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Vice President Mike Pence greets members of the audience at a reception for the Organization of American States in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Monday, June 4, 2018, as the Trump administration renewed its call Monday for the Organization of American States to suspend Venezuela and for other members to step up pressure on the country's government to restore constitutional order. Andrew Harnik AP Photo WHITE HOUSE Haiti excluded from White House reception of 'like-minded' friends on Venezuela June 04, 2018 10:31 PM WASHINGTON The government of Haiti was not invited to a special White House reception Monday night for “like-minded” governments who are standing with the United States in a call to suspend Venezuela from the Organization of American States. Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen invited a group of more than 22 countries' leaders to the White House for a cocktail reception

HINCHE, Haiti _ Rain pummeled the ragged dirt highway outside the walled compound of Midwives for Haiti. Inside the non-profit’s headquarters, a handful of staffers and volunteers on a medical mission from Florida thought they were in for the night after a long day providing care. That’s when MFH education director Cindy Siegel’s cell phone rang. It was clinical director Perrine Stock, calling from the rundown public hospital a mile away where women deliver on bare gurneys unless they bring bed sheets, buckets are their only toilets, electricity is sporadic, and the maternity ward lacks running water. A day earlier, a 26-year-old with soaring blood pressure gave birth to a very premature baby that died in delivery. A few hours later the woman suffered a seizure associated with eclampsia _ a major killer of women in Haiti. As her grieving relatives stood vigil outside the ward, her condition worsened.

In the spring of 2017, a high level Trump administration official asked for details on how many Haitians with Temporary Protected Status were on public benefits, how many were convicted of “crimes of any kind,” and how many had been in the country unlawfully before being granted TPS. When told by staffers that this information wasn’t relevant to granting TPS and that the existing data “wasn’t good,” she continued to press ahead. She explained that the Homeland Security Secretary “is going to need this to make a final decision” that spring on whether to extend TPS for Haitians. They were granted the right to stay in the U.S. after a devastating 2010 earthquake. To critics of that decision, these emails, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act by the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, reveal an administration intent on seeking negative information to doom the renewal of TPS for nearly 60,000 Haitians. “Keep in mind that this is in no way relevant to dec

Facebook admitted on Tuesday it did have data sharing partnerships with four Chinese companies, including the world's third largest smartphone manufacturer, Huawei, even though the company was under intense scrutiny from the United States intelligence agencies for security concerns, according to Reuters. The company said Huawei, computer company Lenovo Group, and other smartphone makers OPPO and TCL Corp were among the nearly 60 companies which received access to some user data after signing contracts with Facebook. The New York Times first reported on the practice over the weekend, prompting several members of Congress to raise concerns about the scheme since the data of users' friends could have been accessed without their full, explicit consent. Facebook dismissed those concerns and said the data access was only to allow its users to access specific account features when using mobile devices. The social media giant said more than half the partnerships with corporations hav

NEW YORK: Microsoft founder and head of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates Thursday appreciated the tremendous success of Pakistan in eradication of polio virus from the country over the past four years. He called on Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on the sidelines of 72nd session of the UN General Assembly in New York. While commending Pakistan's efforts in this connection, Bill Gates said that he would stand with Pakistan and pledged all support for polio eradication from the country. He expressed his desire to work in the country to raise the status of a common man. The prime minister briefed Bill Gates on the measures taken by his government in the national fight against the deadly polio virus. Prime Minister Abbasi said federal government along with all provincial governments have collectively involved in efforts for polio eradication. He said all resources at federal and provincial levels were being fully utilized for achieving a polio free Pakistan and

MIRANSHAH: Pakistan's former flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Khan Afridi on Thursday said he wants to set up a cricket academy in Karachi but got no response from the Sindh government when he sought its help in this regard. Afridi, who played a match organized by the Pakistan army in North Waziristan, shared his future plan with senior journalist Hamid Mir. Asked why the Sindh government failed to respond to his request, the former captain said the Sindh government might not be interested. “I had requested Sindh government for a cricket academy, but received no response. My plan is to build an academy where English, mathematics and other subjects will also be taught along with cricket,” he said. He said he intends to select 50 to 60 youngsters from across the country and bring them to his academy where they would receive education and cricket training. Hamid Mir also called on Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah to heed the request made by Afrid, who if requested, would even trave