Source: The Washington Post MEXICO CITY — In the past few opiate-soaked years, U.S. officials say, nearly all the heroin coursing through American cities has come from one place: Mexico. U.S. authorities have expressed alarm at what they call an explosion of opium poppy in their southern neighbor. Echoing a federal drug agency assessment, President Trump has declared that “an astonishing… Read more »
Source: Washington Post Cuba is at the dawn of a new era. The Castro family is now stepping out of the political spotlight and a new ruler is set to rule the small island nation. The Cuban National Assembly elected Miguel Diaz-Canel as the new leader after Raul Castro stepped down. The Castro family has practically been the face of… Read more »
Source The Washington Post OTTAWA — In a scene more common in Canada’s neighbor to the south, a shootout at a Toronto bowling alley last weekend left a suspected gang member dead. A 29-year-old woman was caught in the crossfire and later died at a hospital. For a country proud of its largely peaceful streets and much lower levels of gun… Read more »
Source CNN (CNN)A man who killed six worshippers at a Quebec City mosque told an investigator he carried out the January 2017 attack after seeing reports the Canadian government would welcome more refugees into the country, according to CNN partner CBC. A video of Alexandre Bissonnette’s interrogation was played in court Friday during the third day of his sentencing hearing, CBC… Read more »
Source CNN Havana, Cuba (CNN)For the first time in the lives of most Cubans, a man not named Castro will lead the Communist-run island nation. Cuba’s National Assembly announced Thursday that First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel, 57, will replace Raul Castro as the head of the Cuban government. Castro embraced Diaz-Canel — who wasn’t even born when Fidel Castro led his revolution in 1959… Read more »