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Present Day Inequalities Have Far-Reaching Effects- Nevis Gender Affairs Minister

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (March 21, 2022) — Hon. Hazel Brandy-Williams, Junior Minister in the Ministry of Health and Gender Affairs, says although the Department of Gender Affairs always focuses on equality for both men and women, the COVID-19 pandemic brought to the fore that present day inequalities have far reaching effects on the stability and sustainability […]

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Think Again About Pandemic’s End, Fauci Sees No New US Surge, USFDA Discussing Boosters, More

With more than 220,000 new daily cases of Covid in the UK, the pandemic is far from being over. Covid numbers at new high in Scotland’s hospitals The number of patients in Scottish hospitals with Covid has reached the highest level of the pandemic, with 2,128 patients having recently tested positive for coronavirus. The latest […]

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$35,000 REWARD BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION REGARDING FIRE AT PRIMARY SCHOOL

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 20, 2022 (RSCNPF): The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force is offering a reward in the sum of EC$35,000 for information that leads to the arrest and successful prosecution of the person(s) responsible for the fire at the Joshua Obadiah Williams Primary School.  On March 18, 2022, The St. Kitts and Nevis Fire and Rescue […]

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Jamaican Gets 10 Years for Drug Smuggling in Antigua

CNW- The authorities in Antigua and Barbuda have sentenced a Jamaican man Everton Pinnock,  to ten years in prison on drug-related charges. The police report that Everton Pinnock was convicted on three drug-related offenses following a raid at drug base in July 2020 when Pinnock, who was then 55, and another man, Patrick Burrell, 49, were […]

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WORLD VIEW: Ukraine ‘No’ to Surrender, Chinese 737 Crashes, US-Ist Black Female Sup.Ct Nominee, Biden to Europe, More

Trending  |  Russia-Ukraine  |  View in Browser March 21, 2022 Today’s Headlines Ukraine rejects Russian demand for surrender in Mariupol LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials defiantly rejected a Russian demand that their forces in Mariupol lay down arms and raise white flags Monday in exchange for safe passage out of the besieged…Read More State […]

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UN Report: Haiti the World’s 7th Most Unhappy Country

The United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network has just released the “World Happiness Report 2022” an annual publication that assessed 146 countries in 2021. Since 2002, the “World Happiness Report” has used statistical analysis to determine the happiest countries in the world. To determine the happiest country, the researchers analyze and take into account, among […]

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Russians have $3b of Assets in Bahamas, Central Bank Says

By Jasper Ward   NASSAU, March 19 (Reuters) – Financial institutions in the Bahamas have around $3 billion in assets whose owners are linked to Russia, the Caribbean nation’s central bank said late on Friday. The Bahamas on March 12 ordered a halt all transactions with Russian entities that have been put under sanction by […]

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Stuck at Mexico Border, Anti-War Russians Sweat Their Futures as Ukrainians Enter U.S.

By Daina Beth Solomon TIJUANA, Mexico, March 19 (Reuters) – Russians trying to enter the United States at the Mexican border are frustrated they are not getting in like Ukrainians are, despite leaving their homeland over the invasion of Ukraine. U.S. officials have let dozens of Ukrainians through this week but Russians remain in limbo, […]

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British Royals Dance, Make Chocolate in Belize as Tour Brightens

By Jose Sanchez and Toby Melville HOPKINS, Belize, March 20 (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate danced with Belizean villagers and helped make traditional chocolate on Sunday as the second day of their Caribbean tour passed off smoothly following an awkward start to the weeklong trip. The arrival of the Duke and […]

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Covid-19: Is the World Ready for a Great Reopening?

BBC- Two years after the US went into its first lockdown, the country is getting nearer to a pre-pandemic existence. But what about the rest of the world? When California issued a statewide stay-at-home order on 19 March 2020, most people thought that life would return to normal relatively quickly. A full 24 months later, […]

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