Steel, yogurt, electronics… Canada’s response to American products comes into force
The Canadian response is launched. Canadian surcharges affecting a series of American products came into force on Tuesday, September 8, in retaliation for new customs duties imposed at the end of August by Washington. These customs duties of 15, 25 or…
Cuba denounces “record” financial losses from the American embargo
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez during a press conference in Havana, Cuba, September 7, 2026. NORLYS PEREZ / REUTERS Cuba accused Monday, September 7, the American embargo, in force since 1962, of having caused historic financial losses of 8…
After being kidnapped in Colombia, a Foreign Legion soldier escapes his captors
The Franco-Colombian corporal of the French Foreign Legion who was kidnapped in early August in a region of Colombia controlled by guerrillas escaped from the hands of guerrillas holding him hostage in Colombia. He is “doing well” and remains…
After the death of 23 migrants detained in the United States, the UN demands that Washington “be held accountable”
ICE agents stand guard inside Delaney Hall, a building used as a detention center for the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE), in Newark, New Jersey, May 30, 2026. KENA BETANCUR/AFP The United Nations high commissioner for human…
Amazon cargo plane goes off runway in Miami, crash kills at least five
Five people were killed and five others injured on Sunday (September 6) after an Amazon cargo plane overran the runway at Miami International Airport, Florida, hitting several vehicles and catching fire, local authorities said. Videos posted on social…
In Miami, an Amazon cargo plane goes off the runway, killing five and injuring five
An Amazon cargo plane after crashing at Miami International Airport, Florida, on September 6, 2026. JOE RAEDLE/GETTY IMAGES/AFP Five people were killed and five others injured on Sunday, September 5, when an Amazon cargo plane overran the end of the…
In northwest Haiti, farmers face drought and violence
It is a shocking panorama that awaits the visitor at the exit of the Hugo-Chavez international airport in Cap-Haitien, the country’s second city: kilometers of coastline strewn with waste and columns of smoke rising into the sky. The trash is…
Ecuador: the United States sinks a fourth boat, which it accuses of drug trafficking; “They are criminalizing fishing activity,” protest local fishermen
On September 4, 2026, a group of detained fishermen are transported by national police bus from the port of Manta, Ecuador, to the community monitoring center. The same day, the US military announced that it had sunk another boat, suspected of belonging…
Between the United Kingdom and Argentina, the endless match around the Falkland Islands
It is a painful page in Argentine history that never seems to want to close. Javier Milei returned to the charge on Thursday September 4 on the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands, triggering yet another diplomatic crisis with the United Kingdom which…
The Pentagon subjected US military officials to lie detector tests after leaks, according to the “New York Times”
Aerial view of the Pentagon, headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington, Virginia, May 31, 2026. DANIEL SLIM/AFP The Pentagon subjected dozens of its senior military officials to lie detector tests to determine the origin of…