Day: September 22, 2023

Mexico’s fifth largest employer is helping kill Americans. Some Republicans are ready to declare literal war

7:16 pm September 22, 2023

Cartels are collectively Mexico’s fifth-largest employer, according to a recent study, and some Republican presidential candidates are ready to take them out with military force. A mathematical model of the criminal organizations’ recruitments and losses revealed that Mexican cartels collectively employ some 175,000 people, according to a study published in the journal Science. The groups […]

Puerto Rico National Guard aids efforts to quell week-long blaze at US Virgin Islands landfill

7:14 pm September 22, 2023

Puerto Rico’s National Guard was deployed to help fight a large fire at a landfill in the U.S Virgin Islands that has been burning for more than a week and which has forced schools and businesses to close, officials said Friday. Helicopters swooped down to gather seawater and help battle the blaze at the Bovoni […]

Pakistan arrests dissident TV news anchor

7:11 pm September 22, 2023

Pakistani security agents have arrested a senior Islamabad-based TV anchor known for his criticism of the authorities on charges of spreading false content about state institutions on social media, his news channel and family said Friday. Khalid Jamil was taken into custody by the Federal Investigation Agency late on Thursday, his ABN television posted on […]

Georgetown women’s basketball coach Tasha Butts takes leave to focus on battle against breast cancer

7:09 pm September 22, 2023

Georgetown women’s basketball coach Tasha Butts is taking time away from the team to focus on her health in her ongoing battle against breast cancer, the school announced Thursday night. Associate head coach Darnell Haney will take over in her absence. Butts was diagnosed with advanced stage breast cancer in 2021. The diagnosis inspired the […]

Global polio eradication effort faces challenges in meeting 2023 targets

7:09 pm September 22, 2023

The global effort to end polio is likely to miss two key targets this year on the path towards defeating the virus, according to an independent strategic review. The aim in 2023 was to interrupt the transmission of wild polio in the two countries where it is still endemic, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and do the […]