Monthly Archives: October 2024

A gang leader in Haiti is injured in a shootout with Haitian and Kenyan police

Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/haiti-police-vitelhomme-gangs-kenyans-violence-25bcb49d09394473b6923e70a3950289 The second-in-command of popular Haitian gang “Kraze Baryè” was shot in a shootout between his gang and both Haitian and Kenyan police. The shooting occured in Torcelle, a community in Port-au-Prince. The police also confiscated firearms, munitions, phones, and “other sensitive materials” as described by the Haitian National Police. The overall goal for these actions is… Read more »

Canada and India expel top diplomats over alleged Assassination Attempt

Link to Article: https://apnews.com/article/india-canada-ambassador-recalled-sikh-assassination-f099e210d2f9df93fea18a9de04e06f8 News broke yesterday of the Canadian government’s decision to expel the Indian high commissioner and his fellow five diplomats due to allegations of the Indian high commissioner in Canada being tied to the death of a Sikh activist from June of last year. This comes alongside the Canadian government supporting allegations by its police forces of… Read more »

Russia Sentences Ex-U.S. Marine To 14 Years In Absentia For Joining Ukrainian Army

Link to Article: https://www.rferl.org/a/trevor-reed-marine-ukraine-trial-ansentia-russia-sentence/33152282.html Former U.S. Marine, Trever Reed, has been sentenced to prison for 14.5 years in absentia for joining and fighting directly for the Ukrainian army and charged with being a “mercenary”. Reed had also, in 2019, been convicted of assaulting a Russian law enforcement officer while intoxicated, which Reed denied, and was imprisoned with a 9 year… Read more »

Haiti condemns Dominican Republic over Mass Deportation Plans

Link to Article: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/haiti-foreign-minister-blasts-dominican-republics-mass-deportation-plan-2024-10-07/ This Monday, the Haitian Foreign Affairs Minister condemned a policy announced the government of the Dominican Republic last week to mass deport asylum-seeking migrants back across the border to Haiti, numbering somewhere around ~10,000 migrants every week. In a statement by the Haitian Foreign Affairs Minister yesterday, he goes on to state; “…we are witnessing an… Read more »

Argentina’s Milei criticizes ‘Leviathan’ UN, pledges ‘agenda of freedom’

Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/argentinas-milei-criticizes-leviathan-un-speech-pledges-agenda-freedom-2024-09-24/ During the 79th United Nations General Assembly on September 24, 2024, Argentinian president Javier Milei gave a speech that left representatives without words. Milei compared the UN’s restrictions and models to a “Leviathan”, which is a mythological sea monster. He criticized them further by saying when their plans for humans don’t work, “they repress, restrict, and… Read more »