King Charles III and Queen Camilla (C) speak with Edward Enninful (L), Charlotte Tilbury and Lionel Richie at a cultural reception at Rockefeller Center during a state visit on April 29, 2026 in New York City. In his first visit to the U.S. as the British monarch, King Charles III toured the nation’s capital where […]
By Dr. Isaac Newton News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Sat. May 2, 2026: The 2026 Antigua and Barbuda election gives us clear numbers. But numbers do not speak unless we listen carefully to what they mean. The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party won about 60 percent of the vote. The United Progressive Party secured about […]
After 25 years of negotiation, the Mercosur-EU agreement takes effect this Friday Friday, May 1st 2026 – 06:40 UTC The accord was signed on January 17th in La Asunción, Paraguay The association agreement between Mercosur and the European Union (EU) enters provisionally into force on Friday May 1, after more than a quarter-century […]
Brent touches $126 amid US military plan for ‘short and powerful’ strikes on Iran Friday, May 1st 2026 – 07:44 UTC The International Energy Agency described the situation as the largest supply disruption ever recorded. Brent crude touched $126.41 a barrel on Thursday, its highest level since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, […]
Caracas and Washington launch direct flights after seven years and sign two oil deals Friday, May 1st 2026 – 11:13 UTC The first American Airlines flight took off from Maiquetía airport bound for Miami, completing the journey in just over three hours The United States and Venezuela inaugurated on Thursday the first direct […]
Pentagon seals artificial intelligence agreements with seven tech giants Friday, May 1st 2026 – 12:12 UTC The Pentagon noted in a statement that these alliances accelerate the transformation toward establishing United States Armed Forces with AI at the center of their way of war The United States Department of War announced the signing […]
Trump threatens to take Cuba ‘almost immediately’ after tightening sanctions on the regime Sunday, May 3rd 2026 – 03:27 UTC The new executive order expands the scope of existing sanctions to persons, entities, and companies that support the Cuban regime’s security apparatus US President Donald Trump said on Friday that his country would […]
Bolivia’s agro-environmental court judge shot dead amid wave of drug-related violence Friday, May 1st 2026 – 14:54 UTC Claure, a 49-year-old lawyer born in Cochabamba, was intercepted near midnight while driving along Busch Avenue Víctor Hugo Claure, dean of Bolivia’s Agro-Environmental Court, was shot dead late Thursday in the eastern city of Santa […]
RAF chief calls Falklands defence ‘non-negotiable’ as Rubio plays down Pentagon memo Friday, May 1st 2026 – 17:12 UTC Smyth framed the capabilities deployed in the Falklands within the RAF’s broader range of concurrent operations The head of Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF), Air Chief Marshal Sir Harv Smyth, said on Friday that […]
In Cotacachi, ancestral midwives are defending home birth as Indigenous knowledge, bodily autonomy, and political resistance, challenging Ecuador’s medical system while training a new generation to protect women from obstetric violence and cultural erasure. Birth as Territory and Rebellion In the Andean communities of Cotacachi, in northern Ecuador, birth is not only a private family […]