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Hamas frees 4 female Israeli soldiers as part of the Gaza ceasefire and Israel releases 70 prisoners
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Hamas frees 4 female Israeli soldiers as part of the Gaza ceasefire and Israel releases 70 prisoners

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Hamas militants handed over four captive female Israeli soldiers to the Red Cross in Gaza City on Saturday after parading them in front of a crowd. Israel…
Posted by John McCarthy January 25, 2025
Trump administration cancels travel for refugees already cleared to come to America
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Trump administration cancels travel for refugees already cleared to come to America

WASHINGTON (AP) — Refugees who had been approved to come to the United States before a deadline next week suspending America’s refugee resettlement program have had their travel plans canceled by the…
Posted by John McCarthy January 23, 2025
Haitians face ‘unremitting violence,’ such as kidnapping, lynching, UN report says
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Haitians face ‘unremitting violence,’ such as kidnapping, lynching, UN report says

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haiti's residents are subjected to "unremitting violence," according to Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. In a report released Tuesday, Türk's office said gang…
Posted by John McCarthy January 9, 2025
The UN says more than 5,600 people were killed in Haiti last year as gangs rampage
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The UN says more than 5,600 people were killed in Haiti last year as gangs rampage

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — More than 5,600 people were reported killed in Haiti last year as a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenya struggles to contain rampant gang violence, officials said Tuesday. The…
Posted by John McCarthy January 7, 2025
For Haiti’s kids, servitude in gangs, death on the streets leave little room for a future
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

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 going to school. In their hands are loaded guns, and…
Posted by John McCarthy January 3, 2025
Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100
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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, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined…
Posted by John McCarthy December 29, 2024
Prayers and tears mark 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed some 230,000 people
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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 province to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami,…
Posted by John McCarthy December 26, 2024
UN publishes new death toll for massacre of older people and Vodou religious leaders in Haiti
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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 and Vodou religious leaders were killed by a gang in…
Posted by John McCarthy December 24, 2024
Can Cuba and Venezuela help rescue Haiti? Head of U.S.-backed transition is asking
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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 resulted in three nationwide blackouts this year continues to leave…
Posted by John McCarthy December 22, 2024
Joy and wonder: Between the bumps of the world, exuberance shone through in 2024
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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 in Haiti. The jump rope game she is playing brings…
Posted by John McCarthy December 17, 2024

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