Ariel Henry presented his resignation in a letter released on the same day that a council tasked with choosing a new prime minister and Cabinet for Haiti was sworn in.
Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced his resignation on Thursday, handing power over to a transitional council that will seek to gain control of the violence-ravaged nation. Henry wrote in his resignation letter dated Wednesday that, “given the current state of affairs,” the time was right for him to step down. “We have served the nation in difficult times. I thank everyone who had the courage to face such challenges with me,” he said. Haiti has been overrun by chaos and gang violence in...
THE wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Tuesday, reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to empowering women for sustainable development and food security. This was as she presented cheques of N10m each to the six South-West states of Ogun, Lagos, Osun, Oyo, Ondo and Ekiti, for onward disbursement to 120 women farmers selected across Read More
Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown’s plan to attack the nation’s worsening fentanyl crisis is now headed to the president’s desk where it will be signed into law.
The Middle East has, for some time, been a powder keg where degrees of violence are tolerated with ceremonial mania and a calculus of restraint. Assassinations can take place at a moment’s notice. Revenge killings follow with dashing speed. Suicide bombings of immolating power are carried out. Drone strikes of devastating, collective punishment are ordered, all padded by the More
Taiwan’s incoming president Lai Ching-te has made Time Magazine’s list of the “100 Most Influential People of 2024”, which the island hailed Thursday as a recognition of its “democratic achievements”. Vice President Lai, who won the January presidential election to succeed Tsai Ing-wen, will take office on May 20 at a time of growing tensions […]
Former Trump attorney Tim Parlatore explains what he thinks could happen if prosecutors in Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial bring up Trump’s other legal problems. He also shares whether he thinks the former president should testify.
Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. O.J. Simpson gripped the nation’s attention for a final time Thursday. As breaking news banners and push alerts crashed onto screens from coast to coast, stunning millions with news of the former National Football League star’s death, the moment produced one last Simpson-centric collective event for the national consciousness....
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