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31-year-old trans woman found tortured to death in Mexico canal: police

By Joseph Patrick

The trans woman's death was the fifth trans killing in the western Mexico state of Colima this year

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Sandra Mason

Replacing the Queen -- Barbados's first president, Sandra Mason

On October 21, 2021, Mason was chosen to be the first president of Barbados almost unanimously at a special sitting of...

By Kareem Smith

Violence against women Mexico

Thousands of Mexican women March in protest against violence

More than 10,700 women have been murdered in Mexico since 2019, according to official figures.

By AFP News

Crime scene

Baby girl dies in inflatable pool after robbers tie up her mum during house raid

The burglars ripped the baby from her mother's arms and dumped her in the pool.

By Tanya Diente

Piranha

Man dies after jumping into piranha-filled lake to escape swarm of bees

A firefighter said the man's body was "torn apart" when they found it

By Dane Enerio

Pope Francis

Pope to visit Canada after indigenous school scandal

Some 150,000 Indian, Metis and Inuit children were enrolled from the late 1800s to the 1990s in 139 of the residential...

By AFP News

Haiti

Haiti gang leader threatens to kill hostages: video

Gangs' tightening grip on Port-au-Prince since June has prevented secure access to two of Haiti's three oil terminals.

By AFP News

Crime Scene

Video captures jealous husband repeatedly stabbing man for allegedly talking to his wife

The victim sustained 24 stab wounds in the neck, chest, and head.

By Tanya Diente

Haiti

Kidnappers in Haiti demand $17 million ransom for US missionaries

The missionaries work for US-based Christian Aid Ministries, which said in a statement that the group was abducted east...

By AFP News

Peru

Gas pipe workers find 800-year-old bodies in Peru

Workers of the same company found another 30 ancient bodies in Chilca in 2018.

By AFP News

Fast Food

Woman accidentally eats decomposing human finger inside burger at fast food store

The Bolivian vice-minister for the defense of user and consumer rights later announced the burger branch would be...

By Suman Varandani

Rottweiler

4-year-old child mauled to death by pet dog in front of relatives at home

Officers arrived at the scene and shot the dog dead.

By Suman Varandani

US-Mexico border

Would-be immigrants see hope in re-opened US border

By Paula Ramon with Guillermo Arias in Tijuana, Mexico

While Biden has not talked about Trump's border "wall", he is nevertheless at...

Cocaine

Colombia's most-wanted drug lord 'Otoniel' captured

By Juan Sebastian Serrano

The United States had offered a $5 million bounty for information leading to...

Haitian migrants

Panama, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic want US to curb Haitian migration

By AFP News

The leaders insisted on the need to involve the United States and the United...

Caiman

3-foot-long alligator-like creature seized at Texas home during drug bust

By Binitha Jacob

Officers arrested 44-year-old Jason Best of Kilgore at the scene.

Antony Blinken

US rejects Russian demand for Ukraine to stay out of NATO

By AFP News

The United States remained convinced that Putin was poised to use force against...

Social media

Cop allegedly forced to quit after secret OnlyFans account discovered

By Dane Enerio

Some of her colleagues allegedly paid to obtain access to her account to...

US-Mexico border

Mexico tells US it wants regional migration agreement

By AFP News

Tens of thousands of undocumented migrants, mostly Haitians, have arrived in...

Mexico flood

Mexican military races to help flood victims

By AFP News

The authorities had on Tuesday reported up to 17 deaths

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Hong Kong Bar Association

Hong Kong Bar Association 'gravely concerned' by security law

OPINION

NFT and esports WePlay Holding

NFT and esports: One of the most promising collaborations of 2022

By Alena Dalskaya-Latosiewicz

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