For Haiti’s kids, servitude in gangs, death on the streets leave little room for a future
PORT-AU-PRINCE — The nine-year-old boys wearing matching knapsacks walk down the street in the morning light, but they are not […]
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Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100
ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War,
Prayers and tears mark 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed some 230,000 people
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — People started gathering in prayer on Thursday and visiting the mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh
UN publishes new death toll for massacre of older people and Vodou religious leaders in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The United Nations raised the death toll of a recent massacre in which dozens of older people
Can Cuba and Venezuela help rescue Haiti? Head of U.S.-backed transition is asking
MIAMI — In Cuba the population is fighting shortages of food, fuel and medicine while a collapsing electrical grid that
Joy and wonder: Between the bumps of the world, exuberance shone through in 2024
She jumps, her eyes closed, and she grins — this little girl surrounded by gang violence in her own neighborhood
Several hundreds, maybe thousands, may have died in Mayotte cyclone
MAMOUDZOU — Several hundred people and possibly even thousands may have been killed when the most powerful cyclone in nearly
One week into a new Syria, rebels aim for normalcy and Syrians vow not to be silent again
DAMASCUS (AP) — At Damascus’ international airport, the new head of security — one of the rebels who marched across Syria
Haiti’s shaky transition needs saving, say political leaders. They want CARICOM to intervene
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haitian political leaders are accusing the political party of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and its allies of trying
Haitian, Kenyan police took control of a rural town – then the victory led to carnage
PORT-AU-PRINCE — It was supposed to be a rare victory after a wave of setbacks in Haiti’s war against gangs.