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​Members of the second contingent of Kenyan police greet each other after arriving in the Caribbean country as part of a peacekeeping mission, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti July 16, 2024.
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Double duty: Kenya and Bangladesh try to balance domestic crises with Haiti aid

Haiti’s Prime Minister Garry Conille called for gangs to surrender their weapons and recognize the state’s authority late Wednesday, as a Kenyan-led police mission there enjoys some early success.

​Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro looks on during his swearing-in ceremony as caretaker president following the death of President Hugo Chavez in Caracas March 8, 2013.
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Hard Numbers: Venezuelan opposition arrests, Bangkok’s murder mystery, Acropolis closed amid heat wave, More Kenyan police arrive in Haiti, Voting day for von der Leyen

​Haiti's Prime Minister Garry Conille shakes hands with members of the first contingent of Kenyan police as part of a peacekeeping mission in the Caribbean country, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti June 26, 2024.
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Haiti takes back major hospital from gangs

On Tuesday, Haiti’s interim Prime Minister Garry Conille visited the country’s largest hospital in the capital city of Port-au-Prince to celebrate taking it back from armed gangs on Sunday.

​Gang member in carrying gun in Haiti
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The very bad thing that is going from Florida to Haiti

As Haiti sinks ever deeper into a maelstrom of gang violence, state failure, and vigilantism, US authorities are trying to cut off one big aggravating factor: US guns.

Hong Kong's new security law ends remaining political independence
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Hong Kong's new security law ends remaining political independence

How will the new security law affect all aspects of life in Hong Kong? Is Haiti becoming a failed state? Will Trump's difficulty paying his legal judgments hurt his campaign? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.

Kenya’s mission to Haiti hits early roadblock
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Kenya’s mission to Haiti hits early roadblock

It’s been barely a week since the UN approved Kenya’s proposal to lead a police force to quash Haiti’s gangs – and the wheels are already coming off.

People fleeing gang violence take shelter at a sports arena, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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The clock starts ticking on Haiti’s border

The Dominican Republic has suspended all new visas for Haitians, and threatened to close the border with its neighbor entirely by Thursday unless a dispute over water rights is resolved before then.

Residents of the Carrefour Feuilles neighborhood gather outside a military base demanding help after they had to flee their homes when gangs took over, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in August 2023.
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The country that wants to take on Haiti’s gangs

Who on earth would want to fight the gangs of Haiti? Kenya, for one.

Members of the Haitian National Police patrol a street amid ongoing gun battles between rival gangs.
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Hard Numbers: UN chief backs Kenyan cops for Haiti, US curbs Hungarians’ perks,  US debt rating cut, Iran creates hot new holiday, Trump and Biden tie it up, Rishi Sunak’s wardrobe gets pantsed

Broken flag of Haiti
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Hard Numbers: Haitians back foreign troops, Turkey/Syria quake, RIP Musharraf, Israelis keep protesting, Spanish omelet pangs

Sixty-nine percent of Haitians support establishing an international force to help the police fight gangs.