The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Tuesday it was “very concerned” by the tightening of American immigration policy, announced earlier by President Joe Biden, urging Washington to reconsider its decisions. President Biden, campaigning for his re-election, signed an executive order that will prevent migrants who entered …
Read More »Mayor murdered in Mexico day after the election of Claudia Sheinbaum
The mayor of a town in western Mexico was assassinated this Monday, June 3, barely 24 hours after the triumphant election of the country’s first woman, Claudia Sheinbaum, the regional government said. The government of the state of Michoacan condemned “the homicide of the municipal president (editor’s note: mayor) of …
Read More »Foreign nationals can now join the Australian army
Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles said that from July looser eligibility criteria would allow “permanent residents who have lived in Australia for 12 months” to serve in its military. Recruitment of British, Canadian, New Zealand and American citizens will be favored, he added. Australia has a very large coastline but …
Read More »Who is Claudia Sheinbaum, elected first female president of Mexico?
Elected this Sunday, June 2, President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum becomes the first woman to occupy this position. Here’s everything we should know about her. Coming from a politically engaged family, the left-wing candidate and former mayor of Mexico City promises to fight against the violence hitting her country. Born …
Read More »US schools implement new measure to detect weapons in students’ bags
Some colleges in the United States have distributed clear backpacks and implemented other security measures as school shootings become a national scourge. “It’s for our safety.” Middle school students from North Drchester in Cambridge, Maryland, have gotten used to it: since the start of the school year, the establishment has …
Read More »Body of a woman found in the mouth of an alligator
The body of a woman in her sixties was found in the mouth of an alligator near Horsepen Bayou lake in the city of Houston in Texas (United States), said the department’s police in a press release. At the time of this macabre discovery, Houston police were investigating the disappearance …
Read More »A US court will examine whether or not to ban Tiktok
A US appeals court in September will consider challenges to a recent law requiring Bytedance (the Chinese company that owns TikTok) to sell the app’s US assets by January 2025, failing which it will be banned in the United States. Very recently, content creators joined Bytedance and the Chinese social …
Read More »US billionaire wants to explore the wreck of the Titanic after OceanGate tragedy
Less than a year after the implosion on June 18, 2023 of the Titan, this submersible from the OceanGate company which transported five people to the wreck of the Titanic in the North Atlantic, Larry Connor, an American billionaire, announced that he intented to resume explorations towards the remains of …
Read More »Death toll rises to 19 in the US after the passage of tornadoes
The death toll from tornadoes and other violent storms in the southern United States rose further to at least 19 deaths according to authorities on Monday, while these bad weather moves towards the east of the country. Since Saturday, tornadoes have swept across the Great Plains of the south of …
Read More »Teenager kills parents and sister after being deprived of phone
A Brazilian teenager killed his parents and sister at the family home, using his father’s service weapon, after feeling “very frustrated” at being deprived of his phone, according to details from the survey delivered this Wednesday, May 22. This triple homicide which shocked Brazil took place on Friday May 17, …
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