Plane carrying 62 people crashes in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state | Aviation News

Plane carrying 62 people crashes in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state | Aviation News

BREAKINGBREAKING, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says all passengers appear to have died, offers condolences to families. The Brazilian airline Voepass has confirmed that a plane carrying 62 people crashed in Vinhedo, near the city of Sao Paulo. In  a statement on Friday, the airline said it had…

President Maduro blocks access to X in Venezuela for 10 days | Social Media News

President Maduro blocks access to X in Venezuela for 10 days | Social Media News

Row with social media platform owner Elon Musk escalates after Maduro was declared the winner of last month’s election. Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has ordered a 10-day ban on social media platform X amid an uproar in the country over a disputed election. Accusing X owner Elon Musk of “inciting…

What is the fallout from the US arrest of the drug lord ‘El Mayo’ Zambada? | Crime News

What is the fallout from the US arrest of the drug lord ‘El Mayo’ Zambada? | Crime News

Monterrey, Mexico – It was a dramatic fall for two high-ranking members of Mexico’s infamous Sinaloa cartel. On July 25, the United States announced it had arrested 76-year-old Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and 38-year-old Joaquin Guzman Lopez at a rural airport near El Paso, Texas. One was the cartel’s co-founder….

Venezuela launches probe against opposition leaders Gonzalez, Machado | Elections News

Venezuela launches probe against opposition leaders Gonzalez, Machado | Elections News

Opposition leader and presidential candidate face an investigation over their appeal to the army and the police ‘to take the side of the people’. A criminal investigation has been launched in Venezuela against the opposition’s presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia and its leader Maria Corina Machado for announcing an election…

Venezuela opposition leader joins protests against election results | Elections News

Venezuela opposition leader joins protests against election results | Elections News

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has joined her supporters protesting in the streets of Caracas against contested national election results, as demonstrators marched across the country. Thousands of people rallied in the streets of Venezuela’s capital on Saturday, waving the national flag and singing the national anthem in support…

‘I’m scared, but I’ll carry on’: Venezuelans caught between hope and fear | Protests News

‘I’m scared, but I’ll carry on’: Venezuelans caught between hope and fear | Protests News

Caracas, Venezuela – As dark clouds hung above an unusually empty street in the neighbourhood of Petare, Eglle Camacho started to hear a dull, rhythmic clanging. The noise soon crescendoed. From their windows and doorways, people stood armed with kitchen utensils, banging spoons against pans. They started to spill onto…

Venezuelan opposition urges more protests as post-election tensions simmer | Elections News

Venezuelan opposition urges more protests as post-election tensions simmer | Elections News

The political opposition in Venezuela has called for more mass demonstrations as anger continues to boil over President Nicolas Maduro’s disputed election victory. Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado urged Venezuelans to take to the streets on Saturday in protest of Maduro’s re-election, which has thrust the South American nation into…

Argentina and China grab shock Olympic gold in BMX freestyle at Paris 2024 | Paris Olympics 2024 News

Argentina and China grab shock Olympic gold in BMX freestyle at Paris 2024 | Paris Olympics 2024 News

First-time Olympians from Argentina and China took gold in the BMX Freestyle finals as a string of dramatic crashes knocked out the reigning medallists under a baking-hot Paris sun. In his first Olympic games, Argentina’s Jose Torres Gil, 29, shot off the ramp in his first run, flying higher and…

Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson to skip women’s 100m race at Paris Olympics 2024 | Paris Olympics 2024 News

Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson to skip women’s 100m race at Paris Olympics 2024 | Paris Olympics 2024 News

The Jamaican sprinter believes she will run a better 200m race, where she is the world champion, at the Paris Olympics. Shericka Jackson of Jamaica will not run in the 100 metres when Olympic track events start, saying that the injury she suffered at a tune-up race earlier this month…

Calls for ‘transparent’ vote count grow amid Venezuela protests, tensions | Nicolas Maduro News

Calls for ‘transparent’ vote count grow amid Venezuela protests, tensions | Nicolas Maduro News

Colombia’s left-wing President Gustavo Petro has called for a “transparent vote count” in Venezuela, which has been rocked by days of mass protests after President Nicolas Maduro was declared the winner of a disputed election. Petro, who has worked to improve Colombia-Venezuela ties since taking office in 2022, said on…