Trial starts over the 2022 assassination attempt of Argentina’s Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Three suspects went on trial Wednesday before a federal court in Argentina for the assassination attempt two years ago of then-Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, one of the country’s most powerful and divisive political figures in recent decades. On that day, Sept. 1, 2022, Fernández stepped out of her … Read more

Honduras ex-president gets 45 years for drug crimes

Juan Orlando Hernández, the ex-president of Honduras who was convicted of drug crimes in a US court, has been sentenced to 45 years in prison. Hernández was found guilty in March of conspiring to import cocaine into the US, and possessing “destructive devices” including machine guns. Prosecutors in New York said he ran the Central … Read more

Wikileaks founder lands in Australia a free man

Assange ‘needs time… to recuperate’, wife tells reporters Julian Assange has landed back home in his native Australia, after a plea deal allowed him to walk free from a London prison. There were emotional scenes at Canberra Airport, as the Wikileaks founder kissed his wife and hugged his father, his lawyers watching on, visibly moved. … Read more

Timbuktu’s jihadist police chief guilty of war crimes

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has convicted the former head of the Islamic police in Mali’s historic city of Timbuktu for crimes against humanity and forcing hundreds of women into sexual slavery. Prosecutors say al-Hassan ag Abdoul Aziz ag Mohamed ag Mahmoud led a “reign of terror” in Timbuktu after it was overrun in 2012 … Read more

Kenyan police deployed to tackle powerful gangs

14 minutes ago By Marina Daras, Gloria Aradi & Pascal Fletcher, BBC News & BBC Monitoring Reuters Haiti’s interim Prime Minister Garry Conille has vowed to end lawlessness with the help of a Kenyan-led international force deployed to the Caribbean nation. The arrival of 400 Kenyan police officers, in the first tranche of an international force, was … Read more

Girona FC renews its agreement with HYLO®

Girona FC renews its agreement with HYLO® Girona FC has renewed its agreement with Brill Pharma, the pharmaceutical company responsible for the distribution in Spain of the HYLO® range, which belongs to the prestigious German group Ursapharm, for a further three seasons. The HYLO® brand will remain on the sleeve of the playing shirt in … Read more