The improbable arrest of Ismael Zambada García, who for decades had evaded the authorities, at a small airport outside El Paso appears to be a tale of subterfuge and betrayal.
Despite more than four decades on the run as one of the world's most wanted fugitives, Mexican drug kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada had never spent a single night in jail -- until now.
Fast-moving fires have destroyed a third of the buildings in the picturesque town of Jasper, Alberta, and its national park. But the mayor hopes to rebuild
In Venezuela's presidential elections, incumbent Nicholas Maduro fights a movement against him lead by Maria Corina Machado, who's been barred from the race. In Russia, Russian American journalist, Alsu Kurmasheva, is sentenced to prison...
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Biden administration will “calibrate” its sanctions policy towards Venezuela depending on how the high-stakes election unfolds in the OPEC nation on Sunday, U.S. The article US may...
The opposition is united against longtime leftist President Nicolas Maduro, who is seeking a third term in this Sunday's election amid the country's gravest economic and political crisis in decades.
US announces arrest of two leaders of organised crime group as Mexican authorities say they were in the dark The Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador , has called for “transparency” after the sudden and secretive arrests by US...
President of Dominica, Sylvanie Burton, has congratulated Anette Thomas Sanford on becoming the first woman to be voted as Kalinago Chief. She expressed hopes that Sanford will put political differences aside to develop the indigenous...
The UWP party has issued a letter of congratulations to Anette Sanford on her landslide victory and election to the office of Kalinago Chief. “The Executive and Supporters of the United Workers Party-TEAM Dominica (UWP) extends...
The U.S. said it had arrested Ismael Zambada García, a co-founder, and Joaquín Guzmán López, a son of another co-founder. Both are accused of involvement in fentanyl trafficking.
In the U.S., Benjamin Netanyahu courted Donald Trump but heard a new harsher tone on the Gaza war from Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic presidential nominee.
The Dominica National Council for Women has extended its heartfelt congratulations to Anette Sanford, who in a historic victory on July 22, has become the first female Kalinago Chief in Dominica. In an issued statement, executive member...
Venezuela is holding a presidential election on Sunday that could bring dramatic change to the nation, if the opposition candidate can really knock out longtime President Nicolás Maduro.
“We have plenty of work to do”, new Bishop of the Diocese of Roseau, Most Rev Kenrick Forbes, has told Catholics in Dominica following his ordination. He spoke after the celebration at Our Lady of Fair Haven Cathedral in...
In Sardinata, Norte de Santander, local farmers have found archaeological artifacts of the Chitarero indigenous peoples, an extinct group that played a pivotal role in the early resistance against Spanish conquest.
Biden praises law enforcement for fentanyl charges against members of ‘one of the deadliest enterprises in the world’ The US justice department has arrested two leaders of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel, including the cartel’s...
(Trinidad Express) Government has secured a 20-year lease from Venezuela to obtain gas from the Cocuina-Manakin field, says Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley. The article Trinidad PM hails gas deal with Venezuela appeared first on Stabroek...
(Trinidad Guardian) Months after he fled his home after it was firebombed twice, a 58-year-old man was gunned down as he left a casino in San Fernando on Wednesday night. The article Gambler whose home was fire-bombed twice gunned down...
Kamala Harris didn't want to take on the immigration portfolio as vice president in the Biden White House, an unwinnable assignment that she never fully embraced.
Kamala Harris struggled to find her political footing in her early years as vice president. Her allies say that has changed since Roe vs. Wade was overturned.
Though Obama was initially coy after Biden said he would not seek reelection, the Obamas' nod is unsurprising given their long relationship with Harris.
Israel has assassinated two dozen Hezbollah commanders in Lebanon since last fall amid an intelligence war employing cellphones, drones and fake rocks.
One of Mexico’s most notorious drug lords is now in U.S. custody. Authorities in the U.S. announced Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada had been arrested, and will appear before an American judge soon.
Incumbent socialist leader Nicolas Maduro is running for a third term amid the country's grave economic crisis and an increasingly authoritarian political climate.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez said yesterday he trusts the country’s military will ensure respect for the result of the presidential election this Sunday, as he and his rival, incumbent...
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – A Brazilian judge yesterday issued an injunction to stop the paving of a highway through the centre of the Amazon rainforest, amid fears the roadway would boost deforestation and further drive climate...
PARIS, France: Chef de Mission for Jamaica’s team to the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France, Ian Kelly, has promised that the world will be enthralled by the island’s flair during today’s opening ceremony. The Olympics officially opens...
Andrea Dempster Chung, executive director of Kingston Creative, acknowledges that despite millions already invested in downtown Kingston’s iconic art district, an additional $30 million is required to sustain the ongoing transformation...
Chief executive officer (CEO) of the St James Municipal Corporation (SJMC) Naudia Crosskill on Wednesday appealled to the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service to provide the necessary resources to assist the municipalities in...
The heartfelt tributes at Betty Ann Blaine’s thanksgiving service on Thursday at Boulevard Baptist Church in St Andrew revealed the depth of admiration for the woman hailed as “Jamaica’s children’s champion”. Tributes to Blaine, whose...
The number of Jamaicans who travelled to Canada as part of the overseas employment programme in 2023 declined by five per cent to 9,587 persons as weather challenges and the negative publicity surrounding the farm work programme...
Despite the Government’s pledge in 2018 to create a First World, high-tech court system, many members of the Supreme Court staff said this week that they were working in inhumane conditions. The staff outlined in detail some of the...
The authorities arrested a man believed to have started the fire north of Sacramento. A second fire in eastern Oregon, affecting more than 268,000 acres, is now the largest in the country.
Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada and Joaquín Guzmán López, two of Mexico's most-wanted men, were arrested at an El Paso airport, two sources familiar with the situation told the Los Angeles Times.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The White House today expressed concern about the threat of violence in Venezuela’s election on Sunday and warned President Nicolas Maduro of the need to hold a fair vote free of political...