Giorno: 3 Maggio 2023

Suspect in Texas Neighbor Killings Arrested After Manhunt: NBC

A man who authorities think is the suspect accused of killing five neighbors in Texas over complaints of noise he was making by firing his gun outside at night was arrested near the crime scene on Tuesday, NBC News reported, citing a prosecutor.The report came as the FBI…

2 feuding Mexican cartels block roads near US border

Feuding Mexican cartels briefly blocked roads Tuesday in the border city of Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas. At one point, gunmen forced middle-school students off a school bus and used the vehicle as a blockade. Roads were quickly cleared and officials claimed that one death reported early Tuesday morning was not related to the blockades. […]

Haitian vigilantes kill, set fire to 5 more suspected gangsters

Vigilante killings are surging in Haiti’s capital and surrounding areas, where an additional five men were slain and set on fire Tuesday by a crowd that left one of the bodies near a police station in an upscale community. The male victims were apparently brought out alive from the slum of Jalousie outside Port-au-Prince and […]

Putin faces possible arrest if he attends BRICS summit in South Africa: Report

Russian President Vladimir Putin could be arrested if he attends an economic summit being hosted in South Africa in the coming months, according to a report. The BRICS economic bloc, led by Russia and China, is hosting its August 2023 economic summit in South Africa — which is a member of the International Criminal Court. […]

Brazil’s Lula, Argentina’s Fern?ndez look to eschew US dollar as peso’s value crumbles

Argentine President Alberto Fern?ndez arrived at Brazil’s presidential residence to meet his counterpart Luiz In?cio Lula da Silva as officials from both countries study how to eschew the dollar in trade between the neighboring nations. Argentina’s economy is looking particularly fragile after a run on the peso in the financial markets caused a sharp devaluation […]

Roads reopened after controlled explosion outside Buckingham Palace

Read More A man was arrested outside Buckingham Palace on Tuesday after allegedly throwing items – suspected to be shotgun cartridges – into the palace grounds. Officers detained the man at about 7pm after he approached the gates of the palace in central London. He was held on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon […]

Clampdown on cold calls and mass texting technology announced in UK

Read More Ministers have announced a clampdown on the use of cold calls to sell financial products and on technology which allows mass texting of numerous phones as part of a strategy to combat fraud, now the UK’s most common crime. The new fraud strategy, a response to the massive growth of web- and phone-based […]

Findings on Sue Gray departure held up after her refusal to cooperate

Read More Sue Gray is refusing to cooperate with a government inquiry into her departure from Whitehall amid concerns that the investigation is politically motivated and not based on any official process. Simon Case, the head of the civil service, faced fresh questions over his handling of the controversy after ministers failed to publish the […]