Avellon Williams HARARE– Zimbabwean inventor Maxwell Chikumbutso has taken the first steps into the future of technology by developing a cordless television with the capability to power 2 x 100W bulbs to illuminate rooms with no electricity. Rural dwellers with no access to main power lines have viewed the innovation as inclusive. With the help […]
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Avellon Williams QUEBEC, CANADA- As a result of the father’s lack of vaccination against COVID-19, a Canadian judge temporarily suspended his right to see his child in Quebec. Canadian newspaper Le Devoir reported on Dec. 23 that Superior Court Judge Jean-Sébastien Vaillancourt ruled that contact with the child’s father was not in the child’s best interest “if […]
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Avellon Williams PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — With the assassination of Haiti’s former president Jovenel Moise and the country’s descent into chaos, Prime Minister Ariel Henry took control of the government and was tasked with bringing the killers to justice and healing the country. Evidence has now emerged suggesting Henry did maintain communications with a suspect – and that they remained in close […]
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Avellon Williams LONDON- On Wednesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologized for attending a garden party during Britain’s lockdown in the wake of 2020’s Coronavirus outbreak , saying there are things his government “did not get right.” Politicians and members of the public are fuming over Johnson’s staff’s and his administration’s violation of pandemic restrictions by socializing when […]
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Avellon Williams DOMINICAN REPUBLIC — Authorities apprehended Rodolphe “Whiskey” Jaar, an alleged convicted drug trafficker and former DEA informant while attempting to cross the border from Haiti on Friday. Haitian and Dominican officials confirmed. After spending months hiding in Haiti, Jaar, a Haitian national, tried crossing into the Dominican Republic on Friday after allegedly being a part of the assassination […]
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Avellon Williams KABUL, AFGHANISTAN- On Tuesday, the United Nations and its partners launched a $4.4 billion funding appeal to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan in 2022. The UN Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief chief Martin Griffiths told reporters in Geneva that the appeal for humanitarian assistance is the largest ever made to a single […]
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Avellon Williams ROME- Pope Francis suggested Monday that the Coronavirus vaccine was a “moral obligation ,” and he lamented how people had rejected one of the most effective ways to save lives due to “baseless information”. During his annual speech to ambassadors accredited to the Holy See, in which he assesses the state of the […]
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Avellon Williams PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI- While reporting on the lack of security in the country’s capital, two journalists were shot and burned to death by a gang in Haiti. Reporter Amady John Wesley died alongside radio journalist Wilguens Louissaint after being attacked in Petion-Ville by members of the Ti Makak gang on Thursday. The two reporters had gone to the area with a third […]
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Avellon Williams HAVANA, CUBA- The United States Coast Guard recently reported that 119 Cuban migrants were returned to Cuba in dozens of operations conducted over three days, as an increasing number of Cuban migrants attempted to enter the U.S. through its waters. “The migrants were swept up in the south Florida straits from the Bahamas […]
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Avellon Williams VATICAN – Pope Francis has ruffled the feathers of childless pet owners by suggesting those who replace their children with pets show “a certain selfishness”. In a public address at the Vatican on Wednesday, Pope Francis said that pets “sometimes take the place of children” in modern society. “Today … we see a form […]
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