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Haiti leader says elections can be held this year even as gangs continue their rampage

PORT-AU-PRINCE — The head of Haiti’s embattled presidential council says he believes that both a reform of the country’s constitution and general elections to put a legitimate government back in…

John McCarthy January 31, 2025

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Haiti leader says long-awaited general elections penned for November

PORT-AU-PRINCE - Haiti's transitional council president Leslie Voltaire said in an interview on Wednesday that a date for the Caribbean nation's long-awaited general elections has been fixed for around Nov.…

John McCarthy January 30, 2025

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More Americans are renouncing their citizenship: Here’s who is leaving and why

In 2014, Fabien Lehagre was 29 when he received a letter from his bank that left him in “shock.” For one thing, Lehagre was a French citizen living in France;…

John McCarthy January 20, 2025

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American accused of assaulting a Pennsylvania student is being extradited to the US

PARIS (AP) — French Appeal Court prosecutors said an American man accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said, “So I…

John McCarthy January 16, 2025

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Miss France pageant names 34-year-old winner after rule change

Angélique Angarni-Filopon, a 34-year-old flight attendant from the French Caribbean island of Martinique, became the oldest contestant to win the Miss France pageant after a rule change allowed women over…

John McCarthy January 14, 2025

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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 a century hit the French Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte,…

John McCarthy December 15, 2024

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Woman who flew from New York to Paris without a ticket is charged in federal court

NEW YORK — The woman who officials say boarded a flight without a ticket in New York during the Thanksgiving holiday and was detained upon landing in Paris has been…

John McCarthy December 7, 2024

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Macron calls Haitian officials ‘total morons’ over PM sacking

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron accused Haiti's transitional council of being "total morons" for dismissing the country's prime minister, according to a video shot at the G20 summit in…

John McCarthy November 30, 2024

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Prominent Haitian politician condemns French president for calling leaders ‘total morons’

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A member of Haiti’s transitional presidential council has publicly criticized remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron, who was caught on camera calling the Caribbean country’s leaders “total…

John McCarthy November 30, 2024

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The number of children recruited by gangs in Haiti soars by 70%, UNICEF says

A new UNICEF report has found that the number of children recruited by gangs in Haiti has surged by 70% in the past year PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Gangs in Haiti…

John McCarthy November 25, 2024