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EDWARDS CHARGED FOR MURDER

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 13, 2022 (RSCNPF): The Police have charged 29-year-old Trevern Edwards of Stapleton Village for the murder of Arthur Henry of Fountain Estate. The offence was committed on March 24, 2022. He was charged on April 13, 2022. Edwards remains at Her Majesty’s Prison where he was recently remanded for the offence of Assault […]

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South Africa Floods: Deadliest Storm On Record Kills More Than 300 People

Agence France-Press The death toll from devastating floods in and around the South African port city of Durban has risen to 306, the government said Wednesday, after roads and hillsides were washed away as homes collapsed. The heaviest rains in 60 years pummelled Durban’s municipality, eThekwini in Zulu. According to an AFP tally, the storm […]

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Kremlin Cackdown Silences War Protests, From Benign to Bold

By The Associated Presstoday A former police officer who discussed Russia’s invasion on the phone. A priest who preached to his congregation about the suffering of Ukrainians. A student who held up a banner with no words — just asterisks. Hundreds of Russians are facing charges for speaking out against the war in Ukraine since […]

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Bermuda Ex-Premier Dr. Ewart Brown Says Independence Could End Racism in Bermuda

  By Santana Salmon CNW- Former Bermuda Premier, Dr Ewart Brown, believes independence could be the key to ending racism in the majority-black British Overseas Territory. Brown, 75, in an interview with the Royal Gazette newspaper, said Black people, who account for 52 percent of the 64,000 population, are still treated as second-class citizens in […]

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Rwanda’s President on State Visit to Jamaica

Gleaner- President of Rwanda Paul Kagame received a warm welcome from Governor-General, Sir Patrick Allen, Prime Minister Andrew Holness, Leader of the Opposition Mark Golding, and senior Government officials as he embarked on a three-day State visit. Chief Justice Bryan Sykes and the Chief of Defence Staff, Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman, were also among scores of officials […]

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Bloomberg News: Biggest Battle Looming in Ukraine?, Rus Troop Deaths, Threat to Baltics, More

View in browser Follow Us Get the newsletter Ukrainian, European and NATO officials are bracing for a new Russian offensive that Poland’s prime minister warned could result in the “biggest tank battle” on the continent since World War II. The concern is that President Vladimir Putin — a strongman prone to grand gestures — may […]

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UK to Give Cross Channel Asylum Seekers One-Way Ticket to Rwanda

Some asylum seekers who arrive in the UK on small boats across the Channel will be given a one-way ticket to Rwanda, under new government plans. Home Secretary Priti Patel is in the African nation to agree a £120m trial involving mostly single men arriving in Britain on boats or lorries. BBC home editor Mark […]

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Argentina Inflation Surges to Decades-High in March, Sapping Spending Power

By Miguel Lo Bianco and Jorge Otaola   BUENOS AIRES, April 13 (Reuters) – Argentina’s monthly inflation rate soared to 6.7% in March, the government said on Wednesday, far above forecasts and the highest level in two decades as spiraling food and fuel prices dent the value of salaries and savings. The INDEC statistics agency […]

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SEDU Opens Registration for Seminar on Beauty Industry Entrepreneurship

  NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (April 13, 2022) — Women on Nevis who meet the criteria and are interested in working in the beauty industry, are invited to register for a 10-day Beauty Entrepreneurship Seminar from May 09 to 20, 2022, hosted by the Small Enterprise Development Unit (SEDU) and Taiwan ICDF Women’s Employment, Entrepreneurship and Financial Inclusion Project (WEEFIP). Ms. Rhonda Thompson, Business Development Officer at SEDU, […]

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Affects Babies: New Outbreak of Zika Virus is Possible, Researchers Say

A new outbreak of Zika virus is quite possible, warn researchers, with a single mutation potentially enough to trigger an explosive spread. The disease caused a global medical emergency in 2016, with thousands of babies born brain-damaged after their mums became infected while pregnant. US scientists say the world should be on the lookout for […]

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