Circular economy transforms waste to wealth

Unlike the traditional linear model of “take-make-dispose,” the circular approach promotes longer product life cycles, offering more environmentally sound solutions as it keeps materials and products in use for as long as possible utilising...

Lehigh Valley Political Pulse | Immigration Enforcement

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — In his bid for his second term, President Donald Trump won over voters by campaigning against illegal immigration. But recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids have brought about civil unrest from California all the...

Education at a pivot point

Discussion at the 2025 Embassy Education Conference focused on the need for bold policies to meet the challenges of education in an age of disruption “This is a moment of change; education is at a pivot point,” Chief Executive of Universities UK...

Regula devices enhance Ecuador's border security

Ecuador’s border control authorities have significantly enhanced their identity verification capabilities by deploying a suite of advanced document examination devices from Regula. The nationwide upgrade, supported by the International...

El Gobierno colombiano niega mediar una posible “entrega” de alias Fito, detenido en Ecuador

Ana María Cañizares El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Colombia emitió un comunicado el lunes sobre la detención de Adolfo Macías Villamar, alias “Fito”, realizada el jueves 26 de junio por el Ejército ecuatoriano en la localidad costera de...

Ecuador Gang Leader 'Fito' Captured, Faces U.S. Extradition

The leader of Ecuador’s Los Choneros gang—long considered the country’s most wanted fugitive—is set to be extradited to the United States after being captured 18 months after his escape from prison. Jose Adolfo Macias, also known by the alias...

Sentence of Ecuador's former VP labelled 'abhorrent' after dramatic embassy raid

An Ecuadorian court has sentenced former vice president Jorge Glas to 13 additional years in prison for misusing public funds allocated to rebuild areas affected by a devastating 2016 earthquake. Glas, 55, is currently in prison serving out...

Ecuador reveals how notorious gang leader 'Fito' hid in his hometown after jailbreak

QUITO, Ecuador -- Ever since Ecuador's most notorious gang leader vanished from his prison cell in January 2024, authorities have been searching the world, offering a $1 million reward for information leading to the capture of Adolfo Macías, alias...

Ecuador reveals how notorious gang leader 'Fito' hid in his hometown for 18 months after...

Ecuadorian security forces recaptured the kingpin Wednesday at an underground bunker beneath a marble-walled house in the port city of Manta, some 260 kilometers (161 miles) southwest of the capital of Quito. In a remarks to reporters Thursday,...

Ecuador’s most wanted Narco found cowering under kitchen counter

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A criminal who escaped from prison in late 2023 was found in an underground bunker only accessible through a kitchen counter....

Ecuador: Public Integrity Law Endangers Children

(New York) – Reforms passed by Ecuador’s National Assembly and signed by President Daniel Noboa severely threaten children’s rights and fail to protect children who are recruited or used by organized crime groups, Human Rights Watch said today. On...

Ecuador reveals how notorious gang leader 'Fito' hid in his hometown for 18 months after jailbreak

QUITO, Ecuador — (AP) — Ever since Ecuador's most notorious gang leader vanished from his prison cell in January 2024, authorities have been searching the world, offering a $1 million reward for information leading to the capture of Adolfo Macías,...

Independent experts, not government servants must be part of the CEC while deciding the challenge to Forest Conservation Act: Former bureaucrats to SC

Over sixty former civil servants have released an open letter to the Supreme Court expressing fear at the outcome of the pending challenge to the FCAA 2023, stating that it is possible that this may possibly be compromised considering the conflict...

Operation Green Shield dismantles criminal networks in Amazon, seizes $64mln in assets

ABU DHABI: In a major milestone for international environmental law enforcement, Operation Green Shield, led by the UAE Ministry of Interior through the International Initiative of Law Enforcement for Climate (I2LEC), succeeded in dismantling...

Air Europa inaugurated its non-stop flights between Madrid and Quito at Mariscal Sucre Airport 

Air Europa will operate three weekly frequencies using Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. Passengers traveling from Quito to Madrid will save approximately two and a half hours on this non-stop journey. The Spanish airline Air Europa has launched its...

Ecuador’s Druglord ‘Fito’ Captured after Escape from Prison 18 Months Ago

After more than a year since his escape from prison in Ecuador, a fugitive drug trafficking criminal wanted by authorities in the Andean country and the United States was captured. Ecuador’s President, Daniel Noboa, announced on Wednesday that...

Ecuador recaptures gang leader wanted in US more than a year after his prison escape

A fugitive drug trafficker wanted by authorities in Ecuador and the United States was recaptured more than a year after he escaped from prison in the Andean nation, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa announced Wednesday. José Adolfo Macías, alias...

Synagogue custodian detained by ICE, New Jersey mayor calls for his release

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents look over lists of names and their hearing times and locations inside the Federal Plaza courthouse before making arrests on June 27, 2025 in New York. Photo by Bryan R. SMITH / AFP By Grace...

Ecuador Recaptures Most Wanted Gang Leader More Than 1 Year After He Escapes Prison

Ecuador’s most-wanted fugitive and the alleged leader of the Los Choneros criminal group was recaptured after escaping from prison more than a year ago, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa said on June 25. José Adolfo Macías, also known as “Fito,”...

Ecuadorian president lays wreath at Monument to People's Heroes on Tian'anmen Square