Feb 03 El Chapo trial highlights how Mexico graft impedes drug war By Jim Mustian, Tom Hays, Associated Press In the same Brooklyn courthouse where jurors have heard testimony about Mexican politicians protecting Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s drug empire, a former Mexican state attorney general pleaded guilty last month to taking bribes from narcotraffickers. Continue reading
Feb 03 Venezuela crisis resonates loudly in battleground Florida By Gary Fineout, Associated Press As Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro clings to power, many of the loudest American voices urging on the Trump administration in its campaign to push Maduro out are concentrated in one place: Florida. Continue reading
Feb 03 Pope in UAE for historic trip after call for Yemen relief By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Pope Francis has landed in Abu Dhabi on the first papal trip ever to the Arabian Peninsula, the birthplace of Islam. Continue reading
Feb 03 Hate speech, political fissures escalate in Poland after mayor’s assassination By Vanessa Gera, Associated Press In this toxic atmosphere, there has been more hate speech and political threats and, most stunningly, an assassination of popular Gdansk Mayor Pawel Adamowicz, a critic of the ruling Law and Justice Party’s anti-immigrant policies. Continue reading
Feb 03 US sees limitations on reuniting migrant families By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press The Trump administration says it would require extraordinary effort to reunite what may be thousands of migrant children who have been separated from their parents and, even if it could, the children would likely be emotionally harmed. Continue reading
Feb 02 Watch 4:45 As pressure mounts in Venezuela, military support helps Maduro hold power Thousands of people took to the streets as president Nicolas Maduro and his rival and self-proclaimed leader of Venezuela, Juan Guaido, held competing rallies in Caracas. Even though Guaido enjoys support from countries including the U.S., the Venezuelan military continues… Continue watching
Feb 02 Watch 6:51 Italy’s government targets town known for taking in migrants By Christopher Livesay, Joan Martelli For 20 years, the small Italian town of Riace has been a beacon for several thousand immigrants from around the world. But Italy's new populist government has recently lodged charges against the town's longtime mayor for aiding illegal migration, and… Continue watching
Feb 02 Russia to pull plug on nuclear arms pact after US does same By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press Following in the footsteps of the U.S., Russia will abandon a centerpiece nuclear arms treaty but will only deploy intermediate-range nuclear missiles if Washington does so, President Vladimir Putin said Saturday. Continue reading
Feb 02 Deadly Brazil dam collapse was disaster waiting to happen By Anna Jean Kaiser, Associated Press Lax regulations, chronic short staffing and a law that muffled the voices of environmentalists on mining licenses made the devastating collapse of a dam in southeastern Brazil all but destined to happen, experts and legislators say. Continue reading
Feb 02 Venezuela air force general defects from Maduro government By Associated Press A Venezuelan air force general defected from the administration of President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday and called on his compatriots to participate in protests against the socialist leader’s rule. Continue reading