9 nuns die of COVID-19 after outbreak at convent

By CNN,

Before December 20, there had not been any cases of Covid-19 among the nuns living at the Motherhouse campus of the Adrian Dominican Sisters in Adrian...

coronavirus

Kenya bags coveted UN Security Council seat, floors Djibouti

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya has bagged the last remaining spot on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) after flooring Djibouti in Thursday’s repeat vote. The cou...

kenya , President Uhuru Kenyatta , United Nations Security Council (UNSC)

Go or no go? U.S. updates travel advisories amid coronavirus outbreak

By VOA,

The U.S. State Department says when it comes to issuing a travel alert for Americans traveling abroad, it takes into account health risks. This inc...

coronavirus

Police confirm that a woman who died after 8 days in a Dominican Republic ICU was a missing New York tourist

By CNN,

Authorities have confirmed that the body of a woman found in the Dominican Republic is indeed one of the two American tourists who had been missing fo...

Dominican Republic , woman

Global survey finds widespread lack of confidence in US leadership

By VOA,

A new survey shows a widespread lack of confidence in US leadership from residents around the world, with only 31 percent approving of the job perform...

china , US

Venezuela children left behind as parents flee to find work abroad

By Reuters,

Yusneiker and Anthonella have been living with their grandmother since their father left Venezuela and its collapsing economy last year for Peru, to t...

Caracas slum , President Nicolas Maduro , Venezuela

Airport plane bridge collapse in Baltimore leaves 6 injured

By CNN,

A "partial equipment failure" involving a jet bridge at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) in Maryland on Saturday lef...

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More than 150 nations adopt UN migration pact

By VOA,

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday migration "should be well managed and safe, not irregular and dangerous" as he praised a group ...

Global Compact for Safe , Orderly and Regular Migration , Then-U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson , U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres , United Nations

6 killed following argument at Haitian-Dominican border

By VOA,

Six people were killed Saturday at the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic after an argument, authorities said. Haitian police inspecto...

Haitian police inspector Harry Deny , Haitian-Dominican border , President Jovenel Moise

The consequences of a total abortion ban

By CNN,

A woman spoke of her 16-year-old daughter who died after being denied chemotherapy for leukemia because she was in the early weeks of pregnancy. A ...

abortion , Abortion ban , Dominican Republic , Human Rights Watch

Taiwan holds large-scale military drills amid China tensions

By Reuters,

Taiwan simulated repelling an invading force on Thursday by using civilian-operated drones for the first time as part of annual military drills on the...

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Manhattan nanny gets life in prison for murdering 2 children in her care

By CNN,

A New York nanny convicted of murdering two children she was trusted to care for was sentenced on Monday to life in prison with no possibility of paro...

Dominican Republic , Manhattan , USA , Yoselyn Ortega

Peru’s Congress prepares to oust President Kuczynski

By Reuters,

President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s chances of surviving the political crisis gripping Peru faded on Friday after Congress passed a motion to start �...

Brazilian company discloses payments totaling $4.8 million to companies owned by Kuczynski or a close friend triggering calls for him to resign. , Congress voted 93-17 on Friday to seek President Kuczynski removal , Peru's Congress prepares to oust President Kuczynski , President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s

Dam fails in Puerto Rico, 70,000 told to evacuate

By AFP,

Some 70,000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes after a rain-swollen dam in Puerto Rico failed in the latest disaster caused by Hurricane...

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Millions without power in Florida in deadly Irma’s wake

By AFP,

Millions of Florida residents were without power Tuesday as the remnants of Hurricane Irma spun northwest into the southeastern US, drenching the regi...

Florida , Hurricane Harvey , HURRICANE IRMA , STORM HARVEY VICTIMS

Cranes toppled in flooded Florida as Irma unleashes fury

By Citizen Reporter,

Hurricane Irma toppled cranes, swallowed streets and left millions without power Sunday as it unleashed its terrifying fury on the US state of Florida...

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Irma lashes Florida, evacuees brace for strike

By AFP,

Hurricane Irma began pummeling Florida late Saturday, threatening almost the entire southeastern US state after cutting a deadly path of destruction t...

BERBUDA , HURRICANE IRMA , STORM HARVEY , texas , TEXAS DISASTER

‘Devastation’ as Hurricane Irma slams Caribbean

By AFP,

Hurricane Irma sowed a trail of deadly devastation through the Caribbean on Wednesday, reducing to rubble the tropical islands of Barbuda and St Marti...

BERMUDA , Caribbean nations , HURRICANE IRMA , Latin America Caribbean Africa Trade Summit

Smoking Costs $1 Trillion, Soon to Kill 8 Million a Year- WHO,NCI Study

By VOA,

Smoking costs the global economy more than $1 trillion a year, and will kill one third more people by 2030 than it does now, according to a study by t...

Miss Puerto Rico crowned Miss World 2016

By Reuters,

Puerto Rico's Stephanie Del Valle was crowned Miss World 2016 on Sunday, winning the top prize in the 66th edition of the pageant held this year in th...

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