Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei says that drug cartel-backed human smugglers have exploited messaging from Biden administration officials and have ramped up their operations in sending people to the U.S.–Mexico border. “I’m nobody to make a judgment here, but I believe in the first weeks in the Biden administration, messages were confusing,” Giammattei said in an…
Guatemalan President: White House’s ‘Confusing’ Messages Exploited by Smugglers
April 15, 2021
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Guatemala President: White House’s ‘Confusing’ Border Statements Being Hijacked by Human Smugglers
April 15, 2021
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Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei said that drug cartel-backed human smugglers have exploited messaging from Biden administration officials and have ramped up their operations in sending people to the U.S.-Mexico border. “I’m nobody to make a judgment here, but I believe in the first weeks in the Biden administration, messages were confusing,” Giammattei said in an…
Watchdog Says Capitol Police Need ‘Culture Change’ for Better Threat Response
The U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) internal watchdog will testify before lawmakers Thursday about the shortcomings of the law enforcement response to the Jan. 6 Capital breach, with a prepared statement indicating he will broadly recommend a “culture change” of moving USCP away from a police department towards a “protective agency” better poised to prevent and…
Biden Administration Expels Russian Diplomats, Imposes New Sanctions
The Biden administration on Thursday imposed fresh sanctions on Russia and expelled some diplomatic personnel over cyberattacks allegedly carried out by Moscow against the United States. President Joe Biden signed an executive order that “provides strengthened authorities to demonstrate the Administration’s resolve in responding to and deterring the full scope of Russia’s harmful foreign activities,”…
Liberal MP Caught Stark Naked During House of Commons Video Conference
April 15, 2021
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OTTAWA—A Liberal MP was caught wearing his birthday suit in the virtual House of Commons. William Amos, who has represented the Quebec riding of Pontiac since 2015, appeared on the screens of his fellow members of Parliament completely naked Wednesday. A screenshot obtained by The Canadian Press shows him standing behind a desk between the…
Ontario Says a COVID-19 Field Hospital Is Expected to Take Patients This Month
TORONTO—Ontario says a COVID-19 field hospital in Toronto could be activated later this month as it grapples with rising hospitalizations caused by the pandemic. The Ministry of Health says in a statement that the mobile health unit at Sunnybrook Hospital is expecting to take patients in the coming weeks. The field hospital has been set…
The Absentee Vote Logic of the New York Times
News Analysis By making accusations of vote fraud he was not able to prove, both before and after the election, Donald Trump made it easy for his critics to dismiss as dishonest any and all concerns about election integrity. Typical was a New York Times “fact check” from late September denouncing as “false” GOP claims…
Personal Aide to China’s Anti-Corruption Czar Expelled From CCP on Rare Charges
Dong Hong, who served China’s vice chairman Wang Qishan as a trusted aide, was placed under investigation, and purged from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on the rare charges of “disloyalty and dishonesty to the Party,” among others, according to a notice issued by the CCP’s top anti-graft watchdog on April 12. The case of…
UK to Begin Pull-Out of Troops from Afghanistan by May 1
Britain will begin the drawdown of its military presence in Afghanistan by May 1 in coordination with its NATO allies, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. The British military presence in Afghanistan began in 2001 as part of a NATO operation in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States. “NATO assembled…
Ottawa’s UNDRIP Legislation Draws Criticism From Different Camps
The federal government’s Bill C-15 is attracting criticism from a myriad of interest groups on public policy and legislation. Among them are advocates of more action on reconciliation, those wanting more resource sector development opportunities for indigenous communities, and those concerned about erosion of Canada’s sovereignty in seeking its own legislative and policy solutions. Bill…
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