An ex-cop is suspected in the massacre of dozens of men, women and children in Haiti. He gave us access to his home and neighborhood, where he’s hailed as a hero and protector as police call for his arrest: tinyurl.com/y6tce2oz 📸 📹
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Financial authorities in Jamaica investigate fraud allegations at investment firm that renown sprinter Usain Bolt has used for more than a decade:
Another delegation from the US will travel to Cuba this month to discuss law enforcement issues, marking another small step forward in improving an icy relationship between the two countries:
The documentary #20DaysinMariupol premieres at Sundance on Jan 20. Here director Mstyslav Chernov discusses covering the siege. Important eyewitness journalism from . The doc is a co-production with the brilliant team
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“War feels like a disease”: @AP’s Mstyslav Chernov (@mstyslav9) recounts covering Mariupol siege on @bbcworldservice ahead of “20 Days in Mariupol” doc premiere at Sundance (at 45:00): apne.ws/3lg9pNA
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"Nous, les Haïtiens, avons extirpé toute signification au 12 janvier. Il ne sert ni comme une date-souvenir pour marquer le deuil ni comme une date-levier pour symboliser la reconstruction."
An exhibition at the Whitney Museum subtitled “Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria” surveys the trauma the island and its people have experienced, especially since the devastation of two hurricanes:
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New: Hundreds of Haitians are flocking daily to the sole immigration office in Port-au-Prince, pressing against the bright blue gate as they strain to hear whether their name is called, hoping they'll soon be chosen to live legally in the US
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Cayman Islands says it will start culling feral cats to help save a dwindling colony of brown booby birds:
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Haiti has been stripped of its last democratically elected institution. The end of its Senate solidifies what some call a de facto dictatorship that's only nominally in charge of a country wracked by gang violence.
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Sports-playing Afghan women and girls tell they have faced intimidation from the Taliban, including threatening visits and phone calls. Donning full-body burqas, some are finding ways to play.
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Amanecer borincano
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Lizards that once dwelled in forests but now slink around urban areas have genetically morphed to survive life in the city, researchers have found.
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Haiti awoke Tuesday stripped of its last democratically elected institution — this time, its Senate — an alarming development that solidifies what some call a de facto dictatorship nominally in charge of a country wracked by gang violence:
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Guyana: A fifth major offshore oil field being developed by a consortium led by ExxonMobil at an estimated cost of $12.7B will add another 1.3B barrels of recoverable oil reserves to the 10-billion barrel Guyana-Suriname basin
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New: Lizards that once dwelled in forests but now slink around urban areas have genetically morphed to survive life in the city. The Puerto Rican crested anole has sprouted special scales to better cling to walls and windows and grown larger limbs.
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Breaking: Authorities arrest Puerto Rico reggaeton singer on domestic violence charges
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US announced $1M investment to establish park-and-ride system for Puerto Rico’s El Yunque National Forest:
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Nearly 20 years after Caribbean islanders sued to hold France criminally responsible for the extended use of a banned pesticide, a Paris court has dismissed the case, ruling it’s too hard to determine who’s to blame for acts committed so long ago.
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Cuban migrants who entered the U.S. illegally under moonlit skies and waist-deep cold water Friday were devastated to learn they may be sent back to Mexico under expanded limits on the pursuit of asylum.
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New: Nearly 20 years after Caribbean islanders sued to hold France criminally responsible for the extended use of a banned pesticide, a panel of judges dismissed their case, ruling it’s too hard to determine who’s to blame for acts committed so long ago.
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Policeman in Turks & Caicos Islands arrested and charged with harboring undocumented migrants as authorities struggle with a recent spike in Haitians migrating to the archipelago:
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Officials: Federal agents arrest Puerto Rican woman accused of assaulting two Spirit Airlines employees after she was removed from plane and tried to get back on it
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US Coast Guard removes more than 300 Cuban migrants from remote island off Florida coast as US signals tougher stance on migrants coming from Cuba and other countries:
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Breaking: Biden administration says it will immediately begin turning away Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans who cross the US-Mexico border illegally, a major expansion of an existing effort to stop Venezuelans attempting to enter the US
Jamaica has for the first time allowed public employees to take paternal leave and adoptive leave. Officials also increased paid maternity leave from 40 days to three months:
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Cyberattack interrupts quest to select the first official flag and hymn for the French Caribbean island of Martinique:
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The US Embassy in Cuba is reopening visa and consular services for the first time since 2017, when a spate of unexplained health incidents among diplomatic staff slashed US presence in Havana:
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The governor of the US Virgin Islands has fired the attorney general of the US territory who pursued various cases against disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, including a lengthy legal fight that resulted in a $105M settlement:
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Taken together, they can convey the feeling of a world convulsing — 150 AP images from across 2022, showing the fragments that make up our lives and freezing in time the moments that somehow, these days, seem to pass faster than ever:
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Vacation finally started, and I get chased out of the water by a two-foot shark that nibbled my finger and toes and relentlessly pursued me as I paddled to different peaks to shake him off 🤦♀️
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Quote of the day:”36 años esperando decirlo”
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Qué clase de final. Dios mío.
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Breaking: Puerto Rico power company appears destined for a longer bankruptcy than expected after several creditors reject new debt restructuring plan filed late Friday following years of failed negotiations. Plan relies on yet another power bill increase.
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The Netherlands is expected to become of the few nations to apologize for its role in slavery. But debates over the upcoming ceremony are roiling former Dutch colonies in the Caribbean.
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The Netherlands is expected to become one of the few nations to apologize for its role in slavery. But debates over the upcoming ceremonies are roiling former Dutch Caribbean colonies:
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A U.S.-French satellite that will map almost all of the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers rocketed into orbit Friday as climate change worsens droughts, flooding and coastal erosion:
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Guyana asks Interpol to help it investigate the background of a Nigerian national who tried to illegally enter the residence of President Irfaan Ali and ended up trading gunfire with guards, wounding one seriously:
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A huge cylindrical aquarium has burst inside Berlin's Sea Life tourist attraction. The million liters of water caused a wave of devastation as it smashed through the building and onto the street. Some 1,500 tropical fish lived in the aquarium.
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US House passes bill that would allow Puerto Rico to hold first-ever binding referendum on whether to become a state or gain some sort of independence, in a last-ditch effort that stands little chance of passing the Senate:
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