MEXICO CITY — As a large caravan of Central American migrants approached the northern border of Mexico last month, the Trump administration launched a campaign to turn back the group. Unwelcoming statements were issued by American officials, including Kirstjen Nielsen, the secretary of homeland security, who told migrants who intended to apply for asylum in the United States that they… Read more »
Brazilian federal prosecutors have charged 11 people with planning to establish an Islamic State cell in Brazil and trying to recruit jihadists to send to Syria, according to a court filing. Police tracked the alleged Isis militants through their social media messages after Spain’s Guardia Civil provided telephone numbers found on a Brazilian arrested in Spain for belonging to a… Read more »
U.S. trade czar Robert Lighthizer cites ‘gaping differences’ after Trudeau says a ‘good deal’ is on the table Alexander Panetta · The Canadian Press · Posted: May 18, 2018 7:33 AM ET | Last Updated: an hour ago U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, left, threw cold water on any talk of a quick resolution to outstanding NAFTA issues after Prime… Read more »
It is being reported that as of Thursday night, a Caracas jail is being faced head on with a revolt, orchestrated by political prisoners. Over 300 political prisoners are serving as inmates there, and an uprising occured following one of said prisoners being beaten. El Helicode (the prison’s name), is currently the capital of the secret service, and it is… Read more »
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court struck down a 1992 federal law on Monday that effectively banned commercial sports betting in most states, opening the door to legalizing the estimated $150 billion in illegal wagers on professional and amateur sports that Americans make every year. The decision seems certain to result in profound changes to the nation’s relationship with sports wagering…. Read more »
A man who died when a burning tower block collapsed in Brazil’s largest city, São Paulo, was only seconds away from being rescued, firefighters say. Ricardo Oliveira Galvão Pinheiro, 39, had gone back into the building to alert others when he was trapped by the flames. Firefighters threw him a rope and a harness from a neighbouring building. But before… Read more »
Argentina’s central bank has raised interest rates for the second time in a week as the country’s currency, the peso, continues to fall sharply. On Thursday, the bank hiked rates by three percentage points to 33.25%, following another three-point rise six days previously. However, it failed to stem the fall in the peso, which has lost a quarter of its… Read more »
A former head coach with Taekwondo Canada is facing 13 charges related to sexual assault allegations involving a teenage girl he was coaching. Toronto police arrested Shin Wook Lim, a multi-time coach with Canada’s summer Olympic team, on Tuesday, alleging he sexually assaulted the student over the course of two years, from 2015 to 2017. His charges include six counts… Read more »
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s new legal team made a chaotic debut as Rudolph W. Giuliani, who was tapped recently to be one of the president’s lawyers, potentially exposed his client to legal and political danger by publicly revealing the existence of secret payments to Michael D. Cohen, the president’s personal lawyer. After he moved into the White House, the president… Read more »
As Mexico’s July 1st presidential election day comes closer and closer, the race appears to be getting tighter and tighter. While the 2nd place rival candidate appears to be surging lately to close the gap, left-sided Mexican candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador has maintained a steady projected-lead. The poll was taken following April 22nd, when the first televised presidential debate took… Read more »