By Santana Salmon CNW- The Caribbean Community, CARICOM, and the Organization of American States (OAS) have confirmed they will send observer missions for Grenada’s June 23 general election, Press Secretary for Prime Minister’s Office Philomena Robertson has revealed. However, she said the government is still awaiting a response from a third organization – the Carter […]
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Severe undercounting undermines our efforts to ‘understand and get ahead of the virus’, researcher says after New York survey BY Melody Schreiber GUARDIAN The United States is now in its fourth-biggest Covid surge, according to official case counts – but experts believe the actual current rate is much higher. America is averaging about 94,000 new […]
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By Santana Salmon CNW- Tropical storm warnings were posted Thursday for Florida and Cuba as the system that battered Mexico moves to the east. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the storm once known as Agatha in the Pacific Ocean will be known as Alex in the Atlantic Ocean basin. The tropical storm warning […]
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Trending | View in Browser June 03, 2022 Here is today’s selection of top stories from The Associated Press at this hour to begin your day. Today’s Headlines EXPLAINER: At 100 days, Russia-Ukraine war by the numbers GENEVA (AP) — One hundred days into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the war has brought the world a […]
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J. Observer- CLARENDON, Jamaica – A businesswoman was killed Wednesday night after gunmen broke into the home of her and her husband in Cumberland district in Spalding, Clarendon. The husband fled during the incident and was not harmed, the police said. The deceased woman has been identified as 42-year-old Melissa Claire Wright. Police said about […]
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By Merlin Delcid, Karol Suarez and Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) Salvadoran authorities have committed “massive” human rights violations, including thousands of arbitrary detentions and violations of due process, torture, and ill-treatment, according to a new report from Amnesty International. The report, released Thursday, found that since late March, nearly 2% of the country has […]
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By Emma Farge and Philip Blenkinsop GENEVA/BRUSSELS, June 3 (Reuters) – The World Trade Organization will host ministers from across the globe this month with the aim of striking deals on fish and vaccines, testing the world’s ability to set trade rules at a time of mounting tensions. Global trade discord, COVID-19 and the crippling […]
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By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Residents of Brazil’s Pernambuco state fear that heavy rains forecast for Thursday could cause fresh landslides. The number of people killed after torrential downpours started last week has risen to at least 120, according to official figures. One survivor said his wife had died in his arms as both lay […]
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By Celestina Olulode BBC News A lawyer for Windrush victims says the government must publish a report which suggests institutional racism at the Home Office caused the scandal. The report, seen by the BBC, says UK immigration laws from 1950 to 1981 were designed in part to “reduce the number of black or brown […]
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By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Rescue workers in Colombia are working against the clock to save 14 coal miners who have been trapped deep under ground since Monday. The men were cut off after an explosion thought to have been caused by a build-up of gases ripped through a tunnel. The blast’s expansive wave hit […]
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