Diasporas

A former Australian childcare worker in his 40s has pleaded guilty to raping and sexually assaulting dozens of children in his care for more than 20 years, ABC News Australia reported on Monday (September 2). Originally from the Gold Coast, in the Brisbane region, Ashley Paul Griffith is being tried …

The German car manufacturer Volkswagen is not ruling out closing factories in Germany as it seeks to save billions more in a cost-cutting program at its namesake brand, the automaker and its works council said Monday. The group considers a major vehicle plant and a component manufacturing site in Germany …

Authorities in Guyana announced the seizure on Sunday (September 1) of about 4.4 tons of cocaine worth $200 million buried near a clandestine airstrip intended to be shipped by boat to Europe. “The drugs were found inside underground bunkers in the west, near the border with Venezuela,” said James Singh, …

U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris recounted the moment President Joe Biden contacted her to tell her he had stopped his re-election campaign in July 2024. According to her,” When she received the phone call, her family was visiting. They had just enjoyed pancakes and bacon while they busied themselves with …

A 16-year-old Jamaican boy died earlier this week after being the victim of a shark attack, according to local police and information from the Jamaica Observer. Originally from the Trelawny area, near the tourist town of Montego Bay, Jahmari Reid had gone spearfishing but had not given any sign of …

In Sarroch, near Cagliari, Italy, the carabinieri discovered the body of a 78-year-old woman in the freezer of the house where she lived with her son, reports the Italian news agency Ansa. The latter, aged 54, was arrested after confessing to the police that he had hidden the death of …

A woman has died and five others have been rescued after a replica of a wooden Viking ship capsized off Norway’s west coast overnight, authorities said on Wednesday. “Five people have been rescued and are safe,” Norwegian emergency services said on X. The body of a woman was found near …

Assimi Goïta, Mali’s transitional president, is planning to travel to the People’s Republic of China soon to take part in an event after visiting Russia. Assimi Goïta’s will be going to the Land of the Rising Sun to represent the Malian delegation taking part in a Forum. The Forum on …

A town in Massachusetts, USA, has imposed the closing of its public parks from dusk to morning due to the spread of a mosquito carrying the Eastern equine encephalitis virus, a potentially fatal disease. To slow the spread of the virus, the town of Plymouth has decided to close “all …

Beninese superstar Angelique Kidjo will perform in a giant concert at Carnegie Hall in the USA in November 2024. Originally from Ouidah (Benin), Angelique Kidjo is one of the most powerful voices in African music. Over the course of four decades, she has built up an image as an essential …