Daily Archives: February 14, 2024

2024-02-14: News Headlines

Franc Contreras (2024-02-13). Mexico City's world-famous Art Week. america.cgtn.com Mexico City's world-famous Art Week ended on a high-note over the weekend, with attendance up from last year, and a grand prize of 100 thousand dollars awarded to the winner of one of the world's most prestigious art fairs. | Franc Contreras was there rubbing elbows with some of the biggest names in Latin America's art scene.

teleSUR, rzr, MS (2024-02-14). Desconocidos asesinan a líder transportista en Iguala, México. telesurtv.net El líder del gremio de transportistas, de 38 años de edad, recibió nueve impactos de bala, mientras que los peritos de la Fiscalía General de Guerrero encontraron en el lugar de los hechos múltiples casquillos percutidos del calibre 9 mm.

geo.tv (2024-02-13). Man killed after plane carrying skydivers crashes on Mexico beach. geo.tv Four others injured are in "stable" condition, according to Oaxaca state civil defence office…

albawaba (2024-02-14). At least 1,300 migrants dead or missing off Tunisia in 2023. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – A Tunisian rights group said on Tuesday that at least 1,300 illegal migrants have died or went missing in 2023 trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe seeking asylum. The United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) said 2,498 people died or went missing while trying to cross the central Mediterranean last year, rising 75% more than in 2022.Tunisia and Libya are the primary north African departure destinations for thousands of illegal migrants who risk their lives each year in the hope of finding better lives in Europe.More than 1,300 irregular migrants died at sea or wen…

newarab (2024-02-14). Libya's polluted coastline is a symptom of state failure. newarab.com In the 13 years since the downfall of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya has become a byword for the perils of Western military intervention. | The country's political dysfunction and on-and-off civil war have consumed most of the attention that the international community dedicates to Libya, even as the environmental issues that stem from these problems grow worse and go all but unaddressed. | Libya's hundreds of kilometres of coastline — the launchpad for boats carrying African migrants to Europe and Libyan oil to the rest of the world —offers a prime example. | "Amid the countless immediate political challe…

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