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Russia-Ukraine War Ante Upped As Moscow Repeatedly Hit By Drone Bombs.

By Editor-Tuesday, August 2nd, 2023. Russian forces claim to  have again downed several drones over the city of Moscow, according to officials, with one of the intercepted aircraft hitting the exact same office tower that was hit in an another attack over the weekend. The Russian defence ministry, in a message on Telegram on Tuesday, […]

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Mind The Gap: This Uninhabited Area Between South And Central America Claims Many Lives.

By Editor-Tuesday, August 2nd, 2023. 2023 is probably seeing a record number of migrants braving the crossing of the 60-mile Darien Gap, an area of almost impassible terrain and tropical rainforest with many rivers that separates South America from Panama., according to estimate by Panamanian officials. Almost a quarter of a million people crossed the […]

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Hon Samal Duggins: We are working hard for you to have a better future to inherit

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, August 1, 2023 (MMS-SKN) — Friday July 28 was a day like no other for the four recipients of the 2022 Samal Duggins Follow Your Passion Scholarship Award, as they were given a first-hand opportunity to see real life experience in the day of a Government Minister.   “Today I wanted to […]

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Prince Harry Not Dumped By Ecotourism Organisation Travalyst, Which He Founded, Insists CEO.

By Editor-Tuesday, August 1st, 2023. Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, is still an “invaluable” part of his sustainable tourism organisation, the chief executive has insisted, despite his name being omitted from a relaunch press release. It was reported on Monday that his name was left out of an announcement by Travalyst in May after […]

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Kenya Offers Help To Haiti While Americans Advise “Everybody Get Out Now!”

By Editor-Tuesday, August 1st, 2023. Following an international appeal for help to police crisis-torn Haiti, Kenya’s Foreign Minister Alfred Mutua said in a statement Saturday that his country was ready to participate in a multinational force to restore law and order in Haiti, where the security situation is rapidly deteriorating. Mutua’s announcement can be perceived […]

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“The Government Just Sees Trees, But We Live Here”: Environment Or Dollars Dilemma For Ecuador As Economically Strapped Country Faces Upcoming Referendums On Amazon Forest Oil Wells.

By Editor-Tuesday, August 1st, 2023. Ecuadoreans will soon be voting in two August referendums to determine whether oil and mining projects in Amazon rainforest regions of the country can continue, pitting concerns of  Indigenous and environmental interests against billions of valuable dollars in potential lost income that could amount to 12% of the South American […]

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Who Would Be A Journalist In Gang-Ridden Haiti?

By Editor-Tuesday, 1st August, 2023. Living in Haiti can be pretty dangerous for everybody, but for journalists it is very bad and gettting even worse, says a report in VOA. In the latest incident, the independent broadcaster Radio Antarctique was burned down in what appeared to be a gang attack. About 50 men armed with […]

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Bears in Chinese Zoo Bare Their Souls Over Identity In Social Media Posts.

By Editor-Tuesday, August 1st, 2023. A zoo in eastern China has denied social media suggestions that some of its sun bears might be humans dressed-up in bear costumes after videos of a Malayan sun bear standing on its hind legs – and looking rather human – went viral, fueling rumors and conspiracy theories on Chinese […]

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Pee-wee Herman Dead At 70–Character Who Never Quite Grew Up.

By Editor-Tuesday, August 1st, 2023. Pee-wee Herman was definitely a weirdo. The comic creation of actor/writer Paul Reubens, would often throw childish insults into his casual conversation. They were part of the character’s immediately identifiable catch-phrases. “Why don’t you take a picture? It’ll last longer!” “That’s my name! Don’t wear it out!” And, most iconically, […]

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Ministry sets record straight on relationship with the St. Kitts Consortium of Farmers

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, July 31, 2023 (MMS-SKN) — Federal Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Marine Resources and Cooperatives, the Hon Samal Duggins, on Friday July 28 debunked claims made in the media by a section of the farming community that his Ministry has employed a talk-down, big-stick approach when dealing with them.   Minister Duggins, and […]

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