Retired Australian bishop charged with child sex abuse (www.laprensalatina.com)
Sydney, Australia, Feb 22 (EFE).- Australian authorities have arrested and charged a retired bishop with 19 child sex abuse offenses between 2008 and 2020....
Intentional homicides in Mexico fall by 4.18%, below 30,000 in 2023 (www.laprensalatina.com)
Pedro Pablo Cortés Mexico City, Jan 16 (EFE).- Intentional homicides in Mexico dropped by 4.18% annually to 29,675 in 2023, the Secretariat of Security and Civil Protection (SSPC in Spanish), Rosa Icela Rodríguez, announced Tuesday. The percentage of homicides reported by the SSPC in 2023 compared to the 2022 rate (30,968)...
Milei’s party presents draft bill to repeal Argentina abortion law (www.laprensalatina.com)
Buenos Aires, Feb 7 (EFE).- Argentina’s far-right ruling coalition La Libertad Avanza has presented a draft bill to repeal the country’s abortion law in parliament, according to information on Wednesday....
Authorities investigate femicide of Indigenous leader in northern Mexico (www.laprensalatina.com)
Hermosillo, Mexico, Jan 10 (EFE).- The Attorney General’s Office of the Mexican state of Sonora announced Wednesday that it is investigating the femicide of the governor of the Cucapah ethnic group, Aronia Wilson Tambo, and that it has a suspect in custody....
Malaysia to seed clouds to combat smoke from fires in Indonesia (www.laprensalatina.com)
Bangkok, Oct 3 (EFE).- The Malaysian authorities have prepared a series of measures, including seeding clouds and closing schools, to combat air pollution from hundreds of fires raging in neighboring Indonesia. In a statement late Monday, the country's Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment, and Climate Change underlined the...
Foxes rescued from fur trade find haven in Florida Keys (www.laprensalatina.com)
Thousands of foxes are killed every year in the United States on what are known as fur farms, but some of the animals discarded because of defects enjoy a life of ease at a shelter in the Florida Keys. Nicole Navarro, founder and president of Pawsitive Beginnings, treats …
Brazil’s Lula slams UN over war in Ukraine (www.laprensalatina.com)
Colombian Government, ELN guerilla group aim to finalize details of cease-fire agreement this week (www.laprensalatina.com)
Peace negotiators representing the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla group on Monday are beginning a days-long meeting aimed at ironing out the details of two key agreements announced in June. One of those accords pertains to a six-month bilateral national cease-fire and the other to a...
Malaysia scraps mandatory death penalty for crimes such as drug trafficking, terrorism (www.laprensalatina.com)
Malaysia’s repeal of the mandatory death penalty for crimes such as drug trafficking and terrorism came into effect on Tuesday, while activists called for a review of capital punishment sentences already awarded for these crimes. The measure, bringing a reform in the country’s penal code, was approved by the parliament…
Afghanistan suffered most as a country in 2022, says report (www.laprensalatina.com)
