Kenya police peacekeepers land in Haiti finally amid concerns about how they will restore order as ‘nothing clearly established’
The roots of Haiti’s problems date back to colonial times. Although the Caribbean nation became the world’s first Black republic in 1804, it was forced to pay billions to France in order to secure its freedom. That debt crippled Haiti economically and – combined with decades of dictatorships, natural disasters, political and environmental mismanagement, a long US military occupation, and a debilitating US trade embargo – contributed to its recent turmoil.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden undeterred by age, bad debate concerns
Campaign spokesperson Michael Tyler said there were no conversations taking place about that possibility. “We’d rather have one bad night than a candidate with a bad vision for where he wants to take the country,” he told reporters aboard Air Force One.
GOP, Democrats tussle plays out in judiciary as US Supreme Court raises bar for obstruction charge against Trump
Chief Justice Roberts rejected the Justice Department’s more expansive reading of what constitutes obstruction, calling it “a novel interpretation (that) would criminalise a broad swath of prosaic conduct, exposing activists and lobbyists alike to decades in prison.”
