Boston – el jueves en la mañana ejecutivos de General Electric se reunieron con funcionarios de Massachusetts en la ciudad de Boston. El gobernador Charlie Baker y el alcalde Martin Baker celebraron la noticia de GE se decidiera por Boston. Boston en el distrito del puerto puede ser el lugar de las oficinas centrales de […]readmore
Carla Babb VOA NEWS – PENTAGON — Oman’s state news agency said 10 Yemeni detainees from the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, arrived in Oman on Thursday for a «temporary stay» in response to a request from the United States. A U.S. defense official had told VOA the 10 detainees would be sent […]readmore
Bernard Shusman NEW YORK—In early December, 2015, Muslims and their beliefs become the hottest, most incendiary topic in the U.S. presidential election campaign. “Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of all Muslims entering the United States,” announced Republican candidate and frontrunner Trump, making his position and thinking about Muslims very […]readmore
Un nuevo reporte reveló que más de 750 mil centroamericanos indocumentados se podrían beneficiar de una extensión del Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS, por sus siglas en inglés). El reporte avala una serie de peticiones que van desde organizaciones comunitarias hasta precandidatos a la presidencia y líderes en el Congreso, que consideran necesario otorgar el […]readmore
The decade-long partnership between Family Service of Rhode Island and the Providence Police Department, and their work on sex trafficking issues, will be a focus of an upcoming international conference in San Diego on Wednesday, January 27th. The 30th annual “San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment” is sponsored by the Chadwick Center […]readmore
STATE DEPARTMENT—The U.S. has announced plans to expand its refugee admissions program, with a goal of providing more assistance to Central Americans. Secretary of State John Kerry announced the expansion, on Wednesday, as he outlined U.S. foreign policy goals for the year. In a speech at National Defense University, Kerry said the new provisions would […]readmore
R.I. Governor Raimondo to attend World Economic Forum in Switzerland – Geneva, Switzerland, 13 January 2016 – Over 40 heads of state and government, as well as 2,500 leaders from business and society will convene at the 46th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, from 20 to 23 January in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, under the theme, Mastering […]readmore
Boston – General Electric Co., uno de los nombres más históricos en la América corporativa, trasladará su sede mundial a Boston, según funcionarios familiarizados con el proceso. Ejecutivos de la compañía llamaron al gobernador y el alcalde por separado la mañana del miércoles, así como el personal de GE, el anuncio formal vendrá el jueves. […]readmore
Carla Babb PENTAGON—The United States confirmed that Iran released 10 U.S. Navy sailors Wednesday, a day after they were detained when they drifted into Iranian territorial waters. A Pentagon statement said there was no indication the nine men and one woman were harmed while in Iranian custody. The sailors were on two small boats […]readmore
Jeff Seldin Western intelligence agencies are increasingly worried that Islamic State militants will soon find ways to carry out more and increasingly sophisticated attacks on Europe and the United States, using November’s terror attack on Paris as a blueprint. «2016 is going to be the year where we wish we could get back to 2015,» […]readmore