Close to 200 Guyanese set face against US threats over Cuban doctors
Georgetown (Kaieteur News): Close to 200 individuals and their organizations have written to CARICOM calling on leaders to collectively reject and repudiate the United States Government’s idea that the governments of the region are involved in human trafficking through the Cuban medical mission.
Maduro: La Organización Mundial de Comercio está herida de muerte
Caracas (Correo del Orinoco): El presidente de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, manifestó su inquietud por la situación actual de la Organización Mundial de Comercio (OMC), señalando que enfrenta un período de caos que afecta el comercio global.
UN: Forcible transfer of Gaza civilians constitutes a war crime
New York (PIC): The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has declared that the forcible transfer of Gaza’s civilian population amounts to a war crime and constitutes a serious violation of international humanitarian law.
Los fenómenos meteorológicos y climáticos extremos castigan América Latina y el Caribe
Ginebra (OMM): Según un nuevo informe de la Organización Meteorológica Mundial (OMM), glaciares moribundos, huracanes excepcionales, incendios forestales sin precedentes, sequías extenuantes y crecidas mortales dejaron una profunda huella en el tejido socioeconómico de América Latina y el Caribe en 2024, porque incluso mucho después de que desaparecieran de los titulares de los medios de comunicación, esos fenómenos siguieron causando estragos.
Quake-hit Bangkok declared disaster area
Bangkok (Bangok Post): Bangkok has been declared a disaster area following the strong earthquake in neighbouring Myanmar, City Hall announced on Friday.
Israel bombs Beirut, South Lebanon
Beirut (Al Mayadeen): Following three Israeli drone strikes, Israeli occupation forces bombed and destroyed a building they had threatened earlier in Hadath in the southern suburb of Beirut.
South Africa’s foreign policy defined by commitment to human rights
Pretoria (SAnews): South Africa’s commitment to human rights is central to its foreign policy, promoting solidarity and respect for other nations, according to President Cyril Ramaphosa who spoke to the media following a letters of credence ceremony for Heads of Mission and Ambassadors in Pretoria.
La capital, Puerto Príncipe, tomada como rehén
Puerto Príncipe (Le National): En el corazón de la capital haitiana, los diversos barrios atacados por grupos armados se transforman cada vez más en zonas desiertas. Barrios como Debussy, Pacot y Avenue Christophe se han convertido en zonas de alto riesgo.
U.S. allies and bases in the region will be made unsafe if Iran is attacked
Tehran ( IRNA): Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf says if the United States carries out military threats against Iran, U.S. allies and American military bases in the region will be made unsafe.
Statement by the Chairperson of the African Union on South Sudan
Addis Ababa (AU): The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, expresses deep concern over reports regarding the detention of the First Vice President of the Republic of South Sudan, Riek Machar.
