Havana, Apr. 4, (dpa/GNA) – Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has passed a law to create a new Venezuelan state around the oil-rich region of Essequibo in neighbouring…
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4 takeaways from Sam Bankman-Fried’s sentencing
New York, March 29 (CNN/GNA) – Sam Bankman-Fried on Thursday was sentenced to 25 years in prison, a year and a half after his…
Haiti’s Transitional Council pledges to restore public order
MEXICO CITY, March 28 (Xinhua/GNA) – Haiti’s Transitional Council issued its first statement Wednesday, aiming to restore public order and protect people’s lives and…
Colombia expels Argentinian diplomats over Milei ‘terrorist’ comment
Buenos Aires, March 28, (dpa/GNA) – The Colombian Foreign Ministry has ordered the expulsion of Argentinian diplomats, after Argentinian President Javier Milei, called his…
Divers recover bodies in Baltimore bridge collapse waters
March 28 (BBC/GNA) – The bodies of two people have been recovered from a red pickup truck, which was under water where the Baltimore…
Rescue crews reportedly searching for 7 people after Baltimore bridge collapse
March 26 (CNN/GNA) – Rescue crews are searching for at least seven people in the Patapsco River after multiple vehicles fell into the water when the…
At least 25 dead as storms hit south-eastern Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, Mar. 25, (dpa/GNA) – At least 25 people have died in severe storms in south-eastern Brazil. Seventeen deaths were reported in the state of…
Youngest mayor in Ecuador shot dead
Havana, Mar. 25, (dpa/GNA) – The 27-year-old mayor of the town of San Vicente in Ecuador, which has been rocked by gang violence, was shot dead police…
Former colonial power France to fly out citizens in Haiti amid unrest
Paris, Mar. 25, (dpa/GNA) – Former colonial power France is going to offer evacuation flights to its citizens in Haiti as gang violence in the Caribbean island…
US accuses Apple of monopolising smartphone market
March 21 (BBC/GNA) – The US has filed a landmark lawsuit against Apple which accuses the tech giant of monopolising the smartphone market and…
Ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro begins serving prison sentence after historic contempt prosecution
March 21 (CNN/GNA) – Peter Navarro, an ex-White House aide to former President Donald Trump, has reported to a federal prison in Miami, making history…
In Argentina, police confront demonstrators protesting social cuts
Buenos Aires, Mar. 19, (dpa/GNA) – Police and demonstrators on Monday clashed violently during protests against social cuts by the ultra-liberal government in Argentina. Officers used water…
Reports: Haitian gangs expanding into wealthier neighborhoods
Buenos Aires, Mar. 19, (dpa/GNA) – In the crisis-hit country of Haiti, violence is increasingly spreading to the previously largely peaceful neighbourhoods of the upper class. Gang…
FARC offshoot attacks indigenous peoples, Bogotá suspends ceasefire
Buenos Aires, Mar. 18, (dpa/GNA) – Following an attack by suspected rebels on indigenous people in south-western Colombia, the government of the South American country has terminated…
UNICEF: Gangs loot medical supplies for children in Haitian capital
Buenos Aires, Mar. 18, (dpa/GNA) – A container belonging to UNICEF has been looted in the main port of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, UN Children’s Fund…
Biden clears threshold for Democrat party’s presidential ticket
Washington, Mar. 13, (dpa/GNA) – US President Joe Biden on Tuesday achieved the required number of delegates to be nominated as the Democratic presidential candidate, according to…
Biden calls on US to defend democracy from forces both outside and in
Washington, Mar. 8, (dpa/GNA) – In his State of the Union address, US President Joe Biden has said democracy in the United States must be defended. “Democracy…
Nikki Haley drops out of US presidential race
Washington, Mar. 7, (dpa/GNA) – Nikki Haley announced on Wednesday that she is dropping out of the Republican nomination contest for November’s presidential election, clearing the way…
Biden campaign makes an appeal to Haley supporters
Mar 6 (CNN/GNA) – President Joe Biden made a clear appeal to Nikki Haley’s supporters in the aftermath of her exit from the race,…
RNC acknowledges Trump is the presumptive nominee
Mar 6 (CNN/GNA) – The Republican National Committee formally acknowledged former President Trump as the 2024 presumptive Republican nominee for president on Wednesday, shortly…