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Rescue teams work at the Jet Set nightclub on Wednesday, a day after its roof collapsed killing at least 221 people in an incident that sent shockwaves around the country
At least 221 dead after Dominican Republic nightclub disaster, as search for survivors ends
SANTO DOMINGO — Dominican Republic authorities have ended their rescue operation and turned to recovery efforts following the collapse of a nightclub roof on Tuesday, which left more than 200 people dead.The deadly incident in the early hours of Tuesday morning at the Jet Set nightclub sent shockwaves around the country, with three days of mourning declared in the wake of the disaster.The removal of bodies from the wrecked building accelerated overnight Wednesday into Thursday after civil protection services removed a large chunk of debris, according to Snayder Santana, an engineer from the Dominican Republic civil protection services.According to Santana, the majority of the bodies recovered overnight were female and are still being identified.An official statement from the country’s...
April 11, 2025

At least 221 dead after Dominican Republic nightclub disaster, as search for survivors ends

Barack and Michelle Obama have faced divorce rumours for months
Michelle Obama dismisses divorce rumors
WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama has spoken out against rumors that her marriage to Barack Obama might be in trouble.The former first lady has not accompanied her husband to several high-profile events – including Donald Trump's inauguration and the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter – fuelling speculation that they might be separating.Without explicitly mentioning these occasions, Mrs Obama told the Work in Progress podcast hosted by actress Sophia Bush that she was now in a position to control her own calendar as a "grown woman".She said that people were not able to believe that she was "making a decision" for herself and instead "had to assume that my husband and I are divorcing".Mrs Obama shared that she felt some guilt for stepping back from...
April 11, 2025

Michelle Obama dismisses divorce rumors

Ksenia Karelina was detained in Yekaterinburg in 2024
Woman jailed over £39 donation to Ukraine freed in US-Russia prisoner swap
WASHINGTON — A Russian-American citizen has been released in a prisoner swap between Moscow and Washington.Amateur ballerina Ksenia Karelina, a Los Angeles resident, had been in prison in Russia for over a year, after being arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg in early 2024.She was found guilty of treason for donating money to a US-based charity providing humanitarian support to Ukraine and was sentenced to 12 years in a penal colony.In exchange, the US reportedly freed Arthur Petrov, a dual German-Russian citizen arrested in Cyprus in 2023. He was accused of illegally exporting microelectronics to Russia for manufacturers working with the Russian military.The prisoner swap took place in Abu Dhabi in the early hours of Thursday.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed Ms Karelina was...
April 10, 2025

Woman jailed over £39 donation to Ukraine freed in US-Russia prisoner swap

Protesters gather outside federal court during a hearing on April 3 with lawyers for Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities
More than 300 student visas revoked as the US expands reasons for deportation
WASHINGTON — Kseniia Petrova’s path from a Harvard laboratory to an immigration cell began with frogs.The Russian national who has been working as a researcher at Harvard Medical School failed to declare “non-hazardous” frog embryos she was carrying with her on her return to the US from France in February, Petrova’s attorney said. Rather than issue a fine, Petrova’s exchange visitor visa was revoked, and she was taken into custody.Revoking Petrova’s visa was “a punishment grossly disproportionate to the situation,” her attorney, Greg Romanovsky, said, calling the error on the customs form “inadvertant.”CNN did not receive a response from the Department of Homeland Security to a request for comment, but the department told ABC News, “Messages found on (Petrova’s)...
April 10, 2025

More than 300 student visas revoked as the US expands reasons for deportation

A file photo from 2015 shows Mark Zuckerberg with Chinese President Xi Jinping
Meta whistleblower alleges company worked with China on censorship
SAN FRANCISCO — A Meta whistleblower told US senators on Wednesday that the company undermined national security in order to build a $18 billion business in China.At a congressional hearing, Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former global public policy director at Facebook, said she watched as executives decided to provide the Chinese Communist Party‬ with access to the data of Meta users, including that of Americans.Meta has disputed Ms Wynn-Williams's statements."Sarah Wynn-Williams' testimony is divorced from reality and riddled with false claims," said Meta spokesman Ryan Daniels.Daniels said CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been public about the company's interest in offering its services in China, but added. "[T]he fact is this: we do not operate our services in China...
April 10, 2025

Meta whistleblower alleges company worked with China on censorship

A cargo ship sails under Las Americas bridge through the Panama Canal, in Panama City, on March 13
US-China rivalry over Panama Canal sparks tensions, leaving Panama caught in war of words
PANAMA CITY — Panama promotes itself “as the bridge of the world, heart of the universe” but lately the narrow Central American Isthmus and its namesake canal that joins the Atlantic to the Pacific have become the setting for a bitter clash between the world’s two preeminent economic superpowers.The escalating war of words between the US and China over the canal has left Panama – which does not have a military – baffled and brings to mind the old proverb of how “when elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.”From the beginning of his second term, US President Donald Trump has claimed without proof that China secretly controls the canal where around 40% of US container traffic passes through. If China’s alleged influence over the canal wasn’t halted, Trump...
April 10, 2025

US-China rivalry over Panama Canal sparks tensions, leaving Panama caught in war of words

Police officers stand guard during a media tour at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, in Tecoluca, El Salvador April 4, 2025
El Salvador says it shares gang intel with the US 
SAN SALVADOR — El Salvador says it shares intelligence with the United States about gang members wanted by the Central American nation and provides “complete records” on them before formally requesting their deportation.“We raise our hands and say, ‘Look, this guy,’” the country’s Security and Justice Minister Gustavo Villatoro said in an exclusive interview with CNN. Asked if that meant the country specified which individuals it wanted deported, he said, “Yes ... it’s not random.”Villatoro’s comments come after the Trump administration deported more than 270 men to El Salvador, accusing them of being members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang or Salvadorans tied to the MS-13 gang.US officials later admitted that one of those deported – Kilmar Armando Abrego...
April 10, 2025

El Salvador says it shares gang intel with the US 

People cry and hug each other near the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo
At least 113 killed as nightclub roof collapses in Dominican Republic
SANTO DOMINGO — Rescue workers are frantically searching the rubble after the roof of an iconic Dominican Republic nightclub collapsed early Tuesday, killing more than a hundred people.At least 300 people were inside Jet Set nightclub, in the capital of Santo Domingo, when the roof collapsed around 1 a.m. during a performance of merengue artist Rubby Pérez and his orchestra, authorities said. Pérez’s body was recovered from the scene on Wednesday morning, emergency services said.At least 113 people, including two former Major League Baseball players, were killed, according to the director of the Emergency Operations Center in an update on Wednesday. At least 155 people are in the hospital following the roof collapse, the official said.Families of the missing gathered at the scene and...
April 09, 2025

At least 113 killed as nightclub roof collapses in Dominican Republic

It is the second round of talks in Istanbul aimed at restoring bilateral embassy operations
US and Russia to hold fresh embassy talks in Turkey
WASHINGTON — Delegates from the US and Russia will meet in Istanbul on Thursday as part of continued efforts to normalize embassy operations between the two countries, the US State Department has said.The talks, which will take place at the Russian consulate in Turkey's capital, will not include any discussion of political or security issues, the US said."Ukraine is not, absolutely not, on the agenda," State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said.The Russian delegation will be led by the newly appointed ambassador to the US, Alexander Darchiev, and the US team by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Sonata Coulter, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.Speaking at a daily press briefing on Tuesday, Bruce said the negotiations would focus "solely" on the functioning...
April 09, 2025

US and Russia to hold fresh embassy talks in Turkey

Peter Navarro advises President Trump on trade, manufacturing and growth policy
Musk labels Trump trade adviser 'moron' over Tesla comments
SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk has called President Donald Trump's trade adviser, Peter Navarro, a "moron" over comments he made about his electric vehicle firm, Tesla.Musk — who is also a member of the Trump administration — said Navarro was "dumber than a sack of bricks" in posts on his social media platform X.It was in response to an interview Navarro gave in which he criticised Musk. "[He's] not a car manufacturer. He's a car assembler, in many cases," Navarro said.Navarro was being interviewed about Trump's sweeping tariff policy and said he wanted to see parts made in the US in the future instead.Musk, who has hinted at his opposition to White House trade policy, said Navarro's claims about Tesla were "demonstrably...
April 09, 2025

Musk labels Trump trade adviser 'moron' over Tesla comments

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