Americas
Colombia’s Petro urges ‘criminal process’ against Trump for Venezuelan strikes | World news
Colombia’s president Gustavo Petro addressed the UN general assembly Tuesday to call for a “criminal process” to be opened against counterpart Donald Trump for US strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean. Petro said unarmed “poor young people” died in the strikes that Washington said were part of a US anti-drug operation off […]
Weather tracker: Flash floods and landslides wreak havoc in California | Flooding
Flash flooding and landslides led to the death of a two-year-old boy in California in the US last week, after heavy rainfall followed on the heels of Tropical Storm Mario further south. The storm skirted the Pacific coast of Mexico with minimal disruption, eventually dissipating to the west of Baja California on Tuesday, but the […]
Brazilians protest in their thousands against granting Bolsonaro amnesty | Brazil
Tens of thousands of Brazilians have taken to the streets to demand no amnesty be granted to their country’s former president Jair Bolsonaro after he was convicted of plotting a coup. The far-right populist was sentenced to 27 years in prison earlier this month for illegally attempting to cling to power after he lost the […]
Trump again asks supreme court to end protections for Venezuelans in US | US immigration
The Trump administration asked the US supreme court on Friday to intervene for the second time in a case involving its bid to end deportation protections the former president, Joe Biden, granted to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the United States. The justice department filed an emergency application asking the justices to lift a […]
ABC pulls late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off air after Charlie Kirk comments
ABC says late night show Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be suspended immediately after Kimmel accused Republicans of doing “everything they can to score political points” from Kirk’s killing. ABC’s announcement came just minutes after one of the biggest owners of TV stations in the US, Nexstar Media, said it would replace Kimmel’s show with other programming.
Brazil's Bolsonaro diagnosed with skin cancer, adding to his medical issues
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has been diagnosed with skin cancer, his doctor said Wednesday. Bolsonaro’s latest health issue comes after his conviction last week on charges that he plotted to overthrow leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who beat him in the 2022 presidential elections.