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03 Oct, 2026 0

Ex-congressman gets 10 years for secret Venezuela lobbying

MIAMI (AP): A former Miami congressman and longtime friend of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison in connection with a secret US$50 million lobbying campaign…
Media witnesses recount the moments before the execution of Christa Pike was halted Wednesday in Nashville, Tennessee.
02 Oct, 2026 0

How Tennessee’s execution of Christa Pike failed

NASHVILLE (AP): Christa Pike was scheduled to be executed. But after two injections, she kept breathing. She made snoring sounds, she talked, she said her arm was hurting. Pike, sentenced to die for…
Botham Jean
02 Oct, 2026 0

Ex-cop who killed St Lucian in apartment granted parole

A white Dallas police officer convicted of killing a black man in his apartment that she mistook for her own was granted parole yesterday after serving seven years of her 10-year sentence. The Texas…
Power lines and utility poles stand in front of La Perla neighbourhood along the coast in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 15, 2025.
02 Oct, 2026 0

Island faces record electric rate as demand, costs increase

SAN JUAN (AP): A record electric rate went into effect yesterday in Puerto Rico as outages persist and the US territory’s power grid continues to crumble. A residential customer that consumes 800…
Russian President Vladimir Putin
02 Oct, 2026 0

Putin vows to use ‘all weapons’ if territory attacked

President Vladimir Putin yesterday reiterated Moscow’s long-held position that Russia is not planning to attack European countries, but will respond to aggression with “all weapons” in its arsenal. In…
02 Oct, 2026 0

Florida’s dengue outbreak is now largest in continental US in decades

NEW YORK (AP) — Florida’s current dengue outbreak appears to be the largest in several decades in the continental United States. State health officials reported this week that more than 250 locally…
Argentina's President Javier Milei delivers a statement at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) headquarters, ahead of the ''Argentina Week'', an event aimed at promoting investment and business opportunities, in Paris, Thursda
02 Oct, 2026 0

Debt-saddled Argentina pitches ‘golden passport’ scheme to woo wealthy foreigners

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina on Friday announced plans to offer citizenship to wealthy foreigners in exchange for cash contributions or investments in government bonds, as libertarian…
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02 Oct, 2026 0

Creole-French feud roils Guadeloupe

SAN JUAN (AP): A language feud has erupted on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, fanning deep resentments over colonialism and perceived racism and classism. The island’s prefect, Thierry…
Fatima Zahra Mansouri.
01 Oct, 2026 0

First female prime minister appointed

CASABLANCA (AP): Morocco’s King Mohammed VI on Tuesday named Urban Planning Minister Fatima Zahra Mansouri as the country’s prime minister, making the 50-year-old attorney the first woman to hold the…