Today: September 19, 2024
Today: September 19, 2024

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Harris is promoting her resume and her goals rather than race as she courts Black voters

Vice President Kamala Harris is courting Black voters without making her identity as a woman of color a central part of her pitch

Harris is promoting her resume and her goals rather than race as she courts Black voters
Americas|Crime|Environment

Brazil says it has nearly cleared gold miners from Amazon Yanomami reservation

Brazil has almost squashed the illegal gold rush that led thousands of wildcat miners into the Yanomami reservation in the Amazon

Brazil says it has nearly cleared gold miners from Amazon Yanomami reservation
Americas|Crime|News

Authorities were ‘actively looking’ for Georgia shooting suspect after a warning call from his mom the morning of the attack

Authorities were ‘actively looking’ for Georgia shooting suspect after a warning call from his mom the morning of the attack

Authorities were ‘actively looking’ for Georgia shooting suspect after a warning call from his mom the morning of the attack
Americas|Asia|Business|Economy

Japan, US face shared challenge from cheap China steel, Japan PM hopeful says

Japan and the United States should avoid confrontation about the steel industry and work together amid competition from China, the world's top

Japan, US face shared challenge from cheap China steel, Japan PM hopeful says
Americas|Crime|News

US judge reduces jail sentence of paramedic in McClain death

A Colorado judge on Friday reduced to probation the prison sentence of a paramedic convicted in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a young Black man who

US judge reduces jail sentence of paramedic in McClain death
Americas

Kamala Harris says she will cut degree requirements for certain federal jobs

U.S.

Kamala Harris says she will cut degree requirements for certain federal jobs
Americas|Election|News|Opinion

Trump and Vance are still stoking fears of Haitian migrants, as Ohio community faces bomb threats

Donald Trump and his running mate continue to disparage Haitian migrants in an Ohio community, further fueling false claims the Republicans have promoted even as the city has seen bomb threats and school evacuations and local officials called for a cooling of the anti-immigrant rhetoric

Trump and Vance are still stoking fears of Haitian migrants, as Ohio community faces bomb threats
Africa|Americas|News|World

Biden to make first Africa visit with Angola trip in coming weeks, sources say

President Joe Biden is planning a trip to Angola in coming weeks, fulfilling an earlier promise that would make him the first U.S. head of state to visit sub-

Biden to make first Africa visit with Angola trip in coming weeks, sources say
Americas|Economy

Brazil sees GDP accelerating in 2024 to 3.2% growth

Brazil's Finance Ministry raised its economic growth forecast on Friday to 3.2% for this year, projecting an acceleration compared with 2023, reflecting the resilience of Latin

Brazil sees GDP accelerating in 2024 to 3.2% growth
Americas|News|Opinion|World

Long Island Haitians blast Donald Trump's "despicable" comments on immigrants eating pets

Long Island Haitians blast Donald Trump's "despicable" comments on immigrants eating pets

Long Island Haitians blast Donald Trump's "despicable" comments on immigrants eating pets
Americas|Election|News

Trump pledges to deport Haitians in Ohio city if elected

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pledged on Friday to conduct mass deportations of Haitian

Trump pledges to deport Haitians in Ohio city if elected
Americas|Business|Economy

Brazil central bank to hike rates by 25 basis points on Sept 18: Reuters poll

Brazil's central bank will raise its benchmark rate by 25 points next Wednesday at what will likely be the start of a short tightening campaign to quash

Brazil central bank to hike rates by 25 basis points on Sept 18: Reuters poll
Americas|Asia|Business|Economy

Nippon Steel, US Steel send letter to Biden on merger plans

Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel sent a letter on Sunday to U.S.

Nippon Steel, US Steel send letter to Biden on merger plans
Americas|News|Sports

Pochettino says US men's players should aspire to achieve like American women

Mauricio Pochettino began his tenure as U.S. men’s national soccer team coach saying his players should aspire to achieve as much as the American women

Pochettino says US men's players should aspire to achieve like American women
Americas|Crime|News

Explosion at an Idaho gas station leaves two critically injured and others presumed dead

Officials say two people were badly burned and two others are believed to be dead after an explosion and fire destroyed a gas station in a small north-central Idaho town

Explosion at an Idaho gas station leaves two critically injured and others presumed dead
Americas|News|World

Power outages bring frustration to New Orleans residents post-Francine

Residents of the Carrollton neighborhood in New Orleans are among the thousands of utility customers in the city who remain without power after Hurricane Francine passed through

Power outages bring frustration to New Orleans residents post-Francine
Americas|News|World

Venezuela summons diplomats in escalating row with Spain

The Venezuelan government has recalled its ambassador to Spain for consultations and summoned the Spanish ambassador to appear at the foreign ministry, escalating diplomatic

Venezuela summons diplomats in escalating row with Spain
Americas|World

Worsening Sinaloa Cartel war paralyzes life in Mexican city

Authorities in the western Mexican state of Sinaloa on Thursday canceled national day celebrations and shut schools on the back of escalating violence

Worsening Sinaloa Cartel war paralyzes life in Mexican city
Americas|News

New York City lawmakers approve bill to study slavery and reparations

New York City lawmakers have approved legislation to study the city’s significant role in slavery and consider reparations to descendants of enslaved people

New York City lawmakers approve bill to study slavery and reparations
Americas|Crime|News

Federal review of Uvalde shooting finds Border Patrol missteps but does not recommend discipline

A federal report says U.S. Border Patrol agents who rushed to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in May 2022, were insufficiently trained and failed to establish command at the scene, but they violated no rules

Federal review of Uvalde shooting finds Border Patrol missteps but does not recommend discipline
Americas|News|World

Brazil officially welcomes return of sacred Indigenous cloak from Denmark

Brazil formally received on Thursday the return from Denmark of an Indigenous cloak made with 4,000 red feathers of the scarlet ibis bird, a sacred mantle that was taken by

Brazil officially welcomes return of sacred Indigenous cloak from Denmark
Americas|Economy|Finance

IMF says director Valdes has delegated all Argentina negotiations

The International Monetary Fund's director of the Western Hemisphere Rodrigo Valdes has fully delegated all negotiations with Argentina to other officials, the fund said

IMF says director Valdes has delegated all Argentina negotiations
Americas|News|Opinion|Political|World

Fear and frustration in Ohio city as political debate seizes on growing Haitian population

Fear and frustration in Ohio city as political debate seizes on growing Haitian population

Fear and frustration in Ohio city as political debate seizes on growing Haitian population
Americas|Crime|Election|News

Next year's Jan. 6 election certification will get extra security to prevent another riot

In an effort to prevent another riot like the one on Jan. 6, 2021, the Homeland Security secretary has designated the congressional count and certification of the presidential election as a national special security event

Next year's Jan. 6 election certification will get extra security to prevent another riot
Americas|News|World

Peru declares 3 days of national mourning for former President Alberto Fujimori

Peru’s government has declared three days of national mourning over the death of former President Alberto Fujimori

Peru declares 3 days of national mourning for former President Alberto Fujimori

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