By Santana Salmon Florida House Democrats have tapped Rep. Fentrice Driskell as the caucus’s next leader for the 2022-2024 term, the first Black woman to hold the position. Driskell, of Tampa, will replace current leader Rep. Evan Jenne. In a statement, Driskell said she was humbled to take on the role. “Growing up in Polk […]
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By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ – Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Marylín Álvarez seemed to be just the sort of person that eased American sanctions on Cuba were meant to help. With the aid of money sent by a cousin living in the United States, she began transforming the entrance to her ground-floor apartment into […]
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By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Gunmen have opened fire at a hotel in the Mexican city of Celaya, in central Guanajuato state, killing at least 11 people. Local media say at least 11 people have been killed and several more injured. Witnesses said a group of around 15 armed men stormed into the hotel at […]
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Trending | View in Browser May 25, 2022 Here is today’s selection of top stories from The Associated Press at this hour to begin your day. Today’s Headlines Gunman kills 19 children in Texas school rampage UVALDE, Texas (AP) — An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at a Texas elementary school, killing at least 19 […]
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By ACACIA CORONADO and JIM VERTUNO UVALDE, Texas (AP) — An 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children as he went from classroom to classroom at a Texas elementary school in a rampage that also left two adults dead, officials said, adding to a gruesome, yearslong series of mass killings at churches, schools and stores. The attacker […]
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Former Representative for East Basseterre Ian ‘Patches’ Liburd has confirmed that he will be contesting in the upcoming General Election. Liburd represented that Constituency after narrow success on a Peoples Action Movement ticket and served in Team Unity’s first term as Minister of Public Infrastructure. He was replaced as PAM’s candidate for the area in […]
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The Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland. (GP) has called for greater collaboration among Commonwealth Caribbean member states in the fight against corruption. She was speaking at the opening of an anti-corruption conference, currently underway in St Kitts and Nevis. The Commonwealth Secretary-General has called for greater collaboration and information sharing to “sweep corruption aside and create […]
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By Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney Anthony Albanese has been sworn in as Australia’s new leader and will fly immediately to an international summit. Mr Albanese’s Labor Party defeated Scott Morrison’s conservative government in an election on Saturday. It remains unclear whether Mr Albanese will form a majority or govern with the support of crossbenchers. […]
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A veteran diplomat in Russia’s mission to the United Nations (UN) in Geneva handed over a scathing resignation letter on Monday, calling Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s invasion of Ukraine a shameful “crime” against both nations. Boris Bondarev, 41, who has been a counselor in the Russian mission since 2019, announced his resignation in a Monday […]
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By Sheri-Kae McLeod Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has been listed among the 100 most influential people in the 2022 TIME100, the annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. In the TIME article written by the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Okonjo-Iweala, Prime Minister Mottley, who led her ruling […]
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