BlackRock to buy Panama Canal ports after pressure from Trump
PANAMA CITY — BlackRock has agreed to buy two major ports on the Panama Canal from their Hong Kong-based owner as part of a $22.8 billion deal, following pressure from…
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‘They are throwing live babies into the flames’: Victims of Haiti gang attack plead for help
DELMAS, Haiti The battle for control of Haiti’s volatile capital took another deadly turn on Tuesday as members of a powerful gang coalition that has been using violence to terrorize…
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Crowds protest JD Vance at Vermont ski resort
WAITSFIELD, Vermont— Crowds protesting Vice President JD Vance the day after an Oval Office blowout over Ukraine lined roadways Saturday near a Vermont ski resort where he planned a weekend…
Attorneys are suing to keep 10 migrants out of Guantanamo Bay as others say they were abused there
HAVANA — Civil rights attorneys sued the Trump administration Saturday to prevent it from transferring 10 migrants detained in the U.S. to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and filed statements from men…
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Most European leaders back Zelenskyy as he joins crisis talks in London
LONDON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the American people and leadership and voiced hope for “strong relations,” a day after an astonishing Oval Office blowout with U.S. President Donald Trump that…
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Trump’s Oval Office fumble with Zelensky makes America weak: OP-ED
Donald Trump is the one “gambling with World War III” because he’ll only accept a cast of sycophants and yes-men around him. Ukraine’s leader wouldn’t play his part on Friday.…
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Zelenskyy leaves White House early after Ukraine talks collapse
WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky left the White House this afternoon following the collapse of talks with President Donald Trump after a clash in the Oval Office. Zelensky left the White House early…
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U.S. aid cuts are making it difficult to help Haitians affected by gang violence, UN says
Even as the United Nations continues to crunch the numbers on the rippling effects of the Trump administration’s freeze on U.S. foreign assistance and gutting of the U.S. Agency for…
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Haiti not ready for peacekeeping mission, UN chief says, offers alternative to fight gangs
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Faced with resistance from Russia and China, uncertainty from Washington and his own apprehensions about returning blue-helmet peacekeepers to gang-plagued Haiti, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is recommending…
Caribbean nations haven’t sent all forces to Haiti to join Kenya-led mission. Here’s why
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Long before Guatemala and El Salvador agreed to deploy military forces to join the international armed mission to help Haiti’s beleaguered security forces fight terrorizing gangs, Jamaica…