PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Immigration and Customs Enforcement has highlighted the detention of people whom it called some of Maine’s most dangerous criminals during operations this past week, but court records paint a more complicated picture.
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks closed lower on Wall Street while gold and silver prices plunged as investors tried to gauge what President Donald Trump's new nominee to lead the Federal Reserve will mean for interest rates going forward. The S&P 500 dropped 0.4%. The Dow fell 0.4%, and the Nasdaq sank 0.9%. Gold's price dropped 11%, and silver sank more than 30%.
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) – The southern African nation of Malawi began a cholera vaccination rollout this week in a bid to stem the threat of the disease that kills tens of thousands of people globally each year.
BEIJING (AP) – U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in the Chinese financial center of Shanghai on Friday in his bid to boost business opportunities for British firms in the world’s second-largest economy, just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump signaled a possible opposition to any deal between Beijing and London.
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) – As floods ravage Mozambique, crocodiles are appearing in submerged towns and responsible for at least three deaths. In the town of Xai-Xai, the provincial capital of Gaza province and one of the worst-affected areas in the country’s south, authorities have warned residents of heightened crocodile risks as floodwaters spread.
WASHINGTON (AP) – A huge new tranche of files on millionaire financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released Friday revealed details of his communications with the wealthy and powerful, some not long before he died by suicide in 2019.
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) – Mali’s government has moved to impose fuel rationing to counter widespread shortages caused by al-Qaida-linked groups operating in the border regions that have in recent months cut off fuel supplies to the landlocked African country.
Jan. 19 – The Washington Post says Congress has dropped the ball regarding oversight of ICE, DHS. Geraldo Lunas Campos died at a Texas detention center on Jan. 3 while pleading for air as guards choked him, according to a fellow detainee. The local medical examiner’s office is considering classifying his death as a homicide, The Post reports.
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) – Nigeria’s government said Friday that the U.S. has pledged to deliver outstanding military equipment purchased by the country over the past five years. The matériel include drones, helicopters, platforms, spare parts and support systems. “We want Nigerians to know that this partnership (with the U.S.) is working,” Information Minister Ibrahim Idris said.
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