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By Santana Salmon CNW- Steven Golding, the president of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), is lobbying the Holness administration to pursue reparation by levying a special tax on foreigners from countries with a background of trading in chattel slavery. He made the remarks after a floral tribute to National Hero Marcus Garvey at National […]

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The Reuters Daily Briefing Friday, August 19, 2022 by Linda Noakes Hello Here’s what you need to know. North Korea tells South Korea’s president to ‘shut his mouth’, China sentences tycoon Xiao Jianhua to 13 years, Trump business chief pleads guilty and Ryan Cohen’s Bed Bath u-turn triggers meme stock investor ire Today’s biggest stories […]

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By Sir Ronald Sanders   (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States of America and the Organization of American States.   He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto)   Haiti has never been far from wide-scale […]

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, CMC – Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Dr Carissa Etienne on Wednesday called for countries in the region to increase investment in epidemic and pandemic preparedness, because the question is not if there will be a new pandemic, but when. She was speaking at a workshop on preparedness and […]

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Joseph Wu eager to work with Denzil Douglas to improve lives of both peoples By Kelvin Chen, Taiwan News, Staff Writer TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) on Thursday (Aug. 18) spoke with his newly-appointed Saint Kitts and Nevis counterpart, Denzil Douglas, in a virtual conference to discuss future cooperation between […]

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Sao Paulo (CNN) Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro got physical with a YouTuber who heckled him in the capital Brasilia on Thursday, according to video from Brazilian news station Globo. As Bolsonaro took selfies with his supporters near the Planalto Palace, the President was questioned by Wilker Leao, an army corporal known for filming his confrontations […]

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By Anggy Polanco and Nelson Bocanegra   CUCUTA, Colombia Aug 18 (Reuters) – The full reopening of the Colombia-Venezuela border will come sooner rather than later, but will depend on legal conditions and the overall re-establishment of bilateral ties, Colombia’s commerce minister said on Thursday. “The border will open soon, but at the time when […]

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By Jasper Ward and Valerie Volcovici   NASSAU, BAHAMAS Aug 18 (Reuters) – The U.S. climate bill signed into law this week restores the country’s credibility as a leading player in U.N. climate negotiations, international officials said. The $430 billion bill passed by President Joe Biden on Tuesday, after more than a year of tense […]

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ASUNCION, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Paraguayan Vice President Hugo Velazquez on Thursday said he will not resign until he has details of U.S. accusations against him, a reversal days after Washington accused him of having participated in acts of “significant” corruption. On Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said an associate of Velazquez had […]

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