PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Armored vehicles roll slowly past Haiti’s National Palace as police scan the horizon for gangs. Every day, bullets whiz past the area,
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China building new outpost on U.S. doorstep, leaked documents reveal
ST. JOHN’S — On a Caribbean island just 220 miles from the shore of the U.S. Virgin Islands, a black-clad Chinese security guard swept an
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Haiti health system nears collapse as medicine dwindles, gangs attack hospitals and ports stay shut
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — On a recent morning at a hospital in the heart of gang territory in Haiti’s capital, a woman began convulsing before her
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Ukrainian and Western leaders laud US aid package while the Kremlin warns of ‘further ruin’
KYIV (AP) — Ukrainian and Western leaders welcomed a desperately needed aid package passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, as the Kremlin warned the passage
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Haiti’s former capital seeks to revive its hey-day as gang violence consumes Port-au-Prince
CAP-HAITIEN (AP) — They call it Okap, home to Haiti’s kings, emancipated slaves and revolutionaries. Sitting on the shimmering north coast, the city of Cap-Haïtien
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Dominican authorities launch probe after an immigration officer is accused of raping a 14-year-old
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic said Thursday they have launched an investigation after an immigration officer was accused of raping a
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Barbados Weather Service spots nascent hurricane season’s first tropical wave
BRIDGETOWN — The Barbados Weather Service has marked a disturbance near Africa as the first tropical wave of this year. NHC has not yet identified
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Coast Guard medevacs pregnant passenger from Disney cruise ship
SAN JUAN — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew conducted a medevac for a Disney Fantasy cruise ship passenger, Monday, in the Atlantic Ocean
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A journalist. An army sergeant. An 80-year-old patient. Haitian human rights group details gang toll
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A photographer slain in a drive-by shooting. An 80-year-old patient executed in a hospital surgery room. A couple decapitated as they closed
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Transitional council in Haiti to choose new leaders is formally established amid gang violence
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A transitional council tasked with choosing Haiti’s next prime minister and Cabinet was established Friday in a move supporters hope will help
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