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Good News For Guyana, But Price Of Rice Not So Nice For Consumers As Major Asian Growers Limit Exports.

South American countries have been receiving requests for supplies of rice as the cereal price has seen a sharp surge in recent months as major Asian producers curtail their trade and supplies and has reached a ten-year high. This could impact millions of consumers around the world, with Asian and African countries expected to bear […]

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Southwest Airlines In Court Over 2022 Arrest Of Mismatched Mourners.

Mary MacCarthy and her 10-year-old were already in mourning for a trip from California to Colorado i October 2022, because they were going to the funeral of MacCarthy’s brother. But their day got even worse after flying Southwest Airlines and being arrested on landing,  reports NPR News. After the two boarded the plane to Denver […]

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The US Increases Temporary Work Visas For Haitian Citizens.

The United States Department of State has announced that the Biden administration increased the number of temporary work visas for Haiti, as well as for countries in the region, including Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, with which it seeks to reduce the illegal immigration. In particular, H-2B visas, which allow non-citizen workers to enter the […]

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El Salvador Going Gangbusters, Could The Rest Of Latin America Follow Suit?

For more than a year, Latin American countries have stood by and watched in amazement as El Salvador has locked up more than 70,000 people in its prison system, with little semblance of due process, in a bid to eliminate the criminal gangs that have plagued the country for years. And many citizens are seeing […]

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Will Billionaire Barbie Be The Go-To Doll Next Christmas? Popular Movie Hits Billion Dollars Mark In Just 17 Days.

The Barbie film, which is based on the adventures of the iconic doll in the real world,  has hit the billion-dollar sales mark just 17 days after its global premiere, according to distributor Warner Bros. The movie will finish the weekend with $1.03bn (£808m) in ticket sales at the global box office, it said in a […]

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One-Way Trip To The Moon For Rover Pack Scheduled For 2024.

In 2024, NASA plans to send a team of three suitcase-sized four-wheeled robots to go walkabout on the Moon. This project is part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, a program that allows commercial companies to pay to operate research projects on the moon. Collectively called Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration – the rovers […]

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Saudis Sponsor Weekend Peace Plan For Russia-Ukraine War–40 Countries Involved Including China.

A weekend summit  is in process in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia,  in which senior officials from around 40 countries – but not Russia – will aim to draft some key principles on how to put a stop to the Russia-Ukraine war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday welcomed the wide range of countries represented in the […]

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Jamaica Prepared to Deploy Less Than 1000 Troops to Help Haiti.

Jamaica has announced that it is prepared to deploy troops to Haiti as part of a multinational response to deteriorating security conditions in the French-speaking island, but that it did not have the resources to take the lead. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, gave the commitment while responding to questions during the quarterly […]

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Ukraine War: Russians Bombed Blood Transfusion Center, Says Zelenskiy.

A Russian “guided bomb” has hit a blood transfusion centre in north-eastern Ukraine and set it on fire, killing two people and injuring four others, according to Ukrainian officials, who believe the attack was intentional. Volodymyr Zelensky posted an image of the building on fire as a result of Saturday night’s attack around Kupiansk, in […]

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