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Mass Murder: Gunmen Storm Mexican Resort, Kill Seven People, Including Child

By Daniel Becerril MEXICO CITY, April 15 (Reuters) – Armed men on Saturday killed a child and six others after storming a resort in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, authorities said, in a region increasingly plagued by drug cartel violence. Footage widely shared on social media showed the aftermath of the attack in a […]

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Ireland: Cocaine from Ecuador Worth $4.5m Seized at Ringaskiddy Port in Cork

  Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The drug was discovered at Ringaskiddy Port on Friday Published 15 April 2023 Irish customs officers have seized cocaine worth €3.85m (£3.44m) at Ringaskiddy Port in County Cork. Some 55kg of the drug was found on Friday, hidden inside the refrigeration unit of a shipping container that had been […]

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Million-Year-Old Viruses Help Fight Cancer, Say Scientists

Image source, Getty Images By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent Relics of ancient viruses – that have spent millions of years hiding inside human DNA – help the body fight cancer, say scientists. The study by the Francis Crick Institute showed the dormant remnants of these old viruses are woken up when cancerous cells […]

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Colombia: Volcano Eruption Predicted, Only Few Residents Evacuate

By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Bogota, Colombia CNN  —  Hundreds of families in Colombia are facing a choice: abandon their homes and livelihoods, or face the devastation of a predicted volcanic eruption in the coming weeks. The Nevado del Ruiz volcano, one of Colombia’s highest peaks, sits in a densely populated farming area and is infamous […]

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Alabama Shooting: Four Dead, 28 Injuured at Sweet 16 Birthday Party

By Jessica Parker and James Gregory BBC News, Alabama and London At least four people have been killed in a mass shooting at a 16th birthday party in the US state of Alabama. Twenty-eight people were injured, some critically, after shots were fired at the Mahogany Masterpiece Dance Studio in the city of Dadeville on […]

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UK: Windrush Victims Being Failed by Compensation Scheme – Report

By Ashitha Nagesh BBC Community Affairs correspondent Windrush scandal victims are still facing long waits and inadequate offers of compensation, according to a new report by a global human rights group. Human Rights Watch said the Home Office-run compensation scheme should be handed to an independent body. Five years ago it was revealed thousands of […]

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El Chapo Sons Among Sinaloa Cartel Members Charged by US

By George Wright BBC News Sons of drugs kingpin “El Chapo” are among members of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel charged in the United States with running a huge operation that supplies fentanyl to the US. The operation was allegedly fuelled by Chinese chemical companies. Fentanyl is responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of mainly […]

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NARCOTICS RECOVERED AT SOUTHEAST PENINSULA

Law enforcement officers of the Anti-Narcotics Unit (ANU) in the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force (RSCNPF) successfully took into custody a quantity of drug contraband on the night of April 13, 2023. Acting on information received from Police personnel at the Frigate Bay Police Station, ANU officers journeyed to Turtle Beach on the […]

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T&T Gov’t Awarded US$132M Final Judgment in Piarco Case

By CMC News The Trinidadian Government has been awarded more than US$132 million in damages in the 19-year-old Piarco International Airport civil asset forfeiture case, according to the final judgment issued in the Miami-Dade circuit court by Judge Reemberto Diaz. The money will have to be paid by former government minister Brian Kuei Tung and […]

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