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WASHINGTON — Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership in several Republican administrations helped shape American foreign policy in the last years of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st, has died from complications from COVID-19, his family said on Facebook. He was 84."Gen. Colin L. Powell, former US Secretary of State and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, passed away this morning due to complications from COVID-19," the Powell family wrote on Facebook."We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American," they said, noting he was fully vaccinated.Powell was a distinguished and trailblazing professional soldier whose career took him from combat duty in Vietnam to becoming the first Black...
October 18, 2021
Colin Powell dies of COVID-19 complications, family says
PORT-AU-PRINCE — One of Haiti's most powerful gangs is believed to be behind the kidnapping of 17 American and Canadian missionaries, a source in the Caribbean country's security forces told CNN Sunday.Authorities believe the "400 Mawozo" gang abducted the group, which included 16 Americans and 1 Canadian, after the missionaries visited an orphanage on Saturday in Croix des Bouquets, a suburb northeast of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince.As they were traveling from the orphanage towards Titanyen, north of Port-au-Prince, gang members stopped the vehicle at gunpoint.The 400 Mawozo gang has been growing in strength for the past three years, numbering up to 150 members, and has essentially taken control of Croix des Bouquets, the source in Haiti's security forces...
October 18, 2021
Powerful gang behind Haiti kidnapping
ORANGE, Calif, — Bill Clinton will spend one more night at University of California Irvine Medical Center in Orange, California, where he is recovering from an infection, a spokesman said Saturday.He is expected to be discharged Sunday, his spokesperson Angel Ureña said in a statement Saturday on Twitter. Clinton "continued to make excellent progress," Ureña added. "He will remain overnight at UC Irvine Medical Center to continue to receive IV antibiotics before an expected discharge tomorrow."Clinton has spent several days in the intensive care unit for a urinary tract infection, which spread to his bloodstream. "He is in great spirits and has been spending time with family, catching up with friends, and watching college football," Ureña noted.Former...
October 17, 2021
Bill Clinton to spend 1 more night in California hospital
October 17, 2021
US religious group says 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti
October 16, 2021
Ceasefire in Central African Republic a ‘critical step’: UN chief
October 16, 2021
India, UAE re-elected to UN Human Rights Council for new term
October 16, 2021
FDA panel endorses booster shot for J&J COVID-19 vaccine
WASHINGTON — The US will reopen transAtlantic flights to vaccinated passengers on Nov. 8, following 18 months of restrictions that have hit many international carriers, travel companies and businesses hard.The White House on Friday said it would lift COVID-19 travel restrictions for fully vaccinated foreign nationals effective Nov. 8, ending historic restrictions that had barred much of the world from entering the United States.The Biden administration may have announced the end of stringent requirements for European, South African, Brazilian, Chinese, and Indian travelers coming to the US, but testing requirements will remain.Pending further details, the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) posted a brief update online about the Nov. 8 reopening, stating that “for purposes of entry...
October 16, 2021
US to lift curbs from Nov. 8 for vaccinated foreign travelers
October 16, 2021
NASA probe Lucy blasts off to Jupiter
October 16, 2021
Rising poverty a ‘moral indictment of our times’: Guterres
