It has been a mostly cold and wet summer so far in Britain, and everyone is complaining about the ever-increasing cost of food and everything else, but at least one thing is getting a bit cheaper–beer in pubs–enabling Brits to drown their sorrows with a pint, because alcoholic drinks will now be taxed according to […]

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The United States attorney general has named a special counsel in an ongoing investigation into President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden. This indicates that a criminal trial may be in the offing. A plea deal on tax and gun charges against the president’s son collapsed earlier this month. Hunter Biden had previously reached a deal […]

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The official number of known deaths from this week’s wildfires in Maui has now reached 80, local officials told reporters on Friday night. “Firefighters continue working to extinguish flare-ups and contain fires in Lahaina, Pulehu/Kihei and Upcountry Maui,” a press release said, as some residents are already attempting to move back into the devastated town. […]

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BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, August 11, 2023. The four awardees of the 2023-2024 Samal Duggins Finding Your Passion Scholarship programme were announced last week, Friday August 4, at a colourful ceremony at the La Cucina Italian Restaurant at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort in Frigate Bay, St. Kitts.. The four awardees each aged 11 years, who […]

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The United Kingdom has evacuated refugees and migrants from a residential barge floating in Portland harbour less than a week after they moved in, after potentially deadly Legionella bacteria was found in the water supply, a government spokesperson said this week. The UK had begun moving some people on to the large Bibby Stockholm barge […]

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President Dr Irfaan Ali says that the Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) signed between Guyana and the Dominican Republic this week are going to create significant value for both countries, positioning them as leaders in food and energy security beyond the Caribbean region. President Ali, who is leading a delegation to the Dominican Republic for an […]

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Ecuador is in the headlines yet again after Netherlands customs authorities have seized eight tons of cocaine mixed with bananas in the port of Rotterdam, Dutch prosecutors announced on Thursday. The drug is valued at an estimated US$660 million and represents the biggest haul ever recorded at the port. The next biggest drug interception was […]

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The six people who have been so far been arrested in connection with the shooting of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio are Colombians, according to police in Quito. A seventh suspect, who died from wounds in a shootout with police on Thursday, was also Colombian. Mr Villavicencio was killed leaving a campaign event in the […]

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Wildfires have destroyed the town of Lahaina on island of Maui, Hawaii, killing an estimated 55 people and forcing thousands more to abandon their homes to escape the flames. Maui County Police Chief John Pelletier estimated the number of missing people at approximately 1,000, though he cautioned that “honestly we don’t know.” “Doesn’t mean that’s […]

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