Tag: Americas
Microsoft is evolving the keyboard of its PCs by adding a touch of artificial intelligence
On the Microsoft stand at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, March 2, 2023. JOAN MATEU PARRA / AP It is a simple evolution in the ergonomics of IT tools,…
Joe Biden accuses Donald Trump of condoning “political violence” and using “Nazi Germany” rhetoric
President Joe Biden speaks in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, Friday, January 5, 2024. MATT ROURKE / AP President Joe Biden warned Friday, January 4, that Donald Trump’s efforts to retake the…
In Guatemala, ex-president Otto Perez benefits from conditional release
Former Guatemalan President Otto Perez in Guatemala City on June 13, 2016. MOISES CASTILLO / AP After eight years behind bars, former Guatemalan President Otto Perez has been released from…
American justice reveals documents without much revelation
A New York judge began unsealing, on January 3, 2024, the identities of people linked by court documents to Jeffrey Epstein (left), the American financier who committed suicide in 2019.…
“multiple gunshot victims” in Iowa shooting; the alleged perpetrator is dead
Police respond to Perry High School in Iowa on Thursday, January 4, 2024. ANDREW HARNIK / AP In a high school in Iowa, a state in the north of the…
In Canada, the carbon tax threatened from all sides
Oil operations near Estevan, in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, November 21, 2018. AMBER BRACKEN/NYT-REDUX-REA In Canada, the year opened with a new act of rebellion against the carbon tax,…
In Argentina, justice temporarily suspends labor law reforms brought by Javier Milei
The Argentine justice system rejected on Wednesday January 3, at least provisionally, labor law reforms included in the “mega decree” deregulator of ultraliberal President Javier Milei. The National Chamber of…
man arrested after opening fire at Colorado Supreme Court
Colorado Supreme Court, January 2, 2024. CHET STRANGE / AFP An armed man forced his way into the headquarters of the Colorado Supreme Court in Denver, where he opened fire…
Harvard University President Claudine Gay announces her resignation following accusations of plagiarism and anti-Semitic excesses on campus
Harvard President Claudine Gay during her hearing before Congress on December 5, 2023. MARK SCHIEFELBEIN / AP Claudine Gay, president of Harvard University, announced her resignation on Tuesday, January 2,…
In Argentina, the “disobedient” children of the dictatorship’s torturers
Analia Kalinec, in Buenos Aires, December 26, 2023. ANITA POUCHARD SERRA FOR “THE WORLD” Analia Kalinec was a model little girl. Here she has become a “disobedient” (disobedient, in Spanish),…
Miami overwhelmed by its septic tanks
Biologist Aliza Karim takes water samples from a canal in Miami, Florida, looking for indicators of fecal contamination. LAURENT WEYL / ARGOS In the upscale neighborhood of Coral Gables, in…
US military says it sank three Houthi ships after cargo ship attack
US Navy helicopters sank three boats of Yemen’s Houthi rebels, which had attacked a container ship in the Red Sea, the army announced on Sunday (December 31). After Houthi fire…