection with a strain of bird flu…
Georgia appeals court halts Trump election fraud case
Washington, Jun. 6, (dpa/GNA) – An appeals court in the US state of Georgia has paused the election fraud trial against former president Donald Trump, as the defence…
Reports: Biden to sign executive order to limit Mexico border entries
Washington, Jun. 4, (dpa/GNA) – US President Joe Biden is planning to unveil an executive order to ramp up measures to prevent asylum seekers from entering via the…
Sheinbaum to become Mexico’s first female president as rivals concede
Mexico City, Jun. 3, (dpa/GNA) – Left-wing government candidate Claudia Sheinbaum is set to become Mexico’s first female president after her rivals conceded in an election marred…
Lawyer says Stormy Daniels ’emotional’ after Trump guilty verdict
Berlin, May 31, (dpa/GNA) – US porn actress Stormy Daniels has reacted emotionally to the guilty verdict handed down to former US president Donald Trump in the…
Trump seeks donations after conviction: ‘I’m a political prisoner’
New York, May 31, (dpa/GNA) – Minutes after Donald Trump was found guilty of falsifying business records in his hush money trial, the former US president’s campaign team…
Donald Trump convicted of falsifying business records in hush money scheme
America, May 30, (CNN/GNA)- Donald Trump guilty of falsifying business records in connection to Stormy Daniels hush money scheme. The former President of the…
Venezuela disinvites EU from observing presidential election
Rio de Janeiro, May 29, (dpa/GNA) – Venezuela on Tuesday disinvited the EU observer mission from its presidential election in July, calling for sanctions to be lifted.…
Haiti’s transitional council elects former PM to lead Caribbean state
Havana, May 29, (dpa/GNA) – Haiti’s transitional presidential council elected UNICEF regional director Garry Conille as interim prime minister to lead the Caribbean state out of the…
Defence maintains Trump’s innocence as hush money trial nears end
New York, May 28, (dpa/GNA) – Donald Trump’s lawyer proclaimed his client’s innocence as the first criminal trial of a former US president entered its final phase…
At least 15 dead after severe weather hits US
Washington, May 27, (dpa/GNA) – Powerful storms have caused extensive damage in the southern and midwestern region of the United States, with at least 15 lives lost.…
Four killed and 35 injured as tornado rips through US state of Iowa
Washington, May 23, (dpa/GNA) – Four people were killed and at least 35 more were injured after a tornado hit the US Midwest, Iowa authorities said on…
Nine dead in Mexico as wind topples stage at campaign event
Mexico City, May 23, (dpa/GNA) – Nine people died and scores more were injured as strong winds caused part of a stage to collapse during an election…
9 dead, 54 injured as wind causes stage collapse at Mexico election rally
May 23 (CNN/GNA) – Nine people were killed and a presidential candidate was briefly taken to hospital after a stage collapsed under heavy winds at…
President Abinader re-elected in Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo, May 20, (dpa/GNA) – Incumbent Luis Abinader has been re-elected in the first round of the presidential election in the Dominican Republic. The candidate of…
UNICEF says growing numbers of children attempt Darién Gap crossing
Mexico City, May 16, (dpa/GNA) – The UN children’s fund UNICEF on Wednesday said that more and more migrant children are attempting the life-threatening crossing of the…
Melinda French Gates is resigning from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
New York, May 13 (CNN/GNA) — Melinda French Gates said Monday she would resign as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that she has…
Reports: Heatwave in Mexico claims several lives
Mexico City, May 13, (dpa/GNA) – Parts of Mexico are currently experiencing a heatwave that has reportedly claimed dozens of lives. The state of Yucatán on the…