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A distress call to the coast guard was made just after 11pm local time. The search and rescue operation is ongoing.
Emergency response has rescued 67 people, including 15 children, from one of the country’s worst maritime disasters A ferry carrying 116 passengers and crew sank off the coast of Guyana in South America late Saturday, with 67 people, including 15 children, rescued so far, according to Guyana authorities. A massive search-and-rescue operation continues for dozens of missing passengers in what has been described…
BBC News – World A distress call to the coast guard was made just after 11pm local time. The search and rescue operation is ongoing.
A distress call to the coast guard was made just after 11pm local time. The search and rescue operation is ongoing.
BBC News – World The vessel capsized between Georgetown and Port Kaituma, with 53 people so far rescued.
NYTimes – World Ms. Pillay has served as a judge in her native South Africa and on international courts investigating war crimes. She led a U.N. panel that determined that Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, a finding the Israeli government rejected.
NPR – US The United States on Thursday charged former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores with conspiracy to commit torture, adding to existing drug trafficking and firearms charges. Prosecutors allege detainees, including US citizens, suffered waterboarding, rape and beatings. The revised indictment also cites Venezuela's DGCIM military intelligence agency. The pair remain in US custody.
NYTimes – World Israel removed signs from Britain's consulate general in East Jerusalem and said the consulate had "ceased to function". British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said the building would remain open as an independent UK mission, continuing to serve Palestinians. Israel had said in September it would act after UK sanctions on illegal West Bank settlements.
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