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US concerned as Sudan releases man convicted of slaying diplomat | Crime News

Abdelraouf Abuzeid was previously convicted in connection to a shooting that killed a USAID employee and his driver. The United States has expressed “deep concern” about Sudan’s decision to release a man from prison who was convicted in the killing of a US diplomat and a Sudanese colleague. In a statement on Wednesday, the US …

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Jamaica’s prime minister offers troops to address Haiti crisis | Politics News

The offer comes after Haitian government appealed for international support to help with the country’s gang violence. Jamaica’s prime minister has said his government is willing to send soldiers and police officers to Haiti as part of a proposed multinational security assistance deployment. The announcement comes a week after the United Nations special envoy for …

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US states struggle to share dwindling waters of Colorado River

SEATTLE, Wash., Feb 1 (Reuters) – The Colorado River, which provides drinking water to 40 million people in seven US states, is drying up, straining a water distribution pact amid the worst drought in 12 centuries, exacerbated by climate change. California split from the six states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming …

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Israel carries out airstrikes on Gaza Strip | Israel

Israel conducted airstrikes on the central Gaza Strip early on Thursday, according to journalists and witnesses, hours after the military said it intercepted a rocket fired from the Palestinian territory. New rounds of rockets were fired from Gaza after these strikes, and fresh explosions could be heard from Gaza City about 3.15am local time, Agence …

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Mexico zoo chief accused of ordering pygmy goats to be killed and cooked for party | Mexico City

The former director of a zoo in southern Mexico killed four of the zoo’s pygmy goats and served them up at a Christmas-season party, authorities have alleged. “These four animals [were] slaughtered and cooked on the zoo’s premises, and were served as food at the year-end party,” said Fernando Ruiz Gutierrez, the state environment department’s …

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Costa Rican farmer handed 22 years for murder of Indigenous land defender | Costa Rica

A Costa Rican court has sentenced a man to 22 years behind bars for the murder of an Indigenous land rights defender in 2020, in a case which stoked decades-old tensions between native communities and farmers over disputed territory. Yehry Rivera, a leader of the Brörán people, was shot from behind and killed by farmer …

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Hospital has no plumbers, Unifor Local 1359 calls for higher pay

Union holds information picket outside hospital, calls for employer EllisDon to return to bargaining table; skilled trades workers need higher pay, more respect says union’s local president EllisDon Facilities Services (Sault Area Hospital) Inc. workers represented by Unifor Local 1359 – along with supporters from other unions – gathered in chilly weather to hold an …

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