Anti-Trump Republicans change name to ‘Haley Voters for Biden’ as Biden, Trump woo Haley voters
Almost 570,000 voters in three key battleground states – Nevada, North Carolina and Michigan – voted for Haley in the Republican nominating contest, a small but potentially significant group in races that have been decided by tiny margins in recent elections.
While Israel is said to have Gaza ceasefire offer ready, Hamas smells victory in PM Netanyahu’s dilemma
Hamas, meanwhile, appears to be in no hurry to reach a temporary ceasefire ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadhan, which begins next week, or to delay an expected Israeli operation in Rafah, the southern city where half of Gaza’s population has sought refuge.
Legislature: Women worldwide registered ‘slow and mixed’ progress towards equal representation
Rwanda once again led the world ranking with women accounting for 61.3 per cent of seats in the Chamber of Deputies, followed by Cuba and Nicaragua with 55.7 per cent and 53.9 per cent, respectively.
Haiti PM whereabouts fuzzy as he’s denied landing in Dominica, gangsters lord ‘orders’ him to stay away after visit to Kenya
Puerto Rico’s governor’s office confirmed Henry had landed in capital San Juan after reports from local media said the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, had earlier disallowed his plane to land.
South Sudanese scholars charged in US with planning to illegally export arms to Juba to overthrow government
A federal criminal complaint unsealed on Monday in Arizona charges Ajak and Abraham Chol Keech, 44, of Utah, with conspiring to purchase and illegally export through a third country to South Sudan a cache of weapons in violation of the Arms Export Control Act and the Export Control Reform Act. The weapons that were considered included automatic rifles like AK-47s, grenade launchers, Stinger missile systems, hand grenades, sniper rifles, ammunition and other export-controlled arms.
This man ‘Barbeque’ Cherizier: Haitian gangs’ king who’s sworn to ‘eat’ PM Ariel Henry for lunch
In the wake of Moise’s murder, the security situation in Haiti deteriorated further. Cherizier catapulted the G9 alliance to international notoriety after taking control of Haiti’s main fuel port, essentially holding the country hostage as transport was frozen and hospitals lost their energy supplies.
Israel ramps up criticism of UN agency in Gaza as it alleges 450 of its staff are Hamas militants
The only allegation communicated to him verbally was about 12 UNRWA staffers alleged to have participated in the October 7 attacks, he said, and they appeared so serious that they were fired, and two UN-ordered investigations are underway.
Jailbreak: Haiti prime minister’s whereabouts unknown after Kenya trip, neighbours prepare for ‘drastic escalation’ in violence
Heavy gunfire was seen near Port Au Prince’s international airport during the day, airport authorities said. The United States urged its citizens to leave Haiti “as soon as possible.” A spokesperson for the US State Department said he believed Henry was returning to Haiti.
US sanctions Zimbabwe president over ‘criminal network of government officials and businesspeople’
Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo said the changes to Zimbabwe’s sanctions regime “are intended to make clear what has always been true: our sanctions are not intended to target the people of Zimbabwe.”
Republican ticket frontrunner Trump wins Colorado ballot ineligibility case at US Supreme Court
The justices unanimously overturned a December 19 decision by Colorado’s top court to kick the former president of the state’s Tuesday Republican primary ballot after finding that the US Constitution’s 14th Amendment disqualified him from again holding public office. The Colorado court had found that Trump took part in an insurrection for inciting and supporting the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol by his supporters.
