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by Herika Martinez Agence France-Presse CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico (AFP) — Searching desperately for his brother after a fire killed dozens at a Mexican immigrant detention center, Abel Maldonado pleaded with authorities to stop treating migrants like animals. “We’re not dogs,” the 29-year-old Venezuelan construction worker repeated before visiting a morgue, praying that his brother had survived the blaze in Ciudad Juarez near the US border. He said the same thing to security personnel at the […]
ALAUSÍ, Ecuador (AFP) — Rescuers raced against time in southern Ecuador Tuesday to find survivors of a weekend landslide that left at least eight people dead and more than 70 missing. Torrential rain overnight Sunday triggered a mudslide that buried dozens of homes and injured 30 people in the village of Alausi some 300 kilometers (180 miles) south of the capital Quito, officials said. As hopes faded of finding survivors under the rubble, rescuers with […]
DURHAM, United States (AFP) — President Joe Biden launched a new drive Tuesday to promote a major theme of his expected reelection campaign, touting what he said was a resurgence of US manufacturing — and warning Republicans could tank the economy. “I’ve been determined to make things in this country again, to build American manufacturing capacity,” Biden said at Wolfspeed, a semiconductor manufacturing plant in Durham, North Carolina, that recently announced a $5 billion expansion. […]
ALAUSI, Ecuador (AFP) — Rescuers searched Monday for more than 60 people reported missing after a landslide triggered by months of heavy rain killed at least seven people in southern Ecuador. The mudslide happened overnight Sunday into Monday, burying dozens of homes and injuring 23 people in the village of Alausi in Chimborazo province, some 300 kilometers (180 miles) south of Quito, officials said. Shocked residents, many in tears, stood waiting for news Monday as […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia’s defense ministry said Tuesday that its navy had fired test anti-ship missiles at mock targets in the Sea of Japan during military exercises. Russia’s Pacific Fleet drills came a week after Tokyo’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited Ukraine. “In the waters of the Sea of Japan, missile boats of the Pacific Fleet fired Moskit cruise missiles at a mock enemy sea target,” the ministry said on Telegram early on Tuesday. […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for his country to expand production of “weapon-grade nuclear materials” and build more powerful weapons, state media reported Tuesday. Kim’s latest threat, a doubling-down on an earlier promise to “exponentially” ramp up nuke production, came as a US Navy carrier strike group arrived in South Korea on Tuesday. Kim was briefed by officials from the country’s nuclear weapons institute, the official Korean Central […]
The Hague, Netherlands (AFP) Criminals are set to take advantage of artificial intelligence like ChatGPT to commit fraud and other cybercrimes, Europe’s policing agency warned on Monday. From phishing to disinformation and malware, the rapidly evolving abilities of chatbots will be used not only to better mankind, but to scam it too, Europol said in a new report. Created by US startup OpenAI, ChatGPT appeared in November and was quickly seized upon by users amazed […]
by Noe Leiva with Hugo Olazar in Asuncion Agence France-Presse TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AFP) — A battle in the intense diplomatic war between China and Taiwan is being fought in Latin America, where Honduras has become the latest country to ditch Taipei and align itself with Beijing. Paraguay will be the next front as it holds a presidential election in April, with opposition candidate Efrain Alegre having vowed to reevaluate relations with Taipei if he wins. […]
by Didier LAURAS The Kremlin’s announcement that it will station nuclear weapons on the territory of its ally Belarus echoes US practice in Europe, but doubts remain over how far Russia will take the plan. Opting to rattle the nuclear sabre yet again following his February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin is shoring up his tough image at home and attempting to raise the pressure on Kyiv’s Western allies, analysts say. But […]
by Rosie Scammell Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday night paused a judicial overhaul which triggered a general strike, political division and mass protests in the country’s most severe domestic crisis in years. After nearly three months of increasing tensions, Netanyahu said in a broadcast: “Out of a sense of national responsibility, out of a will to prevent a rupture among our people, I have decided to pause the second and third readings of […]
Washington, United States | AFP | Monday 3/28/2023 by Susannah WALDEN A heavily-armed former student killed three young children and three staff in what appeared to be a carefully planned attack at a private elementary school in Nashville on Monday, before being shot dead by police. Chief of Police John Drake named the suspect as Audrey Hale — a 28-year-old female, who the officer later said identified as transgender. Hale had maps of […]
Beijing, China (AFP) – China is investigating a US due diligence firm for “illegal” activities, a government spokesperson said Monday, after the company accused authorities of detaining five local employees and shutting down its Beijing office. The New York-based Mintz Group is “suspected of illegal operations”, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said, adding that “the relevant case is now under investigation”. Mao did not share further details about the investigation into Mintz Group, which […]
