Naomi Osaka Beats Out Serena Williams
Naomi Osaka continued her stunning run of form with a 6-3 6-2 victory over 23-times grand slam champion Serena Williams in the first round of the Miami Open on Wednesday, the latest big win for the 20-year-old Japanese player. Continue reading
New dean for UM’s medical school is a Haitian immigrant success story
From immigrant beginnings, Dr. Henri Ford has reached rarefied heights in American medicine, graduating from Harvard Medical School, training as a pediatric surgeon at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and, over the past 13 years, serving as vice president and chief of surgery for the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. Continue reading
Arts & Culture
Haitian Artists You Should Know
They are young, they are talented and they are Haitians. Meet three creators of Haitian descent who are making the waves in the art world. Read their bio and check out their work on the Haitian Times.
U.S.
Fired FBI official authorized criminal probe of Sessions, sources say
Nearly a year before Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired senior FBI official Andrew McCabe for what Sessions called a “lack of candor,” McCabe oversaw a federal criminal investigation into whether Sessions lacked candor when testifying before Congress about contacts with Russian operatives, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. Continue reading
World
Africa agrees deal for Continental Free Trade Area
The leaders of 44 African countries have signed a deal to create one of the world’s largest free trade blocs. The agreement was signed at a summit in the Rwandan capital, Kigali. The African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) would remove barriers to trade, like tariffs and import quotas, allowing the free flow of goods and services between its members. Continue reading
From Not Enough to Too Much, the World’s Water Crisis Explained
Fourteen of the world’s 20 megacities are now experiencing water scarcity or drought conditions. As many as four billion people already live in regions that experience severe water stress for at least one month of the year, according to a 2016 study in the journal Science Advances. Nearly half of those people live in India and China. With populations rising, these stresses will only mount. Continue reading