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☆ USA loses to South Africa in opening game of second round of T20 Cricket World Cup as historic run continues
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The USA lost to South Africa in their opening game of the second round of the men’s T20 Cricket World Cup on Wednesday as its historic run at the tournament continued. Having elected to bowl first, the USA were pegged back by some aggressive batting from South Africa, with the Proteas finishing their 20 overs on 194 runs. New stepsThe USA have been one of the talking points of the T20 World Cup so far, thanks to its shock victory over Pakistan and close defeat by India. Steven Taylor bats against South Africa. And they were never able to recover with South Africa eventually able to round out an 18-run victory.

Persons: St, Quinton de Kock, de, Kock, Harmeet Singh, David Miller, Aiden Markram, Saurabh Netravalkar, Heinrich Klaasen, Tristan Stubbs, Steven Taylor, Taylor, Rabada, Nitish Kumar, Stubbs, Jan Kruger, Aaron Jones, Keshav Maharaj, Corey Anderson, Anrich Nortje, Andries Gous Organizations: CNN, USA, West, Africa’s, South Africa, South, ICC, New Zealand Locations: South Africa, USA, West Indies, England, Antigua, Barbados, St, Lucia, Vincent ., Pakistan, India, de Kock, South Africa’s

☆ Kenya court blocks deployment of police officers to Haiti
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Larry Madowo | Nimi Princewill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Nairobi, Kenya CNN —A judge in Kenya has barred the East African nation from deploying 1,000 police officers to Haiti to lead a UN-backed multinational force to restore security in the Caribbean nation. High Court judge Chacha Mwita ruled on Friday that President William Ruto and his National Security Council do not have the authority to send police officers to Haiti or any other country under Kenyan law. But Kenyan politician Ekuru Aukot led a legal challenge to the planned in deployment in court, terming it unconstitutional. “There’s no reciprocal arrangement between Kenya and Haiti and there can be no legitimate deployment of police officers to Haiti,” Judge Mwita said when he read his ruling in Nairobi. Gang violence rose by more than 100% in Haiti last year with over 8000 victims documented, according to UN data.

Persons: Kenya CNN —, Chacha Mwita, William Ruto, United States “, Ekuru Aukot, “, ” Judge Mwita, Martin Kimani, Kimani, Jean Victor Geneus, ” Organizations: Kenya CNN, National Security Council, Kenyan, United, State Department, UN Security, UN, African, Security Locations: Nairobi, Kenya, Haiti, UN, Caribbean, United States, – Antigua, Barbuda, Bahamas, Jamaica

☆ Russians, Iranians, and Chinese spark security fears after taking $100,000 shortcut for citizenship in a Caribbean paradise
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The European Union may crack down on visa-free travel after revealing the scale of the passport trade. AdvertisementAdvertisementTens of thousands of passports have been obtained by Russians, Iranians, Chinese and others from Caribbean nations, granting them visa-free travel to European countries, according to a report by the European Commission. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe scale of the "golden passport" trade has sparked security concerns from the European Commission, which is proposing a crackdown on visa-free travel for people using them. Some 150,000 people have used the visa-free travel arrangements to claim asylum once in a European country, according to the EU home affairs commissioner, Ylva Johansson. Such passports became more popular after citizens of the Caribbean countries were granted visa-free travel in 2015, The Guardian reported.

Persons: —, Dominica –, Muammar Gaddafi, Ylva Johansson, Gary Kalman Organizations: European, Service, European Commission, The, St, The Guardian, Guardian, Transparency International US Locations: Caribbean, Antigua, Barbuda, Grenada, St Kitts, Nevis, St Lucia, Dominica, Afghan

CNN —The United Nations Security Council has greenlit the deployment of an armed multinational force to Haiti, as the Caribbean nation wrestles with rampant gang violence and political paralysis. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the United States have also strongly urged the international community to back such a mission. Though approved by the powerful UN Security Council, the force would not formally be under UN control. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 22, Prime Minister Henry told fellow nations that it was “urgent” that the Security Council approve a military mission to reestablish order. The Security Council has found itself in repeated deadlock in recent years amid deepening geopolitical rivalries.

Persons: Ariel Henry, General Antonio Guterres, Henry, Jean, Junior Joseph, –, Antony Blinken, Washington, Linda Thomas, Greenfield, Zhang Jun, Vassily Nebenzia, Jovenel Moise, Maria Isabel Salvador, ” Organizations: CNN, United Nations Security Council, Haitian, United Nations, UN Security Council, UN, Haitian National Police, United Nations General Assembly, Security Locations: Haiti, Caribbean, United States, Russia, China, Kenya, Antigua, Barbuda, Bahamas, Jamaica, Port, New York, UN

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