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Landslide in Northern Peru Buries at Least 60 Homes

  A landslide that buried several houses after a hill collapsed is pictured in Retamas, Peru March 15, 2022. REUTERS/Larry Campos LIMA, March 15 (Reuters) – Part of a hill collapsed in northern Peru on Tuesday, burying at least 60 homes, the government said, with harrowing images on social media showing whole apartment buildings being […]

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Costa Rica Says Will Work With U.S. to Strengthen Migration Control

SAN JOSE, March 15 (Reuters) – Costa Rica said on Tuesday the United States had agreed to work together on strengthening immigration and border policing in the Central American country, during a visit by U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado met with Mayorkas weeks after Costa Rica, Panama and […]

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DR: Cruise Ship Runs Aground, Freed After 7 Hours

The Norwegian Escape ran aground off the coast of the Dominican Republic BBC- A large cruise ship with thousands of passengers on board has been refloated after running aground off the Dominican Republic. A Dominican admiral said strong winds had caused the 326m (1,070ft) -long Norwegian Escape to ground as it left Puerto Plata. It […]

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El Huevo: Alleged Drug Lord’s Arrest Causes Violent Clashes in Mexico

A suspected drug lord, whose arrest sparked clashes in north-eastern Mexico, has been deported to the US. Juan Gerardo Treviño, also known as “El Huevo” or “The Egg,” was captured at dawn on Monday by Mexican authorities. A violent gun fight between the military and gang members ensued in Nuevo Laredo, a city on the […]

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Deputy Governor General, Premier of Nevis Plant Ornamentals for Commonwealth Day 2022

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (March 14, 2022) — Her Honour Hyleeta Liburd, Deputy Governor General on Nevis and Hon. Mark Brantley, Premier of Nevis planted ornamental plants at Government House on March 14, 2022 a symbolic gesture to mark the annual Commonwealth Day celebration. Commonwealth Day 2022 was celebrated among the 54 member countries of the Commonwealth with the […]

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Nigerian Volunteer: ‘Fighting in Ukraine is Better Than Living Here’

By Soraya Ali BBC News Image source, Getty Images When Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine last month, 27-year-old Nigerian Ottah Abraham was outraged. He picked up his phone and tweeted: “I want to join the team.” He was some 8,700km (5,400 miles) away from the front line, in a small apartment in Nigeria’s main […]

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COVID-19 After 2 Years, Pfizer Seeks 2nd Booster OK, US Data Shows Virus Up, China Surge, World Covid Stats, More

Two years after WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic, relief and hope are creeping back in Blanca Ortiz, 84, celebrates after learning from nurses that she will be dismissed from the Eurnekian Ezeiza Hospital, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Aug. 13, 2020, several weeks after being admitted with COVID-19. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Two […]

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Caribbean CBI Pogrammes Could Be Under Threat from EU

By Makeida Antonio The future of Citizenship by Investment Programmes (CIP) in the Caribbean is under threat with the European Union set to issue what some may consider an untimely ultimatum. Last Wednesday, a vote was taken by the European parliament to ask the European Commission, which can be likened to the Cabinet of Europe, […]

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Cuban Texas Resident Gets 38 Years for Drug & People Trafficking

CNW- A Cuban man living in Fort Hancock, Texas has been sentenced to 460 months in prison for drugs, firearms, and immigration crimes according to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s agency (ICE). ICE said special agents with the US Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigated the case against Gilberto Morales, 57, with assistance from […]

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World View: Deaths as Rus Bomb Maternity Hosp, Putin Seeks China Supplies, Omicron Surge in China,Tom Brady Back, More

Trending  |  Russia-Ukraine  |  View in Browser March 14, 2022 Today’s Headlines Pregnant woman, baby die after Russia bombed maternity ward MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — A pregnant woman and her baby have died after Russia bombed the maternity hospital where she was meant to give birth, The Associated Press has…Read More US official: Russia seeking […]

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