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Blair McKeil Awarded Eighth Annual Samuel Cunard Prize For Vision, Courage, And Creativity

Valencia, California – The Eighth Annual Samuel Cunard Prize for Vision, Courage, and Creativity was awarded to Blair McKeil on Wednesday, September 25, onboard Cunard’s flagship Queen Mary 2. To celebrate this honor, McKeil was joined by local dignitaries, leaders from the maritime community, and officers from Queen Mary 2, which was docked in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Samuel Cunard Prize was created in 2015 by […]

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Barbados Busy Boosting Bees, But Still Importing Honey.

Beekeeping and honey production as well as methods to advance apiculture in Barbados were discussed on Thursday, as the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Security received beekeeping equipment from the Food and Agriculture Organization. The beekeeping and honey industry in Barbados has been growing steadily over the past few years, largely driven by increased […]

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Former CIA Agent Gets 30-Year Prison Sentence For Drugging And Raping Women.

Brian Jeffrey Raymond, 48, of La Mesa, California, a former CIA employee, was sentenced last week in U.S. District Court to 30 years in prison for drugging and sexually abusing numerous women in multiple countries, including photographing and video recording more than two dozen nude and partially nude women without their consent while they were […]

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War In The East Escalates As Israel Airstrikes Hit South Lebanon.

Lebanon said Israeli airstrikes Monday killed at least 100 people and injured 400 others, as cross-border fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group raised fears of an all-out war. Israel’s military said it attacked more than 300 targets, while Lebanon’s state news agency reported heavy strikes across multiple regions in the southern part of […]

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Digitization Key Driver On Road To Security And Prosperity In Guyana.

Guyana is driving forwards in its national digitisation efforts, which promise to improve comfort, security, and business expansion across the country, according to a recent statement by Dr Bharrat Jagdeo, General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party. During a press briefing on Thursday in Georgetown, Dr Jagdeo outlined the various ongoing projects aimed at modernising […]

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Ain’t Gonna Study War No More: United Nations Summit Agrees ‘Pact For The Future.’

In an era when international diplomacy seems to be at a low ebb and wars in Europe and the Middle East are continuing unabated, leaders and diplomats are set to address a meeting Monday on strengthening the United Nations system, a day after agreeing to work together to address a range of global challenges, including […]

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Smugglers Using Custom-Built Narco-Subs To Cross Caribbean And Atlantic.

Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Trent recently  seized £160m of cocaine from a ‘narco-sub’ in the Caribbean Sea. Narco subs cannot fully submerge, but they ride very low in the water and can avoid radar detection as they have just a few feet of fiberglass above water. Although little is known about these boats, one […]

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Kenya To Send 600 More Cops To Haiti To Conquer Gangs Of Port au Prince.

In a shock move following President Ruto’s claim of good progress in restoring law and order with the 400 police now in Haiti, Kenya has now agreed to commit to sending an additional 600 police officers to Haiti in the coming weeks to assist in combating gangs that dominate much of Port-au-Prince and surrounding regions. […]

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President Ruto Of Kenya In Haiti, Claims Significant Progress Made In Restoring Security.

Kenyan President William Ruto arrived in Haiti on Saturday, and immediately claimed that the deployment of Kenyan police forces to combat gangs had already led to a “significant improvement” in the country’s security situation. In a statement on Saturday, a spokesperson for Ruto said the Kenyan leader would “visit and commend the Kenyan contingent working […]

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Haitians Terrified And Bemused In Ohio As Dog-Eating Libels Persist.

The claims circulating about Haitian immigrants eating cats and dogs in Springfield, Ohio, continue to circulate and are entirely unfounded according to online factchecking service Allsides. This rumour began on social media in late 2024 and gained traction when amplified by public figures, including former U.S. President Donald Trump and Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, who […]

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