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US and British strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen answer militants’ surge in Red Sea attacks on ships

25Feb

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US and British strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen answer militants’ surge in Red Sea attacks on ships

The US and Britain have struck 18 Houthi targets in Yemen, answering a recent surge in attacks by the Iran-backed militia group on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, including a missile strike this past week that set fire to a cargo vessel. According to US officials, American and British fighter jets hit sites in eight locations, targeting missiles, launchers, rockets, drones and air defense systems. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in order to provide early details of an ongoing military operation. This is the fourth time that the US and British militaries have conducted a combined operation against the Houthis since January 12. But the US has also been carrying out almost daily strikes to take out Houthi targets, including incoming missiles and drones aimed a...

Caribbean officials search for two people after yacht allegedly hijacked by escaped prisoners

25Feb

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Caribbean officials search for two people after yacht allegedly hijacked by escaped prisoners

Authorities in the eastern Caribbean said they were trying to locate two people believed to be US citizens who were aboard a yacht that was hijacked by three escaped prisoners from Grenada. The Royal Grenada Police Force said in a statement released on Friday that they were working on leads "that suggest" the two occupants of the yacht might have been killed. "This investigation is in its infancy stage," police said. The nonprofit Salty Dawg Sailing Association identified the owners as Ralph Hendry and Kathy Brandel. It said they were "veteran cruisers" and longtime members of the association, calling them "warmhearted and capable". A relative of Hendry didn't return a message seeking comment on Saturday. The association said a cruising...

US mum who left toddler alone for 10 days to go on holiday pleads guilty to murder

23Feb

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US mum who left toddler alone for 10 days to go on holiday pleads guilty to murder

The US mother who left her 16-month-old daughter home alone for 10 days in June 2023 while she vacationed in Puerto Rico and Michigan has pleaded guilty to aggravated murder. On June 6, 2023, Kristel Candelario, 32, left Jailyn Candelario alone at her home in the 3100 block of West 97th Street in Cleveland. She told police that she had left the 16-month-old at home alone while she went on vacation for a week, court records state. An investigation conducted by Cleveland Police revealed that Kristel Candelario left the child alone and unattended until June 16 while she vacationed in Detroit, Michigan and Puerto Rico, according to a news release from the Cuyahoga County Prosector's Office. Jailyn was extremely dehydrated at the time of her death and was discovered in a Pa...

The four-day work week is here to stay at UK companies that tried it

23Feb

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The four-day work week is here to stay at UK companies that tried it

One year after the conclusion of the world's biggest trial of a four-day work week, a large majority of companies that took part were still allowing their employees to work a shorter week and more than half had made the change permanent. For six months between June and December 2022, workers at 61 organisations in the United Kingdom worked 80 per cent of their usual hours — for the same pay — in exchange for promising to deliver 100 per cent of their usual work. At least 89 per cent of those firms were still operating the policy and at least 51 per cent had made the four-day week permanent at the end of 2023, according to a report published by one of the trial's organisers. Two companies did not respond to the researchers compiling the report. The study was released on...

US drone that crashed in Yemen appears to have been shot down by Houthi missile, official says

21Feb

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US drone that crashed in Yemen appears to have been shot down by Houthi missile, official says

Initial indications are that a United States MQ-9 Reaper drone that crashed near Hodeidah in Yemen on Monday was shot down by a Houthi surface-to-air missile, an American official said. Previously, officials said it was unclear if the drone had been shot down or simply crashed. A spokesperson for the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said in a statement posted to X on Monday that the MQ-9 was shot down "with a suitable missile." The incident is still being investigated. The Houthis also shot down a MQ-9 — which is an unmanned drone typically used for intelligence collection — last November off the coast of Yemen. The Houthis' apparent downing of a US drone comes amid regular attacks by the rebel group on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and increasingly regular...

Ecuador’s most notorious gang leader lived ‘like a king’ while locked up

21Feb

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Ecuador’s most notorious gang leader lived ‘like a king’ while locked up

With its four-piece bathroom suite, queen-size bed and mini fridge, the untidy prison cell of the notorious leader of the Los Choneros gang could have been in a hotel instead of one of Ecuador's largest prison complexes. This is "better than at home… [he] lives like a king," a soldier exclaims in the second of several videos showing Macías' room and personal grassy courtyard, filled with half a dozen of his pet fighting roosters. The videos, shared with CNN, were taken in La Regional prison and filmed by members of the military last year. In another video shot inside Macías' prison cell, a colourful mural depicting the gang leader better known as "Fito," warns "silver or lead." The phrase, popularized by Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, offers the grim choice of taki...