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WORLD VIEW: Jehovah Massacre in Germany, Trump Legal Woes, Mexican Drug Cartel apologizes for Kidnapping and Killing Americans, More

The AP Wire German police: 8 dead in Jehovah’s Witnesses hall shooting HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — A shooting at a Jehovah’s Witnesses hall in the German city of Hamburg killed eight people, apparently including the perpetrator, police said Friday….Read More h Biden budget vs. House GOP: Values on display in debt fight WASHINGTON (AP) — […]

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Virus?: More than 300 Passengers and Crew Become Sick on Ruby Princess Caribbean Cruise

More than 300 passengers and crew on the Ruby Princess have contracted a gastrointestinal illness causing vomiting and diarrhoea. The Princess Cruises voyage carrying about 4000 people ran from February 26 to Sunday (Monday NZT) in the western Caribbean, according to tracking site CruiseMapper, and docked in Galveston, Texas. While the US Centers for Disease […]

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A&B Govt. to Retain Proceeds from Sale of Russian Superyacht

DAILY OBSERVER-The government has confirmed it is set to keep any proceeds from the sale of a Russian-owned superyacht that has been moored in Antigua’s Falmouth Harbour for more than a year.The 269-foot Alfa Nero, which is owned by Russian businessman Andrey Guryev, arrived in Antigua in February last year, the same month Russia invaded […]

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Australian Woman Accused of Murdering Husband, Not Guilty in Retrial

NASSAU, March 9 (Reuters) – An Australian woman previously convicted of her husband’s murder in the Bahamas was found not guilty on Thursday in a retrial. Donna Vasyli was charged with stabbing Phillip Vasyli, a millionaire podiatrist and her husband of three decades, to death in 2015 at their home in the Caribbean nation. Her […]

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Mexico President Rejects ‘Irresponsible’ Calls for US Military Action Against Drug Cartels

By Brendan O’Boyle MEXICO CITY, March 9 (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday rebuked calls from some U.S. lawmakers advocating military action in Mexico against drug cartels, describing the proposals as threats to Mexican sovereignty. “We are not going to permit any foreign government to intervene in our territory, much less […]

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Toronto School Board Becomes First in Canada to Recognize Caste Discrimination

By Kanishka Singh March 9 (Reuters) – Toronto’s school board has become the first in Canada to recognize that caste discrimination exists in the city’s schools and has asked a provincial human rights body to help in creating a framework to address the issue. The Toronto District School Board on Wednesday voted in favor of […]

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Honduras’s First Woman President Legalises Morning-After-Contraception Pill

By Megha Mohan Gender and Identity reporter Honduran President Xiomara Castro has overturned a 13-year ban on the emergency contraceptive pill. The country’s first-ever woman leader said she had made the change by executive order for International Women’s Day, on 8 March. The morning-after pill was “part of women’s reproductive rights, and not abortive”, she […]

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Mexico: Cartel Turns In Own Men Over US Kidnappings & Murders

By Will Grant BBC Mexico correspondent Reports from the Mexican border city of Matamoros say a splinter group of the Gulf Cartel, called the Scorpions Group, has apologised for kidnapping four US citizens last week, killing two of them, and has turned over the men it says are responsible. On their front pages, many of […]

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Nevis Ministry of Tourism Warns Against Stone Removal from Heritage Sites

  NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS  – The following is an advisory from the Ministry of Tourism in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) regarding removal of stones from heritage sites. The Ministry of Tourism wishes to advise persons who are involved in the removal and transportation of stones being used to restore all heritage, historical sites and […]

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