Costa Rica goes to the polls on Sunday in an election shaped by rising insecurity and fears of an authoritarian shift in a country long […]
Author: Elizabeth Jenrola Oso
Home Alone star, Catherine O’Hara, dies at 71
Actor Catherine O’Hara, celebrated for her roles in Home Alone, Beetlejuice and Schitt’s Creek, has died at the age of 71, according to a statement […]
Funding lapse triggers partial US government shutdown
Funding has lapsed for several US government departments after Congress failed to reach an agreement on new spending measures, triggering a partial government shutdown early […]
DOJ releases millions of Epstein files
The US justice department has released more than three million pages of documents linked to its investigation into the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender […]
Federal judge blocks detention of refugees in Minnesota
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from detaining refugees in Minnesota who do not yet hold green cards, following a move to […]
US grants asylum to Chinese whistleblower
A US immigration judge has granted asylum to a Chinese national who exposed alleged human rights abuses against Uyghurs, ruling that he had a “well-founded […]
Tesla axes car models, pivots to robots
Tesla is set to discontinue production of its Model S and Model X vehicles, marking the clearest signal yet that the company is shifting away […]
Plane crash in Colombia kills 15, including lawmaker
A small aircraft crashed in a rural area of Colombia’s Norte de Santander department on Wednesday, killing all 15 people on board, including a local […]
Sicily declares emergency as landslide puts town at risk
The mayor of a hilltop town in Sicily has warned that “the situation is dire” after a powerful storm triggered a major landslide, leaving homes […]
Spain moves to legalise status of 500,000 undocumented migrants
Spain’s socialist-led coalition government has approved a decree that it says will regularise the status of around 500,000 undocumented migrants and asylum seekers, setting itself […]
