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[ad_1] The situation in Haiti has become so dire that the U.S., Canada and the U.N. have once again turned their attention to the Caribbean nation as gang violence reaches new extremes and violent deaths mount. Haitian gangs have turned to extreme measures with atrocities akin to those reported during …

[ad_1] Nikese Toussaint was at church, so she didn’t see the text message from her sister. All she knew at that point was that their brother and his wife, who live in the U.S., had landed safely in Haiti to visit ailing relatives and prepare for Rara, a colorful and …

[ad_1] Russia is warning Armenia that there would be “serious consequences” if the latter were to follow through on plans to become a member state of the International Criminal Court.  The state-run RIA news agency cited a source in the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying that Armenia’s ICC plans as …

[ad_1] A 13-year-old student in Brazil’s biggest city fatally stabbed a 71-year-old teacher and wounded three teachers and two fellow students Monday in a knife attack at a public school, state officials said. The five wounded victims from the Thomazia Montoro school in São Paulo were in hospital in stable …

[ad_1] A 13-year-old student in Brazil’s biggest city fatally stabbed a 71-year-old teacher and wounded three teachers and two fellow students Monday in a knife attack at a public school, state officials said. The five wounded victims from the Thomazia Montoro school in São Paulo were in hospital in stable …

[ad_1] An ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin is warning Monday that Moscow has “modern unique weapons capable of destroying any adversary, including the United States.”  Russia Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev made the fiery remark in the state-run Rossiiskaya Gazeta newspaper, according to Reuters.  “American politicians trapped by their own …

[ad_1] Protests in France escalated over the weekend with officers firing more than 4,000 nonlethal dispersion grenades at people who were voicing their concerns over French President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms. More than a million people have taken to the streets in recent weeks after Macron said he would increase …

[ad_1] Space rockets launched from China have more than quadrupled over the past decade, with more than 60 last year alone, according to a new survey.  In 2013, China accounted for less than a fifth of all rockets launched worldwide, ranking behind Russia and the United States. By 2018, China …

[ad_1] North Korea fired a ballistic missile off its east coast on Monday morning, according to reports. Reuters reported that South Korea’s military confirmed the missile launch, as did Japan’s Coast Guard, which said the projectile had fallen from the sky. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – 2023/01/01: A TV screen shows …

[ad_1] Hundreds of thousands of North Korean women have been forced into marriages, sold into sex slavery, or sent to work in detention camps after escaping their despotic country and finding themselves trapped in China’s so-called “Red Zone,” a human rights group says.  A new study released Friday by international …