VS Naipaul

Nobel Prize winning author VS Naipaul dies at 85

Naipaul was considered one of the most important writers in the English language of the 20th and 21st centuries. In addition to the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001, V.S. Naipaul also won the Booker Prize in 1971. Aug 12, 2018
mexican drug war mexico city police helicopter

Police choppers thump over Mexico City as drug crime rises

Masked police officers pointed semi-automatic rifles from a helicopter that flew low over Mexico City last week as security forces employ unprecedented heavy-handed tactics to combat a rise in levels of drug violence rarely seen in the capital.  Aug 10, 2018