Priest shot dead in southern Mexico after leaving Sunday service | Crime News

Priest shot dead in southern Mexico after leaving Sunday service | Crime News

Colleagues remember Marcelo Perez as outspoken champion of Indigenous, labour rights in Mexican state of Chiapas. A priest known for his activism in defence of Indigenous and labour rights in Mexico has been killed after leaving church services, local authorities said. Catholic priest Marcelo Perez was returning home from church…

Cuba struggles to get energy grid back online after nationwide blackout | Infrastructure News

Cuba struggles to get energy grid back online after nationwide blackout | Infrastructure News

The Cuban government has started to restore power to the millions of residents left in the dark during a nationwide power outage this week. On Saturday, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel sought to reassure the country, amid the continuing struggles with the electrical grid. “We are working hard and tirelessly to…

Fact check: Can Trump use a 1798 law to carry out mass deportations? | US Election 2024 News

Fact check: Can Trump use a 1798 law to carry out mass deportations? | US Election 2024 News

A cornerstone of former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign has been his promise to carry out the largest deportation operation in United States history. The details of how he would carry out the plan have been unclear. But at recent rallies, Trump has said he will use an 18th-century law…

COVID, mpox, cholera: Is the world prepared for another pandemic? | Climate Crisis News

COVID, mpox, cholera: Is the world prepared for another pandemic? | Climate Crisis News

Some 4.5 billion people worldwide are currently without adequate access to essential healthcare services, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). This comes as more than 100,000 cases of mpox and at least 200 deaths have been confirmed globally, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, with…

Guatemalan journalist receives house arrest after two years behind bars | Freedom of the Press News

Guatemalan journalist receives house arrest after two years behind bars | Freedom of the Press News

A prominent investigative journalist has been released to house arrest in Guatemala, after his case shone a light on questions of democratic backsliding in the country. Jose Ruben Zamora, the award-winning founder of the newspaper El Periodico, had been imprisoned for more than 800 days as he awaits a retrial…

Maduro ally freed in US prisoner exchange joins government cabinet | Nicolas Maduro News

Maduro ally freed in US prisoner exchange joins government cabinet | Nicolas Maduro News

Colombian businessman Alex Saab will become new industry minister, in latest cabinet change since contested election. Alex Saab, an ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro freed in a prisoner exchange with the United States last year, will join Venezuela’s government as the new industry minister. Maduro announced on Friday that…

Francis Ngannou vs Renan Ferreira: MMA fight time, undercard, ring walks | Mixed Martial Arts News

Francis Ngannou vs Renan Ferreira: MMA fight time, undercard, ring walks | Mixed Martial Arts News

EXPLAINER All the fight details as Cameroon’s Ngannou returns to MMA to take on Brazil’s Ferreira for the PFL heavyweight title. Cameroonian fighter Francis Ngannou is set to make his long-awaited return to the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) circuit to challenge the Professional Fighters League’s (PFL) heavyweight champion Renan Ferreira…

Cuba forced to ‘paralyse economy’ amid desperate energy crisis | Energy News

Cuba forced to ‘paralyse economy’ amid desperate energy crisis | Energy News

Millions of Cubans face 12-hour blackouts per day, but PM Marrero says country ‘not yet in a bottomless abyss’. Cuba’s government has announced it will halt all non-vital state services and businesses for three days as it battles an energy crisis that has caused marathon blackouts for much of the…

Venezuela arrests five foreigners over alleged antigovernment activity | Nicolas Maduro News

Venezuela arrests five foreigners over alleged antigovernment activity | Nicolas Maduro News

Maduro government announces detention of five foreigners, including three US citizens, amid post-election crackdown. The administration of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced the arrest of five foreigners suspected of antigovernment activity, as part of an ongoing crackdown after the country’s contested presidential election. Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said on…

Former Canadian Olympian charged in major US cocaine-smuggling case | Drugs News

Former Canadian Olympian charged in major US cocaine-smuggling case | Drugs News

Snowboarder Ryan Wedding and 15 others are accused of shipping 60 tonnes of cocaine a year to the US and Canada. United States prosecutors in Los Angeles, California, have charged a former Olympic snowboarder with allegedly running a large and violent cocaine smuggling operation out of Mexico. On Thursday, the…