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King Charles Conquers Scotland, Takes Crown Jewels.

By Editor-July 5th, 2023. King Charles III has been presented with Scotland’s crown jewels in Edinburgh in a ceremony to mark his Coronation. He received the crown and sceptre which form part of the Honours of Scotland. The national thanksgiving service at St Giles’ Cathedral will also feature a new sword named after the late […]

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Wine Bottle Weapon in British Airways Stabbing On Route To St. Lucia. Local Man Arrested.

By Editor-July 5th, 2023. Chaos broke out aboard BA flight 2159 from Gatwick to St Lucia at the weekend and a man was stabbed with a broken wine bottle that had been purchased on board. On Sunday, a Saint Lucian national who tried to make peace during a brawl between two other passengers aboard a […]

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Trinidad High Court Rules 1951 UN Convention on Refugees Secondary to T&T Immigration Act.

By Editor-July 5th, 2023. The High Court has declared that 1951 Refugee Convention obligations do not apply and cannot be enforced in Trinidad and Tobago. It means that all immigrants are subject to the provisions of the Immigration Act, even if they have registered as refugees, claims the online publication, Trinidad Express. As a result, […]

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Stormy Weather Arrives Early As CARICOM Leaders Predict Choppy Waters For Caribbean Nations.

By Editor-July 5th, 2023. CARICOM Leaders braved stormy weather in Port-of-Spain for a commemorative ceremony in observance of the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas, where the then leaders of Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago signed the Treaty of Chaguaramas, on July 4, 1973, heralding the birth of Caricom. […]

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Cocaine Not Hazardous To Health Says White House After White Powder Scare.

By Editor-July 5th, 2023. The US White House was briefly evacuated Sunday evening after the Secret Service discovered suspicious-looking white powder in an area of the West Wing that is accessible to tourists and visitors. A preliminary test showed the powder was only cocaine, law enforcement officials said Tuesday. It was not immediately reported whether […]

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Exclusive Bank Tells Brexit Politician Farage “You Are Too Poor For Us To Bother With. Please Exit Now.”

By Editor-July 4th, 2023. Nigel Farage, the British former politician-turned-broadcaster considered mainly responsible for Brexit, recently posted a six-minute video on Twitter blaming “serious political persecution” from an anti-Brexit banking industry. He claimed that his bank, believed to be Coutts, thad closed his accounts “for no reason”. This caused a furore in Britain, with many […]

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Beauty Parlours Must Close Now Says Afghan Virtue Minister.

By Editor-July 4th, 2023. The Taliban is canceling women’s beauty parlours in Afghanistan, says a government spokesman, in the latest restriction on the rights and freedoms of women and girls in the strictly Muslim country. The government order, confirmed on Tuesday, followed the edicts barring women from education, public spaces and most forms of employment […]

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“Come On CARICOM, Help Haiti!” Pleads UN Leader. Wants Global Police Force To Move In.

By Editor, July 4th, 2023. The current escalating security situation in Haiti was the by far the most important point raised by  United Nations (UN) Secretary General António Guterres when he addressed the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) opening ceremony for its 45th Heads of Government meeting in Port-of-Spain. Guterres made a strong call on the community […]

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July 4th Independence Day Holiday in US–But Should It Have Been Celebrated On July 2nd?

By Editor-July 4th, 2023. The Fourth of July is perhaps the most American of all holdidays with its parades, barbecues, hot dogs,  and cold beer and, of course, fireworks to celebrate the day when the United States declared its independence from Britain back in 1776. Those pyrotechnics also make it an especially dangerous holiday, typically […]

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Its BYOB Now In New Zealand As Thin Plastic Bags For Fruit And Vegetables Are Banned To Reduce Pollution.

By Editor-July 4th, 2023. Supermarket customers in New Zealand already are expected to bring their own shopping bags to grocery stores, but now they will have to bring their own reusable bags for fruits and vegetables too. New Zealand is the first major country in the world to ban single-use thin produce bags at stores […]

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