CNN — Security forces from Guatemala and El Salvador arrived in Haiti on Friday to reinforce a multinational mission tasked with tackling the country’s rampant gang violence, the Haitian National Police announced. High-ranking officials gathered on the tarmac of the international airport in the capital Port-au-Prince to greet the 75 Guatemalan and eight Salvadoran officers, video released…
Reuters – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to South Korea, Japan and France from Jan. 4-9, the State Department said on Friday, amid a political crisis in Seoul. South Korea’s presidential guards and military troops on Friday prevented authorities from arresting impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, under criminal investigation for insurrection over…
Buenos Aires: Argentine police on Friday arrested one of the two men accused of supplying drugs to British singer Liam Payne before he fell to his death from the third floor of his hotel room in Buenos Aires. Braian Paiz, who is accused of having supplied cocaine to Payne, is one of five defendants indicted in…
London: A senior British government minister on Friday criticised Elon Musk’s latest intervention in the country’s politics as “misjudged and certainly misinformed”. The tech billionaire accused Prime Minister Keir Starmer a day earlier of failing to bring “rape gangs” to justice when he was director of public prosecutions. In a string of posts on his X…
Washington: A U.S. Army veteran who flew a black Islamic State flag on a truck that he rammed into New Year’s revelers in New Orleans shows how the extremist group still retains the ability to inspire violence despite suffering years of losses to a U.S.-led military coalition. At the height of its power from 2014-2017,…
US President-elect Donald Trump will be sentenced in the hush money case on January 10, days before his planned return to the White House, a New York judge ruled on Saturday. In an 18-page decision, Judge Juan Merchant said that a conditional discharge would be imposed on Mr Trump – meaning the case would be…
In a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions, an orca who made headlines in 2018 after it carried her dead calf for more than two weeks, has once again lost her baby, according to a report in The Guardian. The mother whale, known as J35 aka Tahlequah, was seen with the new calf on December 20 but on Wednesday…
Paris: French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo is set to publish a special God-mocking edition next week to mark 10 years since an attack on its offices by jihadist gunmen that left eight staff members dead. The anniversary of the shocking attack on freedom of expression is being used by the atheist publication to send a…
Seoul: South Korean investigators called off their attempt to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at his residence Friday over a failed martial law bid, citing safety concerns after a standoff with his security team. Yoon, who has already been suspended from duty by lawmakers, would become the first sitting president in South Korean history…
China is witnessing a surge in human metapneumovirus (HMPV) cases, sparking concerns of another health crisis after COVID-19 pandemic. Reports and social media posts show overcrowded hospitals, with some users also suggesting the presence of multiple viruses such as HMPV, influenza A, Mycoplasma pneumoniae and even COVID-19. HMPV causes flu-like symptoms and can lead to…