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Cuba: VIP Treatment for Russian Business Delegates

By Dave Sherwood and Nelson Acosta HAVANA, May 17 (Reuters) – Russian and Cuban officials and business leaders on Wednesday announced new perks to entice Russian investors into the Cuban market, the latest sign of fast-growing economic ties between the two long-time political allies. Boris Titov, head of the Russian delegation of the Cuban-Russian Business […]

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Confusion in Colombia Over Claim Missing Children Found after Amazon Plane Crash

By Adam Durbin BBC News There is confusion over whether four children have been found alive in Amazon rainforest, more than two weeks after a plane crash in Colombia. President Gustavo Petro claimed on Wednesday they had been located alive after an “arduous search”. But defence ministry sources have told local media they have no […]

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How Florida Became a Conservative Bastion

by Max Greenwood THE HILL Florida has become the nerve center of the modern Republican Party. Once the nation’s largest and most volatile swing state, Florida has lurched to the right in recent years, becoming a mecca for the GOP’s most influential luminaries and wealthiest donors. Republicans now hold supermajorities in the state legislature, and Gov. Ron DeSantis […]

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85 Nevisians Benefitted from the TDC Warren Tyson Memorial Scholarship Programme

  CHARLESTOWN, NEVIS, May 17, 2023 (MMS-SKN) — With fewer primary schools than St. Kitts, the Nevis leg of the ‘Warren C. Tyson Memorial Scholarship Public Primary Schools Tour’ is about to come to an end following the visit at the Ivor Walters Primary School on Monday, May 15. Managing Director of TDC Nevis Ltd, […]

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World Likely to Pass the 1.5C Climate Threshold by 2027, Scientists Warn

UN agency says El Niño and human-induced climate breakdown could combine to push temperatures into ‘uncharted territory’ Fiona Harvey Environment editor GUARDIAN The world is almost certain to experience new record temperatures in the next five years, and temperatures are likely to rise by more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, scientists have warned. The breaching […]

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Haiti Turns to Africa, Latin America for Help Amid Security Turmoil

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, (HCNN/CMC) – Haiti’s government has now turned to Africa and Latin-America to persuade them to help with contributing to the deployment of a multinational military force to the Caribbean country where rampant gang violence has claimed countless lives over the past years, officials say. In the face of repeated failures by the United […]

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Speedy Caribbean Tourism Recovery the Result of Collaboration-Jamaica Tourism Chief

JIS News- Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the Caribbean’s speedy post-COVID-19 tourism recovery is a result of an inclusive “all on board” approach, which sees the region enjoying record numbers in both arrivals and earnings. Delivering the main address at the Caribbean Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (CARAIFA) 34th Annual Sales […]

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Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Legislation to Combat Human Trafficking

By CNW Contributor Today, Governor Ron DeSantis signed four bills to combat human trafficking, raise awareness of the signs and impacts of human trafficking, and impose critical reforms to hold human traffickers accountable. “Biden’s Border Crisis is exacerbating human trafficking across the nation —72% of all human trafficking victims are illegal immigrants and 60% of […]

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Jamaica: Teenager Charged with Murder for Deadly Spanish Town Road Bus Attack

GLEANER- A 17-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of a street vendor and the injury of six other people following a gun attack on a bus along Spanish Town Road, Kingston, on April 21. Forty-year-old Marsha Saunders, of Friendly Avenue, Central Village in St Catherine, was killed during the incident. The teenager has […]

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Leticia Tonos’ Dominican Sci-Fi Drama ‘Aire’ Wins Inaugural Fantastic Latido Award in Cannes

Dominican Republic filmmaker Leticia Tonos’ sci-fi drama “Aire” has won the inaugural Fantastic Latido Award at the Cannes Film Market’s new Fantastic Pavilion genre hub. Presented by Madrid-based Latido Films, the Fantastic Latido Award offers international sales representation for the winning film. “Aire” centers on Tania, a conservation biologist living in a future dystopian world […]

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