Author: Rhett Calloway

Minister gives a message to COP26 with water on his knees 0:46 (CNN Español) – Tuvalu’s Minister of Foreign Affairs filmed a speech to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, at COP26, submerged in the sea in water to his knees, to show how his Pacific island nation is on the front lines of climate change. This is how Tuvalu’s foreign minister recorded his message at COP26. Images of Simon Covey standing in front of a platform anchored in the sea, in a suit and tie and rolled pants, went viral on social networks, drawing attention to Tuvalu’s…

In our public career, we have met, to discuss the issue of Haiti, with various Undersecretaries of the State Department of the United States Government and with human rights activist Kerry Kennedy, daughter of Senator Robert Kennedy. We also made a brief presentation before the Human Rights Committee of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of the United Nations, New York, in March 2001, accompanied by a mandate from the JCE delegation that on that occasion presented the Human Rights Report for the Dominican Republic. Finally, we had the honor of merging, with Judge Radhys Abreu de Polanco,…

Santo Domingo, RD. The worsening crisis caused by the fuel shortage in Haiti further complicates projections of the crisis in the neighboring country. Information provided by international news agencies over the weekend indicated that fuel shortages forced some hospitals to stop receiving patients and commercial banks announced that they would only open their doors from today on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. afternoon. The EFE agency explained that this fuel shortage is mainly due to insecurity and the closure of roads and streets set up by gangs that control the main areas of Port-au-Prince, where…

On Friday, the first International Economic Association contract in the modality of service was signed between Empresa Mercantil Comercializadora de Servicios Médicos Cubanos SA (CSMC, SA) and the Canadian Medical Tourism Association Cubaheal to manage the ORTOP Hotel Apartments of the Orthopedic Complex Frank País International (CCO I Frank País) . According to the website of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, the agreement was signed by the President of CSMC, SA Dr. Emilia de Armas Aguila and the President of the Canadian company, Mr. Wael Saad Eddin Gharbia. Also in attendance was the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade…

The office of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi said that the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, was unhurt in an “assassination attempt” on Saturday evening with a booby-trapped drone targeting his home in the Green Zone of Baghdad. His office said in a statement that “a booby-trapped drone tried to attack Al-Kazemi’s house, but he was not harmed in the assassination attempt.” A little earlier, two security sources indicated that a “missile” had hit his house at the time of protests by pro-Iranian groups over the results of the October 10 legislative elections. Al-Kazemi said he was “fine” and called…

The fuel crisis is worsening in Haiti and the Professional Syndicate of Banks announced, on Friday, that its institutions will reduce working hours and working days due to the lack of fuel amid the closure of many gas stations in the capital. From next week, banks will only operate three days a week instead of the usual six and will close earlier. The few gas stations that continued to operate this week were the scene of huge lines, fights and crowds, and a gallon (3.78 liters) cost the equivalent of about $15 in some places. Motorcyclists, business owners, and even…

The Dominican Republic is taking steps to reduce immigration from haiti, At a time when this country is suffering from a crisis of insecurity and political instability. Decisions were not taken at once, but were announced with the development of the situation in Haiti and the failure of the international community to respond to the appeal made by the Dominican Republic. “RD will continue the announced plan with stricter immigration procedures”The President of the Republic, Louis Abenader, warned while calling on powers such as the United States, France, Canada and the European Union to act “urgently” in Haiti. procedures National…

The mayor of Santo Domingo Este, Manuel Jimenez, denounced this Friday that with the entry of new garbage collection trucks, several mechanisms have been activated in order to Boycott the work of the city council. Order National Policely al Public Prosecution “Expedite the dismantling of the mafia elements that are still resisting disengagement from the municipal garbage collection service.” He adds that the “unscrupulous” cut the engine hoses to two of the new cargo trucks, sabotaging their management. Jiménez emphasized that corruption in garbage collection in this municipality implied diversion of roads by operational personnel, for the purpose of charging…

(CNN) – A New Zealand couple may have grown the world’s largest potato without even trying. Colin and Donna Craig Brown of Ngāhinapōuri in the Waikato region found tubers growing in their garden as they prepared for the spring planting season. “It was really one of nature’s pleasant surprises,” Colin Craig Brown told CNN’s Radio New Zealand. “I had no idea it had been growing there, and I don’t know how long it had been there, because I had been walking on it throughout the entire last cucumber season.” The potato, named after the couple “Dog”, may be the largest…

Visa Restrictions for US Media Journalists 3:26 Hong Kong (CNN) – Zhang Zhan،, a citizen journalist imprisoned for reporting on the initial COVID-19 outbreak in WuhanChina, in early 2020, urgently needs medical care, according to Human Rights Watch. The US-based human rights organization has called on Beijing authorities to release former lawyer Zhang, who was arrested in May 2020 and sentenced in December to four years in prison for “provoking quarrels and seeking trouble”. It is a charge commonly used by the Chinese government to target dissidents and human rights activists. China traps thousands due to outbreak of variable delta…