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NTA Boasts Healing Qualities of Nevis

  NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (May 23, 2022) — Travellers from all over the world are discovering the incredible natural beauty and therapeutic resources provided by the Caribbean Island of Nevis. The Nevis Tourism Authority (NTA) expressed that view in a recent press release. With year-round opportunities to disconnect from the hustle and bustle of everyday […]

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Team ‘Extreme Velocity’ Wins NCCU’s 50th Anniversary Relay Run  

CHARLESTOWN, NEVIS, May 23, 2022 (MMS-SKN) — Twelve teams assembled at the Vance Amory International Airport Saturday morning May 21 for the Nevis Co-operative Credit Union (NCCU) Limited’s 50th Anniversary Relay Run, which was won by Extreme Velocity with a time of 38 minutes and 43 seconds. The Relay Run that had six stations along […]

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US Coast Guard Repatriates 43 Migrants to Cuba

By Santana Salmon The United States Coast Guard says the crew of its cutter Bernard Webber crew on Saturday repatriated 43 Cuban migrants to their homeland following four interdictions off the Florida Keys. The US Coast Guard said a Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater C-130 Hercules law enforcement aircrew alerted Coast Guard Sector Key West […]

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Gates Foundation Offering Funds to Trinidad & Tobago

T&T Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has announced that Trinidad and Tobago has been chosen to receive funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which he described as “not-insignificant”. Dr Rowley made the announcement at a news conference he hosted at the Piarco International Airport on his return to T&T from Guyana yesterday. “Today […]

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WORLD VIEW: US-Indo Pacific Trade Deal, Ukraine Latest, Biden Pledges to Defend Taiwan, More

Trending | View in Browser May 23, 2022 Here is today’s selection of top stories from The Associated Press at this hour to begin your day. Today’s Headlines Biden launches Indo-Pacific trade deal, warns over inflation TOKYO (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday launched a new trade deal with 12 Indo-Pacific nations aimed at […]

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New Book Celebrates Windrush Generation

  Enfield Caribbean Association (ECA) has launched its first major publication, promoting the voices of people who came to the UK from the Caribbean and Africa. Windrush Voices – 20 Stories of Determination and Triumph encompasses the life stories of 20 individuals who came to live in this country because of the British government’s call […]

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Cold Beer to Your Door: Brewers in Latin America Go Direct

By Paulo Lopes and Philip Blenkinsop   SAO PAULO/BRUSSELS, May 23 (Reuters) – With COVID-19 lockdowns normalising home delivery of everything from fast food to aspirin, brewers are tapping into a lucrative new sales format – delivering cold beer on demand to consumers still gathering at home with friends even as bars reopen. For Brazilian […]

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Storms Kill at Least 8 in Canada, Leave 500K Without Power

TORONTO, May 22 (Reuters) – The death toll from powerful thunderstorms in Canada’s two most populous provinces this weekend rose to at least eight, authorities said on Sunday, as emergency crews continued a massive clean-up to restore power to half a million people. The storms, which lasted more than two hours Saturday afternoon and packed […]

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Biden Plan to End US Migrant Expulsion Policy Blocked

A US judge has blocked plans by Joe Biden’s administration to lift a policy allowing migrants to be swiftly expelled at the Mexico border over concerns about spreading Covid. District Judge Robert Summerhays granted an injunction to Republican state attorneys challenging the halting of checks known as Title 42. The policy, introduced by Donald Trump […]

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Argentina Guilty of Massacre Qom & Moqoit People

BBC- A landmark criminal trial in Argentina has found the state guilty of the massacre of more than 400 indigenous people nearly a century ago. The Qom and Moqoit communities had been protesting inhumane living and working conditions on a cotton plantation when authorities shot them dead in 1924. Until now, no responsibility had ever […]

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