Rescuers are struggling to rescue six children and two adults trapped in a cable car dangling in strong winds 900 feet above a ravine in Pakistan. A military commando has tried to reach the car twice while hanging from a helicopter, but strong winds are hindering the precarious operation The children, aged between 10 and […]
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Tuesday morning the National Hurricane Center was tracking five tropical systems in the Atlantic Ocean including one that looks to threaten Haiti and the Dominican Republic. On Sunday the hurricane center issued alerts about Tropical Storm Franklin which is approaching Hispaniola, the Caribbean island that includes Haiti and the Dominican Republic.A tropical storm watch also […]
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NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (August 21, 2023)- A Sitting of the Nevis Island Assembly is scheduled for Thursday, August 24, 2023 at the Nevis Island Assembly Chambers, Hamilton House, Charlestown. According to the Order Paper circulated by Ms. Myra Williams, Clerk of the Assembly, the Sitting will commence at 10 a.m. At Thursday’s Sitting […]
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Under a little-known program the U.S. government may grant advance travel authorization to up to 30,000 noncitizens without visas each month to seek parole on a case-by-case basis. Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans are the only eligible nationalities. The idea behind the program is that it significantly reduces the number of illegal immigrants showing up […]
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There was great concern in the early hours of Sunday morning, August 13, as four Nevis nationals were reported missing at sea. They were later found, floating off of the coast of Saba, by the crew of a fishing boat. According to the St. Kitts and Nevis Coast Guard, the missing vessel was returning from […]
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In Guatemala the virtually unknown anti-corruption crusader Bernardo Arévalo beat the odds to win Guatemala’s presidential election, a victory many hope will stop the country’s democratic backslide. Arévalo, a former academic, diplomat and the son of Guatemala’s first democratically elected president won by a substantial margin. NPR’s Eyder Peralta says Arévalo was “the unlikeliest candidate […]
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Hamilton Reserve Bank, the award-winning hometown bank of America’s founding father Alexander Hamilton, and the largest global bank in the Caribbean region has some good news for the citizens of St. Kitts and Nevis as well as CARICOM at large: the esteemed global bank is on a hiring spree and qualified Nevisians and Kittitians should […]
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By Loshaun Dixon As the hurricane season enters its peak, the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of NOAA, has updated its prediction for the Atlantic hurricane season in 2023. The most recent update has upgraded the initial forecast of near-normal activity to an expectation of above-normal activity. The current oceanic and atmospheric […]
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As if Hurricane Hilary bringing a deluge to the desert was not enough, the state of California was also hit by an earthquake yesterday, that measured 5.1 on the Richter scale, creating widespread panic, although it appears that damage was minimal. Its epicentre was northwest of Los Angeles and #hurriquake was soon trending on social […]
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Canada is calling out the army to tackle fast-spreading wildfires in British Columbia, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Sunday, as the vast western province attempts to deal with nearly 400 fires that have led to evacuation orders for more than 35,000 people. British Columbia declared a state of emergency on Friday and imposed a […]
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