by Reid Wilson The Hill Western state officials are sounding an early alarm about a coming wildfire season that could be exacerbated by an ongoing drought, warning that conflagrations that were once confined to hot and dry summer months are both starting earlier and continuing later into the year. Months before the worst of fire […]
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Andrew Fahie was arrested last week in a US Drug Enforcement Administration sting as he was preparing to board a private jet Guardian- The premier of the British Virgin Islands has demanded his immediate release from US custody, arguing he is immune from prosecution on cocaine-smuggling charges because he is the elected, constitutional head of […]
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Trucks wait in a queue to cross into the United States in the Jeronimo-Santa Teresa International Bridge connecting the city of Ciudad Juarez to Santa Teresa, Nuevo Mexico, Mexico April 14, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo MEXICO CITY, May 1 (Reuters) – The pressure Texas exerted on neighboring Mexican states last month to tighten […]
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Residents carry their belongings as they flee their homes due to ongoing gun battles between rival gangs, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti May 2, 2022. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol PORT-AU-PRINCE, May 2 (Reuters) – Haitians in the capital Port-au-Prince fled their homes on Monday as gun battles broke out between rival gangs, according to a Reuters witness, following […]
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PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images The cost of treating border wall-related fall injuries between 2019 and 2021 at UC San Diego Health was about $13 million, researchers said The Hill- The number of migrants who suffered serious injuries or died after falling from the U.S.-Mexico border wall in California increased after the wall was heightened, […]
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By Adam Durbin BBC News Memories of the Falklands War represent an “open wound” in Argentina, the country’s ambassador to the UK has said. Javier Figueroa described conflict over the islands’ sovereignty as ridiculous, comparing it to the relationship between North and South Korea. Most young people in the UK do not know “Britain […]
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BBC- A samba group which highlighted prejudices against Afro-Brazilian religions has been crowned as the champion of this year’s hotly-contested carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro. The Grande Rio Samba School won its first title with a song, costume and floats that paid tribute to Exú, a god revered by many African cultures. Image source, […]
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by John Kruzel The Hill The Supreme Court is poised to overturn the landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade that protects the federal right to abortion, according to a draft majority opinion published Monday evening by Politico. The 67-page document, described as an initial draft majority opinion, would effectively eliminate abortion protections at the […]
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The Dominican Republic has urged Haiti to do everything in its power to ensure the safe release of one of its diplomats who was kidnapped on Friday. The trade attaché at the Dominican embassy in Port-au-Prince, Carlos Guillén, was seized by gang members while he was travelling to neighbouring Dominican Republic. Dominican officials said that […]
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Civil servants, government auxiliary workers, pensioners and STEP workers will receive a significant pay increase Prime Minister Dr Timothy Harris has announced. In his Labour Day Address, Dr Harris announced that civil servants pensioners and STEP workers will benefit from significant increases in wages, salaries and pensions at a rate of 10%. “This shall be […]
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