Three people were injured, including one seriously, on Friday June 7, in two shark attacks in Walton County, Florida, in the United States, USA Today reported. The first, a 45-year-old woman, lost her left arm after being attacked off the beach in the town of Watersound. She had to be …
Read More »Canada dismantles migrant smuggling network to the United States
Canadian authorities announced on Thursday that they had dismantled a vast migrant smuggling network accused of having transported hundreds of people from Canada to the United States for a year. The network charged thousands of dollars to migrants, who had already arrived in Canada but came from elsewhere, and helped …
Read More »More than 180 million children live in “severe food poverty” – UN
More than one in four children under the age of 5 in the world live in “severe food poverty”, or more than 180 million children who risk serious after-effects due to lack of a nutritious and diversified diet, Unicef warns. A “shocking” number of children “survive on a very poor …
Read More »US citizen sentenced to more than 42 years in prison for femicide
An American citizen was found guilty of the femicide in 2023 of a locally renowned Colombian DJ, whose body was found in a trash can in the capital, Bogota. He was sentenced this Tuesday, June 4, to more than 42 years in prison. “A prosecutor (…) demonstrated during the proceedings …
Read More »UN “very concerned” by Joe Biden’s immigration policy
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 …
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