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Haiti’s transitional council appoints new Cabinet tasked with leading a country under siege by gangs

Haiti’s transitional council has appointed a new Cabinet

Haiti’s transitional council appoints new Cabinet tasked with leading a country under siege by gangs
Americas|Crime|News|World

Haitian leaders oust police chief and appoint a new one as gang violence claims officers’ lives

The beleaguered director of Haiti’s National Police has been ousted following months of criticism that he wasn’t doing enough to protect officers under assault by gangs

Haitian leaders oust police chief and appoint a new one as gang violence claims officers’ lives
Americas|News|Uncategorized|World

UN-backed contingent of foreign police arrives in Haiti as Kenya-led force prepares to face gangs

The first U.N.-backed contingent of foreign police officers has arrived in Haiti, nearly two years after the troubled Caribbean country urgently requested help to quell a surge in gang violence

UN-backed contingent of foreign police arrives in Haiti as Kenya-led force prepares to face gangs
Americas|Crime|News|Political|World

Haitians hold their breath as newly arrived Kenyan police force prepares to face gangs

Anticipation is mingling with fear across Haiti as the country welcomes the fourth major foreign intervention in its history to fight gang violence

Haitians hold their breath as newly arrived Kenyan police force prepares to face gangs
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Hurricane Beryl grows to Category 5 strength as it razes southeast Caribbean islands

Hurricane Beryl has strengthened to Category 5 status as it crosses islands in the southeastern Caribbean

Hurricane Beryl grows to Category 5 strength as it razes southeast Caribbean islands
Americas|Environment|News|World

Beryl heads toward Jamaica as a major hurricane after ripping through the southeast Caribbean

Hurricane Beryl is roaring across the Caribbean Sea as a monstrous Category 5 storm on a path toward Jamaica and the Cayman Islands

Beryl heads toward Jamaica as a major hurricane after ripping through the southeast Caribbean
Crime|News|World

More Kenyan police arrive in Haiti with UN-backed mission to fight violent gangs

Another 200 police officers from Kenya have arrived in Haiti for a U.N.-backed mission led by the East African country to battle violent gangs that have taken over parts of the troubled Caribbean country

More Kenyan police arrive in Haiti with UN-backed mission to fight violent gangs
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Haiti's prime minister orders gangs to drop weapons and promises to take back control of the capital

Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille has ordered gangs to surrender their weapons and acknowledged how dangerous life in Haiti’s capital and beyond has become

Haiti's prime minister orders gangs to drop weapons and promises to take back control of the capital
Americas|Crime|World

Haiti's army wants recruits to fight gangs, and youths jump at the rare job offer

Thousands of young Haitians are jumping at the chance to become soldiers as widespread gang violence creates rare job opportunities in a deeply impoverished country where work is scarce

Haiti's army wants recruits to fight gangs, and youths jump at the rare job offer
Americas|World

Tropical Storm Helene is expected to become a hurricane. Florida residents begin evacuating

Florida residents are already evacuating and filling sandbags days ahead of anticipated flooding from Tropical Storm Helene

Tropical Storm Helene is expected to become a hurricane. Florida residents begin evacuating
Americas|News|World

Hunger in Haiti reaches famine levels as gangs squeeze life out of the capital and beyond

A new report has found that nearly 6,000 people in Haiti are starving, with nearly half the country’s population of more than 11 million people experiencing crisis levels of hunger or worse, as gang violence smothers life in the capital of Port-au-Prince and beyond

Hunger in Haiti reaches famine levels as gangs squeeze life out of the capital and beyond
Americas|Crime|News|World

Thousands survived a brutal gang attack in Haiti that killed 70. Now they face an uncertain future

Thousands of Haitians are facing an uncertain future after surviving a brutal gang attack last week in a small town that killed at least 70 people

Thousands survived a brutal gang attack in Haiti that killed 70. Now they face an uncertain future
Americas|Crime|World

Survivors of massacre in small Haitian town where 70 died point finger at government

Angry whispers have broken the heavy silence that fell over Pont-Sondé just days after a vicious gang attack left more than 70 dead

Survivors of massacre in small Haitian town where 70 died point finger at government
Americas|World

Dominican Republic starts mass deportations of Haitians and expels nearly 11,000 in a week

The Dominican Republic says it has deported or repatriated nearly 11,000 Haitians in the past week

Dominican Republic starts mass deportations of Haitians and expels nearly 11,000 in a week
Americas|Crime|World

Haiti's Justice Ministry warns of threats against the prime minister and his Cabinet

Haiti’s Justice Ministry has called for a boost in security for Prime Minister Garry Conille and other Cabinet officials in response to unspecified threats that they could be targeted by malicious parties

Americas|Crime|World

Gangs in Haiti open fire and hit a UN helicopter midair as violence surges

Gangs in Haiti have opened fire and hit a U.N. helicopter, forcing it to land in Port-au-Prince in the latest attack in the country's capital as violence surges once again

Gangs in Haiti open fire and hit a UN helicopter midair as violence surges
Americas|Election|US

Jenniffer González of Puerto Rico's pro-statehood party edges ahead in gubernatorial election

Jenniffer González of Puerto Rico's pro-statehood New Progressive Party is leading polls in a historic gubernatorial election that could see her party secure a third consecutive term for the first time

Jenniffer González of Puerto Rico's pro-statehood party edges ahead in gubernatorial election
Election

Puerto Rico awaits historic results in four-way gubernatorial election

Puerto Rico is awaiting election results that will be historic regardless of which of the two top candidates in the lead wins

Puerto Rico awaits historic results in four-way gubernatorial election
Americas|Economy|US

Puerto Rico prepares for Election Day as a third-party candidate makes history

The two parties that have dominated Puerto Rican politics for decades are losing their grip as they face the stiffest competition yet from a younger generation fed up with the island’s corruption, chronic power outages and mismanagement of public funds

Puerto Rico prepares for Election Day as a third-party candidate makes history
Crime|World

Haiti sees a rise in killings and police executions with children targeted, UN says

U.N. officials say more than 1,740 people were killed or injured in Haiti from July to September, a nearly 30% increase over the previous trimester

Haiti sees a rise in killings and police executions with children targeted, UN says
Americas|US|World

Americans in Puerto Rico can't vote for US president. Their anger at Trump is shaping the race

Residents say a speaker calling Puerto Rico garbage before a packed Donald Trump rally in New York was the latest humiliation for an island territory that has long suffered from mistreatment

Americans in Puerto Rico can't vote for US president. Their anger at Trump is shaping the race
Environment|Health|US

St. Croix tap water remains unsafe to drink as US Virgin Islands offer short-term solutions

With no date in sight of when it will be safe to drink tap water again on the island of St. Croix, officials in the U.S. Virgin Islands have announced they would distribute water filters and provide free lead and copper testing as they work on long-term solutions

Americas|Crime|News|World

Haiti unveils new corruption cases against high-level officials even as impunity persists

Haiti's anti-corruption agency is accusing high-ranking government officials of crimes ranging from illicit enrichment to abuse of office

Crime|News

Investigators in Haiti accuse three members of transitional presidential council of corruption

An anti-corruption agency in Haiti has accused three members of the country’s transitional presidential council of bribery in a scathing report that threatens to destabilize the country’s fragile political stability

Election|US

Donald Trump clinches win at US Virgin Islands caucus, which defied Republican Party rules

Donald Trump has amassed another win at a Republican caucus held in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where officials flouted several GOP party rules, including holding the contest earlier than allowed

Donald Trump clinches win at US Virgin Islands caucus, which defied Republican Party rules

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