Seventeen US lawmakers, including rising left-wing star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, were arrested in Washington on Tuesday following a demonstration to defend the right to abortion, police said. “We have arrested a total of 35 people” including “17 members of Congress” because after three summons, “some of the demonstrators (refused) to leave …
Read More »US: 80-year-old woman killed by two alligators after falling into pond
An 80-year-old woman died in the United States after being attacked by two alligators, The New York Times reported on Sunday. The victim, whose name has not been released by the authorities, fell around 8 p.m. on Friday in a pond near a golf course and near his home, said …
Read More »USA: autopsy of African-American killed by police reveals 46 gunshot wounds
A 25-year-old African-American, killed by police in late June after fleeing a traffic violation in a northern US city, was hit by 46 bullets, according to the results of a autopsy published on Friday. His death, and the publication of a video of the police intervention, had provoked several days …
Read More »COVID-19: United States records highest death toll to date
The United States has passed the milestone of 800,000 deaths linked to Covid-19, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. The US newspaper, which has a database to follow the epidemic on the national territory, reports that more than 50 million cases have been reported in the country since the …
Read More »United States: several dead and injured after shooting in a high school
A 15-year-old opened fire at a high school in the northern United States on Tuesday, killing three students and injuring six including a teacher, local police said. The alleged shooter, himself a student at the institution in Oxford, Michigan, was arrested and did not explain his actions, said Michael McCabe, …
Read More »United States: rain of dollars on a highway after opening a van
Dollar bills fell from the sky “thanks” to an armored van that was on a California highway and whose door opened on Friday, November 19. Faced with this treasure, motorists did not resist the temptation and rushed to the scattered bundles to pick them up. Unfortunately for the drivers, this …
Read More »R. Kelly accused by a relative of having had sex with him
After several testimonies from women who accuse R Kelly of sexual abuse, it is a man who says he was a victim of R&B singer when he was a teenager. Presented in court under the pseudonym Louis, the man, who was part of the musician’s entourage, is himself being sued …
Read More »Guinea-Bissau refuses to hand over former army chief to the US
The former head of the Guinean-Bissau army will not be handed over to the United States where he is wanted for alleged drug trafficking offenses. The announcement was made by Bissau-Guinean President Umaro Sissoco Embaló. Last week, the US authorities announced a $5m bounty for information leading to the arrest …
Read More »US government hails Uganda for receiving Afghan refugees
The United States on Thursday saluted Albania, Canada, Chile, Mexico and Uganda for agreeing to take in Afghans being evacuated in a major airlift after the Taliban victory. On Tuesday, Ugandan governement by the recommandation of the United States has accpeted to take in 2,000 Afghan refugees. Uganda is the …
Read More »United States: pregnant and Covid-19 positive woman dies after giving birth
The tragic story took place in Florida, in the southeastern United States. At the end of July, Kristen McMullen, 30 years old and several months pregnant, was hospitalized after being infected with Covid-19. During this first hospital visit, the young woman was also diagnosed with pneumonia, but was sent home …
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