By CMC News The director of the Department of Consumer Affairs, Paul Queeley says the efforts by the St. Kitts-Nevis government to reintroduce and eventually pass the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Consumer Protection Bill will significantly enhance the environment for all stakeholders who stand to benefit from increased protection measures in the twin-island Federation and participating […]

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By MARK STEVENSON and ARMANDO SOLÍS MEXICO CITY (AP) — The number of monarch butterflies wintering in the mountains of central Mexico dropped 22% from the previous year, and the number of trees lost from their favored wintering grounds tripled. Frost and “extreme temperatures” in the United States may have played a role in the […]

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by Kevon Browne St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN) – St. Kitts and Nevis National Commission for UNESCO observed this year’s World Poetry Day (March 21) spotlighting several local poets. Including Ms Jihan Williams, who expresses what poetry really means to her and encourages others to embrace the art form. https://fb.watch/jpPJxKFmqp/ Mr. Creighton Pencheon speaks on […]

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March 21 (Reuters) – At least 160,000 people in Haiti have been displaced in a crisis caused by increasing violence between heavily-armed gangs, the United Nations said on Tuesday, estimating that over 530 people have been killed this year. “Clashes between gangs are becoming more violent and more frequent,” the office of the U.N.’s high […]

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By Dave Sherwood HAVANA, March 22 (Reuters) – Like a growing number of Cubans, 77-year-old Havana resident Humberto Avila says he will likely sit out Sunday’s legislative elections. The retired university professor says he’s done the math – 470 candidates, 470 open seats – and sees no point in voting. “That’s the same number of […]

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March 22 (Reuters) – A Mexican national has pleaded guilty to federal charges of organizing a human-smuggling operation that led to the deaths of 13 Mexican and Guatemalan migrants in a highway crash near the border in Southern California two years ago. Jose Cruz Noguez, 49, a legal permanent U.S. resident from Mexicali, Mexico, entered […]

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By David Ljunggren and Andrea Shalal OTTAWA/WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will make a long-delayed visit to close ally Canada this week to express unity on Ukraine and the environment, but is unlikely to make much progress on tougher trade disputes, sources said on Tuesday. Biden will be in the capital […]

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By Antoinette Radford BBC News Journalists across Ecuador have been targeted by explosive devices sent through the post. One presenter, Lenin Artieda, was injured when he opened the envelope in the middle of the newsroom. He said the explosive device looked like a USB drive. He plugged it into his computer and it detonated. The […]

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by Harun Maruf VOICE OF AMERICA A Somali woman breastfeeds her child at a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia, on Sept. 20, 2022. A new report estimates 43,000 people died amid Somalia’s drought last year, half of them children. Droughts in Somalia may have killed an estimated 43,000 people last […]

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Today’s Top News China’s President Xi Jinping and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin set their sights on shaping a new world order as the Chinese leader left Moscow, having made no direct support for Putin’s war in Ukraine during his two-day visit. We spoke to Ukrainians near the frontlines who are facing the daily dilemma of […]

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