More than 6,200 people are staying with relatives or in makeshift shelters after massacre in central Haiti town. Survivors of a deadly gang attack in central Haiti last week have described waking up to gunfire and walking for hours in search of safety, as the country continues to grapple in the…
It’s one of the largest rivers in the world. And its water levels have fallen to a record low. Amid drought and wildfires, the Rio Negro plummeted to a depth of 12.66 metres (41.5 feet) on Friday, according to the Geological Service of Brazil, a government agency. That’s the shallowest…
Brazil, home to more than 21 million users, suspended X after it failed to comply with court orders and pay fines. The social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, has attempted to pay fines owed to the Brazilian government in a bid to resume services in the country. But…
The UN Human Rights Office said at least 3,000 people were forced to flee after gang members attacked early on Thursday. At least 70 people have been killed and 3,000 forced to flee when armed men belonging to the Gran Grif gang attacked a town in central Haiti. The Office…
As the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) annual session moved towards its conclusion last week, China and Brazil hosted a 17-member meeting on its sidelines. The aim of the September 27 conclave: rally support behind their peace plan for the Ukraine war. Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in…
Claudia Sheinbaum, the newly inaugurated president, called for the soldiers involved to be ‘investigated and punished’. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has described the killing of six migrants by Mexican troops as “deplorable” and called for an investigation into the shooting. “It’s a regrettable event, and it must be investigated and…
Milei vetoed a law that would guarantee funding for free public universities, angering students and educators. Argentina’s President Javier Milei has followed through on his threat to slash university funding, despite an uproar by students and educators. Millei officially vetoed a law that would guarantee more funding to Argentina’s university…
Rights groups warn that migrants and asylum seekers journeying north through Mexico often experience violence. The Mexican military has revealed that soldiers opened fire this week on a truck carrying dozens of migrants, killing six people. Mexico’s Ministry of Defence announced in a press release on Wednesday that the incident…
Stargazers in Chile and Argentina turned their eyes to the horizon on Wednesday to catch the final solar eclipse of 2024: a “ring of fire” that blazed across the sky. Also known as an annular eclipse, the celestial phenomenon occurs when the moon passes in front of the sun, darkening…
The Dominican Republic says it plans to expel as many as 10,000 Haitian migrants per week, despite a longstanding call from the United Nations to end forced returns to Haiti amid a surge in gang violence there. Homero Figueroa, a Dominican presidential spokesman, said on Wednesday that the “operation aims…
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