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May 8, 2026 - World

Men were convicted in Miami federal court for plotting to kill Jovenel Moïse at his Port-au-Prince home in 2021Four south Florida men were convicted on Friday of plotting to kill the Haitian president, Jovenel Moïse, in 2021 by hiring mercenaries to assassinate him at his Port-au-Prince home, court records show.Prosecutors argued during the nine-week trial in a Miami federal court that the men assembled two dozen former Colombian soldiers and supplied them with money, guns, ammunition and tactical vests in a conspiracy to kill Moïse. The 53-year-old president was shot dead in July 2021 at his private residence in the hills above Port-au-Prince, a killing that left a gaping political vacuum in the Caribbean nation and emboldened powerful gangs. Continue reading...

May 8, 2026 - World

In the days since the hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, concern has taken hold among at least some of its Spanish passengers - but not so much because they fear contracting the illness. Rather, they are afraid of how they will be received back on land.

May 8, 2026 - World

US energy department says 13.5kg of uranium taken from reactor in Caracas – a fraction of the 408kg held by TehranDonald Trump has succeeded in removing a country’s stash of highly enriched uranium – although that country is not Iran.On Friday, the US Department of Energy announced that “thanks to President Trump’s decisive leadership” 13.5kg (about 30 pounds) of uranium had been removed from a legacy research reactor in Venezuela. Continue reading...

May 8, 2026 - World

A top Qatari official stressed the need for "all parties" to cool down tensions in the Middle East during a meeting with Vice President J.D. Vance.

May 8, 2026 - World

Pope Leo XIV has prayed for political leaders to end "fratricidal hatred" in the world