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“We decided to declare the State of Siege [in] the whole country,” Joseph said in a televised address broadcast on national television following an emergency meeting of Haiti’s Council of Ministers. “We don’t want the country to plunge into chaos,” he added. A declaration of a state of siege is …

Carlson was talking to “US-based Kremlin intermediaries” about an interview with Putin, the Washington, DC-based political gossip outlet reported on Wednesday evening, citing anonymous “sources familiar with the conversations.” Earlier in the day, Carlson appeared on a Fox Business show and revealed that a journalist in Washington had quoted him …

The suspected assassins were arrested “shortly before 6pm” local time on Wednesday, Haiti’s minister of communication Frantz Exantus announced on Twitter. While Exantus did not identify any of the alleged perpetrators or say how many had been brought into custody, Haiti’s national police chief later told a press conference that …

Cases of the Delta variant outnumbered cases of the alpha variant for the first time for the two-week period ending on July 3, making up approximately 51% of total cases. This is a sizable rise from approximately 30% of new cases, as was reported by the CDC for a two-week …

True crime began as a niche industry, but now it’s big business. Podcasts, books and documentaries are all ways for members of the public to become investigating officers and pore over the evidence of all manner of criminal escapades. However, the complex case of Sophie Toscan du Plantier has highlighted …

McAfee was found dead in Barcelona’s Sant Esteve Sesrovires prison last month, and a preliminary autopsy found that he died by hanging himself. His extradition to the US, where he faced charges of tax evasion and other financial crimes, had been approved by Spanish authorities hours before his death. Janice …

Carlson, who hosts the most-watched cable show in the US, announced last week that the spy agency had been monitoring him – in violation of its constitutional mandate to spy on foreigners only – and claimed it was done to pressure and discredit him. The NSA denial only said Carlson …

With about 7% responding as ‘not sure,’ only 36% of Americans believe their president is actually performing the full role of his office, according to the poll, which was conducted between June 23 and 25 in partnership with the Convention of States Action.  Just 59% of Democrats think that Biden …

Local residents reported hearing a loud bang across the city late on Wednesday, with some eyewitnesses posting footage and photos of the blaze in the distance. It’s not clear what caused the incident. The fire was so big it was seen from across the harbor, according to videos shared on social media. …

In an opinion piece for the Washington Post, Lynne Chandler Garcia noted that the US was founded on a “duality” between “liberalism and equal rights” on one hand, and “inequality, inegalitarianism, and second-class citizenship” on the other. “It [critical race theory] helps students identify the structural racism and inequality that …