PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) — A recent spike of violence in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, is preventing the World Food Program (WFP) from reaching hundreds of thousands of people in urgent need of supplies, as conflicts between armed…
HAVANA (Reuters) — Cuba is struggling to secure enough milk for children, a minister said, in the latest shortage putting strain on a decades-old subsidies scheme created by the late Fidel Castro. Milk deliveries for…
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) — Honduras’ CNBS regulator has banned the Central American country’s financial system from trading in cryptocurrency and similar virtual assets, it said in a resolution, citing risks of fraud and money laundering. The…
HAVANA (Reuters) — University of Havana professor Daniela Ventura has intercepted a migrant. Her net, stretched taut on a forest trail in Havana’s Botanical Garden, trembles. A catbird – a discretely clad gray bird with…
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) — More than 400 people have been detained at events across 32 Russian cities since the death of Alexei Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s most formidable opponent, according to rights group OVD-Info, as Russians…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A stalled marijuana law for the territory got a big push this week after an advisory board approved a list of proposed rules and regulations that would govern the recreational use of cannabis in the…
MIAMI — The first survey of Florida’s reefs after an ‘apocalyptic’ marine heat wave offers a bleak picture of the future of the state’s renowned corals — and the restoration efforts to save them. Scientists…
NEW YORK (AP) — For five years, a New York City man managed to live rent-free in a landmark Manhattan hotel by exploiting an obscure local housing law. But prosecutors this week said Mickey Barreto…
COMPTON (AP) — A California man who may have been breeding pit bulls was mauled to death in a backyard, authorities said Friday. The 35-year-old man died in Compton after he was attacked Thursday night,…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — VITRAN will not offer fixed-route services or ADA-Paratransit services in observance of President’s Day on Monday. Public Works said it appreciates the patience of bus riders in St. Thomas and St. Croix.…