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Questions Raised About Safety of Old Montreal Building Destroyed by Fatal Fire

More than a week after a fatal fire tore through a building in Old Montreal, accounts from former tenants and victims of the blaze are raising questions about the safety of the heritage property. Five bodies had been found as of Saturday evening and two people were missing in the shell of the once-elegant greystone…


Brazil’s Lula Cancels Trip to China Due to Pneumonia: Press Secretary

BRASILIA—Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has canceled a high-profile trip to China due to medical reasons, and the March 27-31 visit will be rescheduled for a later date, his press secretary said on Saturday. The press secretary released a medical note stating that after a clinical evaluation, the 77-year-old Lula was diagnosed with…


Mexican Kid’s Comic Xavier López, ‘Chabelo,’ Dies at 88

MEXICO CITY—Xavier López, a Mexican children’s comic better known by his stage name “Chabelo,” has died at 88, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wrote Saturday. López’s best-known work, the Sunday variety show “En Familia con Chabelo”, ran for an astonishing 48 years from 1967 to 2015. The Mexican president wrote in his Twitter account that…


5 Killed in West Sudan Tribal Violence, Rights Group Says

CAIRO—Two days of tribal violence in western Sudan’s long-troubled Darfur region killed at least 5 people, tribal leaders, and a rights group said Friday. The violence between African Masalit tribesmen and Arab shepherds in West Darfur erupted Thursday after two armed assailants fatally shot a merchant in a remote area, leaders from both groups said….


Venezuela Arrests 21 in Corruption Crackdown, 11 More Wanted

CARACAS—An expanding anti-corruption probe in Venezuela has led to the detention of 10 officials and 11 businessmen, the country’s attorney general said on Saturday, adding that arrest warrants for 11 more people have been issued. The investigation, which began in October, is focused on state oil company PDVSA, a government entity supervising crypto currency operations,…


2 Cuban Illegal Immigrants Fly Into Florida on Motorized Hang Glider

KEY WEST, Fla.—Two Cuban migrants used a motorized hang glider to fly the approximately 90 miles (145 kilometers) from the communist island to Key West on Saturday, Florida officials said. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said the duo landed safely at Key West International Airport at about 10:30 a.m. and were turned over to the…


US State Department Monitoring Reports of Kidnapped Couple in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE—A U.S. State Department spokesperson said Saturday the government is aware of reports of two U.S. citizens missing in Haiti, after media outlets said a Florida couple had been kidnapped. Abigail Toussaint and Jean-Dickens Toussaint, both 33, were taken near capital Port-au-Prince and have been held for days, according to an online petition started by…


UN Nuclear Watchdog Says Missing Libya Uranium Found

CAIRO—U.N. inspectors visiting southern Libya found drums containing natural uranium reported missing earlier this month in the chaos-stricken country, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Saturday. The International Atomic Energy Agency said earlier this month that some 2.5 tons of natural uranium stored at a site in the southern town of Sabha had gone missing. Forces…


Bagnaia Wins First Ever MotoGP Sprint at Portuguese Grand Prix

Reigning world champion Francesco Bagnaia won the first ever MotoGP sprint with a last-lap overtake at the season-opening Portuguese Grand Prix on Saturday to earn 12 points and move to the top of the rider’s standings ahead of the race on Sunday. Introduced this season in a bid to make the sport more entertaining, sprints…


Peru’s Garcia Leon Breaks 35 Kilometers Race Walk World Record

Peru’s Kimberly Garcia Leon broke the 35 kilometers race walk world record on Saturday with a time of two hours 37 minutes and 44 seconds in Dudince, Slovakia. The world champion in both the 20 kilometers and 35 kilometers walk broke the previous record of 2:38:24 set by Russian Klavdiya Afanasyeva in 2019, in a…