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A judge in Kanawha County (West Virginia, United States) has accused an american couple of using their adopted black children as slaves, reports local media Metro News. The 63-year-old father and the 62-year-old mother were arrested in October 2023 after the discovery of two of the five children in a …

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Israel this Monday, June 24, during a meeting with its Defense Minister, to avoid a new escalation in Lebanon, while discussing efforts to reach an agreement on the release of hostages held in Gaza. “Anthony Blinken stressed the importance of avoiding a …

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants to the United States will soon be able to benefit from regularization measures introduced by the Democratic president. This announcement by the White House on June 18 comes in the midst of the US presidential campaign, when immigration is a politically sensitive issue. Accused of …

The American Consumer Protection Agency, the FTC, indicated on Tuesday that it had made a report to the Department of Justice concerning TikTok for possible violation of the law protecting minors on the internet. The FTC explains that it initiated a follow-up investigation to ensure that the platform respected the …

U.S. President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, was convicted Tuesday in federal criminal court of illegal gun possession in 2018, against a backdrop of drug addiction, U.S. media reported. The 12-person jury at the Wilmington court in Delaware (East), answered “yes” to all three counts: two on lying in the …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …