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iciHaiti - Kenscoff : Deadly counterattack by the PNH
iciHaiti - Kenscoff : Deadly counterattack by the PNH 13/10/2025 09:46:03 The Haitian National Police (PNH) reports that following a deadly counterattack against criminals from the terrorist organization "Viv Ansanm" in the commune of Kenscoff,...

Honduras vs Haiti Prediction and Betting Tips | October 13th 2025
Honduras will face Haiti at the Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés on Monday in the fourth game of their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers - CONCACAF third round clash. The home side have had a mixed start to their qualification campaign, but remain...
Did the government try to change the weather? Inside America’s hurricane experiment
The Brief In 1947, Project Cirrus attempted to weaken a hurricane with dry ice, but the storm shifted course and caused unexpected damage. From 1962 to 1983, Project STORMFURY used silver iodide to try to disrupt hurricane eyewalls. Modification...

Goals and Highlights Nicaragua 0-3 Haiti in 2026 World Cup Qualifiers
EVENT ENDED Nicaragua's defeat against Haiti, corresponding to Matchday 3 of Group C in the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers. The match was suspended due to a storm, despite winning by a hair. VAVEL Haiti scores, Louicius Don Deedson makes it 3-0 and...

‘Left’ Except For Haiti
Above photo: Leslie Voltaire, president of Haiti welcomed Colombia’s President, Gustavo Petro in December 2024. Juan Diego Cano / Presidency of Colombia. And that its cause, an illegitimate governing structure brought about by the UN, U.S. and...


From Haiti to Wall Street to Big Pharma: Herriot Tabuteau is on a $6B mission to heal the brain
Before Herriot Tabuteau became a billionaire CEO taking on depression and Alzheimer’s, he was a little boy in Haiti learning how to survive on resilience. Today, he’s rewriting what’s possible in biotech, leading a company worth $6 billion, all...

Indigenous elders, New York artist, St. James Cathedral join to create St. Kateri icon
SEATTLE — While visiting St. Francis Xavier Church in Manhattan, Corinna Laughlin, the director of liturgy for St. James Cathedral in Seattle, saw a series of 12 icons hung along a wall, including one of St. Kateri Tekakwitha. Members of the...

Over half a million children have been displaced in Haiti this year due to violence
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Haiti battles rabies with vaccines and vigilance
Last July, in the remote locality of Butête, in southern Haiti, nine-year-old Jonas* lost his life to rabies. When a stray dog bit the boy on the leg, the wound seemed minor. Like many families living far from any health facilities, his mother was...

Digitizing dreams: preserving the legacy of The Haitian Times
Overview: The Queens Public Library’s decision to digitize The Haitian Times’ complete print archive from 1999 to 2012 marks a historic preservation effort for Haitian American journalism. Founder Garry Pierre-Pierre reflects on the publication’s...

Trump is about to do to Miami what he has done to the rest of America
In New York, they brag about Broadway and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In Chicago, it’s Millennium Park and Frank Lloyd Wright buildings. Arizona has the Grand Canyon; Colorado has the Rockies; New Mexico has Area 51. Very nice, I’m sure....

U of M professor says more research needs to be done on Latinos in Minnesota
Jimmy Patiño is researching the Mexican-American civil rights movement in Minnesota. STILLWATER, Minn. — Hispanic Heritage Month is a time to celebrate the history and contributions of Spanish-speaking people in the United States. “I think about...

UN Security Council backs larger mission to combat gangs in Haiti
On September 30, 2025, the United Nations (UN) Security Council adopted a resolution authorizing the creation of the Gang Suppression Force (GSF) in Haiti. This is the result of the UN Security Council’s decision to expand the current...

Surinamese banana exports back in focus for Europe
"We are a 'price maker' in the region and we would like to keep it that way," says Nitesh Ramlakhan, Director of Production Operations at Food and Agriculture Industries (FAI). As Suriname's only banana plantation, the company occupies a unique...

'Pickle Man' Ronald Buescher Remembered as Innovative and Respected Scientist
Courtesy of the Buescher Family Ronald W. Buescher was a food science professor at the U of A whose research and innovations garnered him international recognition as "The Pickle Man." Although internationally recognized as "The Pickle Man,"...

Haiti, allies rally behind new gang suppression force despite concerns
Overview: The UN Security Council's approval of Resolution UNSCR 2793 (2025) to create a Gang Suppression Force (GSF) in Haiti received widespread support. Haitian authorities hailed it as a key step against gang violence, while civil society...

Un Supports Haiti To Battle Rabies With Vaccines
Health authorities in Haiti are turning deaths caused by rabies-infected dogs into a public health awakening with the support of the UN’s health agency in the region, PAHO. Last July, in the remote locality of Butête, in southern Haiti,...
Haiti - Diaspora : Call for projects Quebec-Haiti 2025-2027
Haiti - Diaspora : Call for projects Quebec-Haiti 2025-2027 30/09/2025 09:34:18 This call for projects covers the period 2025-2027 and contributes to the implementation of the cooperation agreement between the Government of Quebec and the...

Trump And The UN’s New ‘Gang Suppression Force’ Will Invade An Already Occupied Haiti
Above photo: President of Haiti’s “Transitional Presidential Council” Laurent Saint-Cyr accompanied by his wife Marie France Saint-Cyr alongside Donald Trump and Melania Trump at the 80th UN General Assembly in New York. On September 30th, the UN...