France 24 Transgender individuals wishing to enlist in the US military are now free to openly do so, despite efforts by President Donald Trump to bar transgender personnel from serving “in any capacity.” As of January 1, the Pentagon is allowing transgender people to sign up, providing they meet certain medical criteria. The milestone is the latest in a string… Read more »
France 24 The bus tumbled down a cliff onto a rocky beach Tuesday along a narrow stretch of highway known as the “Devil’s Curve,” Peruvian police and fire officials said. The bus carrying 57 people was headed to Peru’s capital when it was struck by a tractor trailer shortly before noon and plunged down the slope, said Claudia Espinoza with… Read more »
France 24 Nine inmates were killed, 14 were injured, and dozens escaped in a prison riot on Monday, national news media reported, in the latest example of Brazil’s continuing difficulties maintaining control over its notoriously violent penal system. According to newspaper O Estado de São Paulo, 106 prisoners escaped the prison in the city of Goiânia, near the Brazilian capital… Read more »
France 24 At just 5.9%, Canada’s nationwide unemployment rate is at its lowest since 2008, with nearly 400,000 jobs created in the last year alone. The French-speaking province of Quebec is faring even better, with a 5.4% jobless rate – the lowest in more than 40 years! The challenge now is to recruit much-needed workers, and local companies in… Read more »
After Steve Bannon left remarks claiming that Trump Jr. is guilty of treasonous acts, he backtracked on his statements saying he has been a supporter of the Trump family. Bannon calling Trump junior a “patriot and good man”. Trump did not take lightly to this saying Bannon had lost his mind as well as stating that Bannon has nothing to… Read more »
Former White House adviser Steve Bannon called a meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign “treasonous” and “unpatriotic” in a soon-to-be released book. In response, Trump said Bannon had “lost his mind”. Several news organisations have reported on the contents of the book, “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” by journalist Michael… Read more »
Already setting turnover records, President Donald Trump’s White House is bracing for even more staff departures and an increasing struggle to fill vacancies, shadowed by the Russia probe, political squabbling and Trump’s own low poll numbers. Entering a gruelling year that is sure to bring fresh challenges at home and abroad, Trump faces a brain drain across a wide swath… Read more »
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Born into Nicaragua’s indigenous Miskito community, Rose Cunningham was only too well aware of the challenges girls faced in getting their voices heard in a culture dominated by men. But against the odds, in November Cunningham was elected the first indigenous women mayor of Waspam, a municipality of about 60,000 people on Nicaragua’s impoverished Atlantic… Read more »
QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s comptroller’s office on Monday announced it will open an audit of debt contracted in the last five years of the government of former President Rafael Correa to determine the legality of the operations and the use of the funds. The move follows a report by the comptroller’s office revealing that some documentation relating to debt operations… Read more »
On July 1 of this year, Mexican citizens will elect a new president to serve for 6 years as well as 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies and 128 members for the Senate. However, the politically motivated killing rampage that occurred throughout the year 2017 has resulted in the deaths of many officials as well as the fear for… Read more »