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The number of shootings in American elementary and secondary schools that resulted in injury or death reached a new record in the 2021-2022 school year amid an overall increase in gun crimes across the country, a new statistical data report compiled by the National Center for Education Statistics revealed. A total of 327 school shootings […]

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While Caribbean islands constantly seek to get in even for thick-walleted tourists by means of improving airports to receive large aircraft, building more hotels, and receiving more cruise ships, several islands in Greece have the reverse problem–too many tourists chasing too few spaces. While it is now late in the summer tourist season as schools […]

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The Dominican Republic’s President Luis Abinader announced Thursday that he would close all borders with neighboring Haiti beginning Friday morning over a feud about a recently dug Haitian canal that would extract  water from the Massacre River which forms the border in the northern part of both countries. Air, sea and land borders are set […]

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By Sir Ronald Sanders   On September 11 in Hamburg, Germany, a significant legal proceeding began that could redefine the parameters of climate justice for small island states. This case, slated to run until September 25, will unfold at the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS).   Background: The ITLOS Proceedings   […]

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The body of an Ecuadorean Choneros gang leader has disappeared from its resting place in a cemetery in Colombia,  according to reports from local police. Junior Roldán’s remains were placed in a wall vault in the town of Envigado after no one had claimed his body. The number two in Los Choneros, a prison gang […]

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While no one welcomes disasters like hurricanes, it is best to get ahead of the game and be prepared for the worst, so the gift this week of satellite phones that would work if the Internet is down was a welcome addition to the Government’s disaster communications toolkit. Satellite phones cost from US$700 upwards. To […]

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A natural compound found in the culinary spice turmeric–one of the ingredients of curry powder–which can be bought in supermarkets and grocery stores without prescription, may be as effective as omeprazole—a drug used to curb excess stomach acid—for treating indigestion symptoms, suggests a study published online in the journal BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine. Turmeric is derived […]

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Most of the deaths in flash floods that hit Libya on Sunday could have been  avoided if Libya had a properly functioning meteorological service which could have put out warnings as storm Daniel headed across the Mediterranean Sea, The International Committee of the Red Cross, a United Nations agency,  has said. The North African country […]

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In a rather unusual  legislative hearing on Tuesday, Mexican politicians were shown two well-preserved “bodies” that a Mexican journalist and UFO enthusiast, Jaime Maussan, claimed were the remains of extra-terrestrial beings found in Peru. The Mexican legislators have yet to vote on the matter. The two tiny “bodies”, displayed in cases, had three fingers on […]

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