NASSAU, Bahamas – The former chief executive officer of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been extradited to the United States to face fraud charges.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Prime Minister Dr. Ariel Henry says he hopes the international community will agree to a request for a multinational support force to assist the Haitian National Police (PNH) restore peace and security.

NEW YORK, New York – Immigration advocates here have welcomed a new childcare assistance program that will, for the first time in New York City’s history, provide childcare assistance to low-income families with children whose immigration status makes them ineligible for other, federally-funded subsidized childcare.

OTTAWA –Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says while he does not rule out the possibility of Canada being part of a military intervention, or even leading one in Haiti, he also wants European countries to join the North American country in sanctioning political elites in Haiti over alleged ties to the violent gangs.

NASSAU, Bahamas – Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt Tuesday denied bail to the disgraced former chief executive officer of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, who is contesting his extradition to the United States.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk says more than 1,400 people have been killed and over 1,000 kidnapped in Haiti so far this year by gangs who also use sexual violence. 

ADELAIDE, Australia – Injury-riddled West Indies were virtually powerless as Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head plundered unbeaten hundreds to stamp Australia’s authority on the opening day of the decisive final Test on Thursday.

ROSEAU, Dominica – The ruling Dominica Labour Party (DLP) has been returned to power in Tuesday’s general election, even as two independent candidates won constituencies in the 21-seat Parliament following a boycott by the main opposition political parties.

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has elected two Caribbean American Congressional Representatives to top positions for the 118th US Congress.

UNITED NATIONS – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, says the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade “reverberates to this day”, just as modern-day enslavement is growing.

NEW YORK, New York – The chair of the Brooklyn, New York Democratic Party, Rodnyese Bichotte Hermelyn, is throwing her support “wholeheartedly” behind Congressman Hakeem Jeffries succeeding Nancy Pelosi as the party’s House of Representatives Democratic Leader.

NEW YORK, New York – The Sunrise, Florida-based Issa Trust Foundation has raised US$417,000 at its first major fundraiser in the United States to construct the first pediatric adolescent health center in the north coast resort town of Ocho Rios in Jamaica.