In the three months since his inauguration, Brazil’s leftist president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has reversed the relaxed gun laws implemented by his conservative predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro. This includes suspending new firearm registrations and limiting the number of guns an individual can own to three from six. However, the challenging part lies ahead: persuading people to relinquish their weapons, the Wall Street Journal reported. … Continue reading WSJ: Brazil Moves to Take Back Guns After Surge in Purchases

Two soldiers with the Mexican military and five cartel gunmen were killed Friday after the military unit was ambushed in southwest Mexico, Fox News is reporting. The Mexican military said in a statement that the unit “was the target of an attack by approximately 18 armed civilians aboard two vehicles,” on Friday. In the town of El Pescado, located in a mountainous area of the … Continue reading Mexican cartel ambushes military troops, 7 dead

In what has been described as a “deliberate attack,” clouds of toxic chlorine gas were released into a public swimming pool in Italy. The attack left twenty-five people poisoned. The number of poisoned swimmers includes nine school-aged children who were in the pool taking swimming lessons at the Monti Lessini Sports Centre in Italy. Local emergency responders, including firefighters, medics, law enforcement officers and even … Continue reading Mass swimming pool poisoning sees 25 people hurt

Despite the State Department’s warnings about violence and the recommendation to avoid traveling to Mexico, an American college student was discovered deceased while on spring break in the country. Reports indicate that earlier this week, Henry Meacock, a student at Ohio State University, was on a visit to Mexico for his spring break, the Hill reported. Although the exact details of when, where, and how … Continue reading Ohio student found dead in Mexico

According to government officials, a large number of fish have perished in an Australian river as a result of critically low oxygen levels in the water resulting from the receding flood waters. The agency reported that the majority of the deceased fish, which included bony herring, murray cod, golden perch, silver perch, and carp, were discovered in an “ongoing” incident in the vicinity of Menindee, … Continue reading Millions of fish found dead in Australian river