By Francis Kokoroko Summary U.S. vice president starts three-nation Africa tour Washington seeking to counter Chinese, Russian influence Harris says she raised LGBT rights issue ACCRA, March 27 (Reuters) – The United States will provide $100 million to Ghana and four other West African countries to help them deal with violent extremism and instability, Vice […]
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by Stephen Neukam Three children and three adult staff members died from gunshot wounds in Nashville, Tenn., on Monday after police say a female armed with two assault-style weapons and a handgun opened fire in a school. Officials said the female appeared to be in her teens but her identity had yet to be confirmed. […]
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By CMC News The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) said the Bank of St Vincent and the Grenadines’ (BOSVG) has taken over the operations of the First Caribbean International Bank (Barbados) Limited (FCIB) in Kingstown. In a statement, the ECCB, which serves as a central bank for the islands of Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, […]
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By CMC News The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) agency says officers from its Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Philadelphia apprehended several Caribbean nationals among 21 noncitizens identified as having been convicted of felony rape, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, unlawful possession or use of a firearm, drug distribution or trafficking, or driving under […]
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By AP News A Florida judge sentenced a 16-year-old Florida boy to life in prison on Friday for fatally stabbing a 13-year-old female classmate on Mother’s Day in 2021. Aiden Fucci, 16, was 14 when he stabbed Tristyn Bailey at least 114 times in the woods near where the teens lived in north Florida, prosecutors […]
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Today’s Top News Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition plunged into chaos after mass overnight protests over the sacking of his defense chief piled pressure on the government to halt its bitterly contested plans to overhaul the judiciary. NATO slammed Vladimir Putin for “dangerous” nuclear rhetoric after the Russian president announced plans to station tactical nuclear […]
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NEW YORK (AP) — A cleric arrested in his native Jamaica and extradited to New York to face state terrorism charges on accusations of recruiting support for the Islamic State group was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison. Abdullah el-Faisal was convicted in January in state Supreme Court in Manhattan on counts including soliciting […]
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has canceled his trip to China after contracting pneumonia, the presidential palace said on Saturday. Lula, 77, was admitted to a hospital in the capital of Brasilia with flu-like symptoms and was diagnosed with “bacterial and viral bronchopneumonia due to influenza A,” the […]
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By DAVID BILLER A woman, center, holds a sign that reads in Portuguese “A paradise that cannot become a private enterprise,” during a protest against the installation of a zip line on Sugar Loaf Mountain, an iconic of the city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, March 26, 2023. (AP […]
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By Dave Sherwood A woman walks to cast her vote at a polling station during the legislative elections in Havana, Cuba, March 26, 2023. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini HAVANA, March 26 (Reuters) – Upwards of 70% of eligible Cubans had cast ballots by late Sunday afternoon in an election for the 470 lawmakers who will represent them […]
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