Daily Briefing: A kidnapping in Haiti
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Five days after an American nurse and her daughter were kidnapped in Haiti, the U.S. State Department would not say who might be holding them or whether the abductors had made any demands to secure their release. Also in the news: An investigation into a California warehouse resulted in shocking revelations involving COVID-19 and the USWNT is moving ahead to the World Cup round of 16.
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The fate of an American nurse and her daughter kidnapped by armed men in Haiti remains uncertain
The U.S. State Department has issued an advisory telling Americans not to travel to Haiti, and has asked that any Americans in the country leave as soon as possible.
The warnings come after Alix Dorsainvil, an American nurse with a Christian humanitarian aid organization in Haiti and her young daughter were kidnapped outside Port-au-Prince amid a deteriorating security situation last week, the aid agency El Roi Haiti said.
''PNH is working on it'': A senior advisor to Haiti's prime minister said in a WhatsApp message to USA TODAY that the matter was being handled by Haitian officials but had no further details to share.
El Roi said in a statement that it was working with "our partners and trusted relationships" to secure the hostages' safe return.
Why is the situation in Haiti so bad? Armed gangs have taken over power after the country's president was assassinated in 2021, and they control access to water, food and health care.
Russia accuses Ukraine of drone attack on Moscow
Russian authorities early Tuesday accused Kyiv of yet another attack on Moscow and its surroundings with drones, one of which hit a building in the capital that was damaged by a drone in a similar attack early Sunday. Russian officials have claimed that the intensified attacks reflect failures in Ukraine’s counteroffensive, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said over the weekend that “the war is gradually coming back to Russian territory,” but did not claim responsibility of the attacks. Read more
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Secret medical lab in California stored bioengineered mice laden with COVID
A months-long investigation into a rural California warehouse uncovered an illegal laboratory that was filled with infectious agents, medical waste and hundreds of mice bioengineered "to catch and carry the COVID-19 virus," according to Fresno County authorities. Health and licensing said Monday that Prestige Biotech, a Chinese medical company registered in Nevada, was operating the unlicensed facility in Reedley, California — a small city about 24 miles southeast of Fresno. Officials launched the investigation in December 2022 over a code enforcement issue but further inspection revealed that the facility housed various chemicals, suspected biological materials, bodily fluids and hundreds of lab mice, among other lab supplies, according to court documents. Read more
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Photo of the day: USWNT advances to World Cup round of 16
The U.S. women are still alive at the World Cup. Needing a win or tie to avoid being eliminated in the group stage for the first time ever at a World Cup or Olympics, the four-time World Cup champions squeaked through with a scoreless draw against Portugal. The bad news: the USWNT is likely to face old nemesis Sweden in the round of 16. Read columnist Nancy Armour's live coverage from New Zealand.
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Associated Press contributed reporting.
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