Friday, 15 Nov 2024

Americas

Find all national and international information about Americas. Select the subects you want to know more about on news24x7world.com

NFL's Cleveland Browns rule out Condoleezza Rice for head coach job

With the team struggling for form in the AFC North division, and without a head coach since sacking Hue Jackson following defeat to rivals the Pittsburgh Steelers almost a month ago, ESPN reported that bosses were considering a shock move for Ms Rice in a bid to get their season on track. Ms Rice – […]

4 scams to watch out for while holiday shopping online

With Black Friday right around the corner, it’s important to stay on top of online scams that may put a wrench in your holiday shopping. “The holiday season tends to be the biggest online scam month of the year; there’s always a huge spike,” Andrea Gildea, head of the legal department at Transferwise, told Global […]

Mexico: Migrant caravan comes to a halt in Tijuana near US border

In the Mexican border city of Tijuana, a massive caravan of Central American migrants has come to a halt. Thousands of people fleeing violence and poverty in Central America have arrived at the United States border to claim asylum, the first of several waves of migrants travelling in caravans. Now in Tijuana, Mexico, they are […]

Flattened, destroyed, lifeless: True hell of a town called Paradise

Paradise itself, is something else. It’s flattened, destroyed, lifeless. The president’s sprawling motorcade drove through empty streets, an incongruous sight in a town now devoid of any human movement. I found the town councillor in the shell of what I guess must have been a shop just a week or so ago. “This town had […]

White Kansas Official’s ‘Master Race’ Comment Draws Calls for His Resignation

The governor of Kansas is among several officials calling for a white county commissioner to resign after he used the term “master race” while addressing a black consultant at a public meeting this week. The commissioner, Louis Klemp of Leavenworth County, made the remark on Tuesday while criticizing the options for developing land that were […]

‘I survived the Jonestown cult massacre’

Sunday 18 November is the 40th anniversary of the notorious Jonestown massacre where more than 900 people died at a settlement run by Christian cult leader Jim Jones. Ahead of the anniversary, one survivor – Laura Johnston Kohl – spoke to the BBC about how she narrowly escaped death, and how she and others have […]

RCMP in Grande Prairie charge 19 men with solicitation offences

Nineteen men, ranging in age from 23 to 69, have been charged with obtaining sexual services for consideration. The charges happened during a three-day enforcement operation in downtown Grande Prairie this week. Police say the enforcement initiative began following mounting concerns from the public regarding the city’s downtown core. Four of the men also face […]

What the midterms (and past elections) show about US democracy

The contradictory outcome reflects deep political divisions and, increasingly, the antiquated quirks of the Constitution Washington, DC – A week and a half after the US midterm elections, the true scope of a vote that brought Democrats control of the US House of Representatives but left Republicans, the party of President Donald Trump, holding power […]