Diasporas

The presence of human remains was reported on Friday at Breezy Point Beach, a beach in New York City (United States). According to the first elements of the investigation, they could be those of an Irish director who went missing earlier this month, report several American media, including NBC News. …

South African lawmakers have voted to close the Israeli embassy in Pretoria and to suspend all diplomatic relations, the BBC reported. The governing African National Congress – which dominates parliament – has long been critical of Israel and it supported the motion in parliament. The motion called for the closure …

A young rapper among the most prominent in Florida is being prosecuted for “murder”, suspected of having killed her manager in the middle of the street after an altercation on the evening of October 9 near Wynwood Walls, in Miami. On video surveillance images obtained by the NBC branch in …

A 34-year-old man has just been sentenced to 707 years in prison for abusing 16 young boys in his care, the Orange County prosecutor’s office reports in a press release. The individual worked as a babysitter in Southern California for several years. It was in this context that he committed …

The South African government has called on the International Crime Court (ICC) to issue an arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by mid-December. Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said if the ICC did not do this, it would signal a “total failure” of global governance. “The world cannot …

A yoga teacher, on trial since October 30 for the murder of a 25-year-old professional cyclist, was sentenced to 90 years in prison in Austin, Texas, ABC reported. Investigators and justice services suspected Kaitlin Armstrong, 35, of having acted out of jealousy by attacking her companion’s ex-girlfriend, with whom the …

The director of a French school in the principality of Andorra was arrested in the small Pyrenean state for having distributed child pornography images, we learned from the Andorran police on Friday. After being questioned by the police, the 59-year-old man was transferred to the Andorra la Vella court, where …

The United States announced the resumption of food deliveries to Ethiopia from December, six months after they were suspended due to corruption allegations. The US international development agency (USAid) said significant reforms would ensure that the food supplies reached those who needed them most. “The aid resumption will be on …

U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo on Thursday said he hoped Congress would extend a trade program that grants exports from qualifying African countries duty-free access to the U.S. market, hailing the strategic opportunities in the region. Adeyemo told the Reuters agency that the two-decade-old African Growth and Opportunity Act …

Five soldiers died in the accident of an American helicopter which crashed in the Mediterranean during an exercise, the European command of the American army (Eucom) and the Pentagon announced on Sunday. Eucom did not specify the model of the aircraft concerned or its origin, but the United States recently …