MEXICO CITY, July 7 (Reuters) – The Mexican army and national guard seized a record quantity of fentanyl in the northern state of Sinaloa earlier this week, according to a statement by the Ministry of Defense on Thursday, in a rare bust of manufacturers of the powerful synthetic opioid. The seizure of 542.7 kg (1,196.4 […]
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BRASILIA, July 7 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that the economic sanctions imposed by the West against Russia had not worked, echoing comments by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The comments by Bolsonaro, who met with Putin days before the Ukraine invasion in February, are likely to go down badly with the […]
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By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Nuns from the order founded by Mother Teresa have left Nicaragua after their organisation was stripped of its legal status. They were escorted by police to the border and crossed into neighbouring Costa Rica on foot. Their organisation is among the latest to be shut down as part of a […]
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World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday said he plans on reconvening a meeting of his organization’s Emergency Committee to assess the current state of the monkeypox outbreak in Western countries. In remarks given Thursday, Tedros told WHO member states that he was still concerned about the spread and scale of the monkeypox virus […]
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July 6, 2022, BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Export growth and stronger food security will be the focus of a new project in Saint Lucia supported by the European Union (EU) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). The project entitled “Enhancing the Capacity of Stakeholders in the Agricultural Sector to Supply Quality Products in new Markets” will […]
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NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (JULY 07, 2022) — Three students grabbed the top positions among 11 students of the Cecele Browne Integrated School (CBIS) who participated in the Ministry of Tourism’s Exposition Nevis 2022 Environmental Poster Contest. The theme was “Keep Nevis Clean.” At a brief prize giving ceremony held at the school recently, Hildreth Tross captured […]
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BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, July 7, 2022 (MMS-SKN) — The St. Kitts and Nevis Solid Waste Management and Recycling Project, whose declared mission is helping the Federation in the management and the reduction of waste, is on the right track thanks to the interest and creativity shown by school children and the support they are […]
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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) The rights of persons everywhere in the world have […]
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By Everson W. Hull Ph.D. The Charlestown Accord endorsed by the three winning Team Unity party leaders on December 17, 2014 remains the single most important Federal policy action ever deployed in the entire history of St. Kitts and Nevis. The declaration, endorsed by the Former and Late-Leader of the Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM), the […]
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To our valued customers, Since April 2022 you have experienced a significant increase in the fuel surcharge on your monthly electricity bills. The objective of this presentation is to provide you, our valued customers, with an explanation for this increase. However, before we do so, we will present you with these useful facts about the fuel surcharge: a. The […]
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