Wife of Mexico kingpin El Chapo to grace narco families TV show
The wife of convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman will appear on the VH1 show “Cartel Crew” alongside other family members of drug traffickers who grapple with notorious legacies, the television network said on Tuesday.
U.S. has no intention of ending alliance with Syrian Kurdish fighters: official
The United States has no intention to end its alliance with Syrian Kurdish SDF militia, a senior administration official said on Tuesday, effectively pushing back on Ankara’s demand that Washington stop supporting the fighters it sees as hostile.
Bolivian Senator Anez takes office as interim president
Bolivian Senator Jeanine Anez declared herself interim president of the South American country in Congress on Tuesday despite a lack of a quorum to appoint her in a legislative session boycotted by lawmakers from former president Evo Morales’ leftist p…
U.S. senators push for vote on Hong Kong rights bill as violence rises
The chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Tuesday he wanted the Senate to pass legislation to support pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, as violence rose in the Chinese-ruled city rocked by months of unrest.
Australian High Court agrees to hear ex-Vatican treasurer’s sex offences appeal
Australia’s High Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a final appeal from Vatican treasurer George Pell over his conviction for sexually assaulting two teenaged choir boys.
Over 100 people leave Mexican Mormon village after massacre
More than 100 members of a U.S.-Mexican community of Mormon origin have left their homes in northern Mexico after an ambush killed nine of their number, relatives said on Tuesday.
Puerto Rico gets near-failing grade on infrastructure report card
Puerto Rico’s roads, ports, energy grid and other infrastructure scored an overall D-minus in the first report card issued for the U.S. commonwealth on Tuesday by an engineering group, which put a price tag of as much as $23 billion over 10 years on ne…
U.S. senators draft NBA’s Kanter to push bill against Turkey’s Erdogan
Turkish NBA player Enes Kanter, a vocal critic of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, teamed up with two Democratic U.S. senators on Tuesday as they introduced a bill to condemn the alleged violation of human rights in Turkey.
Chinese national pleads guilty in U.S. court to stealing Phillips 66 trade secrets
A Chinese national pleaded guilty on Tuesday to stealing trade secrets from U.S. petroleum company Phillips 66 , where he worked on the research and development of next generation battery technologies, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Soldier opens fire to disperse protest in Lebanon’s Khaldeh, wounding one: army
A Lebanese soldier opened fire to disperse protesters blocking a road in Khaldeh south of Beirut on Tuesday night, wounding one person, the army said in a statement.
