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Colombia’s President Abelardo de la Espriella.
26 Aug, 2026 0

President orders immigration raids

BOGOTA (AP): Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has promised to deport thousands of migrants who are in the country without residence permits, mainly Venezuelans, as he attempts to make…
Minister of Finance and National Revenue Francois-Philippe Champagne speaks at a news conference on Canada’s response to US tariffs, at a roofing company in Ottawa on Tuesday.
26 Aug, 2026 0

Canada retaliates with tariffs on $20b in US goods

CHICAGO (AP): Canada struck back at the United States on yesterday with retaliatory tariffs on about US$20 billion worth of American goods, including steel, dairy products, appliances and farm…
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at a forum of The Americas Counter Cartel Coalition in Panama City, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
26 Aug, 2026 0

US military says it killed four in strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States military attacked a boat suspected of being used to smuggle drugs in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday, killing four people, as the Trump administration continues its…
President Donald Trump walks past Secretary of State Marco Rubio as he arrives for a roundtable on the American mining industry on August 7 at the State Department in Washington.
25 Aug, 2026 0

US set for largest mass visa revocation in history

WASHINGTON (AP): The Trump administration is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of up to 200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum status in the United…
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25 Aug, 2026 0

US strike on vessel in eastern Pacific kills 2

WASHINGTON (AP): After a pause of more than two months, the US military announced yesterday that it once again carried out a strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people accused…
Both countries, as well as the wider US Caribbean, have experienced widespread drying this year.
25 Aug, 2026 0

Caribbean urged to prepare for hotter, drier conditions

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) and the University of the West Indies Climate Studies Group Mona (UWI CSGM) are urging the region…
People watch as the bodies of their relatives who were killed in a gang attack are carried away by morgue workers in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
25 Aug, 2026 0

More than 50 kidnapped as violent gang attack in Haiti leaves 47 dead

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — At least 47 people were killed and more than 50 others kidnapped when armed men attacked a once-peaceful community near Haiti’s capital earlier this week, the United…
FILE - A federal agent wears an Immigration and Customs Enforcement badge in New York, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
25 Aug, 2026 0

ICE arrests jumped to nearly 50,000 in July, the highest monthly total of Trump’s second term

WASHINGTON (AP) — US Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested nearly 50,000 people in July, the highest single monthly arrest total during the second Trump administration, according to new…
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks to reporters at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, on Wednesday, Aug. 12 2026, after surviving a leadership vote among his own party’s lawmakers. (AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay) CORRECTION: Correc
24 Aug, 2026 0

New Zealand’s prime minister proposes banning children from using social media

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has unveiled a proposed law banning children younger than 16 from using social media platforms, citing what he said Monday…