Tag: violence
Prosecution makes closing argument in murder trial over stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee
SAN FRANCISCO -- Closing arguments began on Monday in the trial of a tech consultant in the 2023 stabbing death of Cash App...
Belem, host of next year's climate talks, is Amazonian city plagued with pollution and violence
BELEM, Brazil -- For the last few years, climate scientists, environmentalists and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have been talking up...
US airline temporarily suspends flights to Haiti's capital after UN helicopter hit by gunfire
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- At least one U.S. airline on Friday temporarily canceled flights to Haiti’s capital after gang members opened fire...
US rights watchdog cites "a climate of fear" in Uganda oil development project
KAMPALA, Uganda -- Oil activities on the shores of Uganda’s Lake Albert have triggered widespread suffering among locals facing forced displacement and other...
On the first day without X, many Brazilians say they feel disconnected from the world
SAO PAULO -- The blocking of social media platform X in Brazil divided users and politicians over the legitimacy of the ban, and...
Women in Chad defy discrimination and violence to assert their rights to own and control land
BINMAR, Chad -- When Milla Nemoudji, a 28-year-old from a village in southern Chad, divorced her husband following years of physical abuse, she...