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Democratic West African Nations Ready To Join Forces To Restore Democracy In Niger.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has said most of its member states are ready to take part in a united show of military strength for an intervention in Niger following a military coup there late last month in which the elected President was ousted from office. Defence chiefs from the 15-member regional […]

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Argentinians Have No Beef With US Dollar, May Soon Elect To Use It.

If Javier Milei, the front-runner in the campaign for the presidency, wins the election scheduled for later this year in Argentina, the country’s own currency, the Argentine peso could be retired and replaced with the US dollar, joining various nations like Ecuador, the British Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos, El Salvador, and others which have currencies […]

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Bud Light Advertising Debacle Still Fermenting As Sales Continue To Slump.

Sales of the most popular American beer brand Bud Light have continued to slide, months after the company was hit with a consumer backlash over a social media promotion featuring controversial trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney. According to new Nielsen data, cited by Yahoo Finance, Bud Light sales plummeted 26.5% for the week ending August 5, […]

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Jamaicans Urged To Work On Eradicating Places Where Mosquitos Breed.

The Jamaican public is being urged to take proactive measures to eradicate mosquito breeding sites and eliminate the threat of dengue fever, by removing any standing water from their properties. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has made the call amidst a growing concern of a possible resurgence of dengue in the country. […]

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UN Chief Antonio Guterres Again Calls For Robust Multinational Military Police Force To Help Haiti Hunger, Disorder.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling on the international community to “act now” and deploy a robust non-U.N. armed force to Haiti to support the national police in stopping the gang violence overwhelming the island nation. “Nothing short of the robust use of force, complemented by a suite of non-kinetic measures, by a capable […]

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US Immigrants Put On ICE Detained In Barbaric Conditions, Said Government Inspectors.

A report by federal inspectors documents numerous examples of immigrants detained in ICE facilities, which are often operated by independent contractors, receiving inadequate medical care and violation of their human rights. Many of the detainees are kept in prison-like conditions even though most do not have criminal records. In Michigan, a man in the custody […]

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Deadly Mosquito-Borne Dengue Fever On The Rise In Florida.

Florida’s  Department of Health has placed the Broward County area on high alert after diagnosed cases of dengue fever, which is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected mosquitos, have continued to rise in 2023. Dengue is found in tropical and sub-tropical climates mostly in urban and semi-urban areas. Two cases of the infection […]

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Huge Explosion In San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, Kills 12, With 55 Missing, Burns Down Market.

A huge explosion destroyed a busy market in San Cristobal near Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on Monday, killing 12 people and injuring more than 30 others.  The latest reports are that 55 people are missing, so the death toll is very likely to rise. Although the cause of the exposion has not been officially stated, […]

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Cops Flatten Former White House Doctor, 56, Who Helped At Rodeo Medical Emergency.

Congressman  and physician Dr. Ronny Jackson, aged 56, was forcefully thrown to the ground and then arrested for calling a Texas trooper (police officer) a “f—ing full-on d—” during a fracas at a medical emergency outside a rodeo, according to newly-released video footage  obtained by the Texas Tribune. Jackson’s tense encounter with authorities came as […]

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BVI Has Massive Weed Problem And It Is Costing Millions Of Dollars.

People in the Virgin Islands who work in tourism and fishing, and people who love to use beaches are becoming increasingly bothered by the amount of smelly, rotting sargassum seaweed clogging the beaches, Government is trying to address the issue, but there are no simple solutions. Acting Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Natural […]

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