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NIA Offering Financial Assistance 2023 to Pursue Higher Education

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (February 22, 2023) — The following is an announcement from the Ministry of Human Resources in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) regarding financial assistance to pursue higher education. The Ministry of Human Resources is pleased to inform that we are now accepting applications from persons wishing to pursue higher education and are […]

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REUTERS WORLD NEWS: Biden Heads to NATO’s East, Putin Meets China’s Top Diplomat, Seattle Bans Castes, More

Putin will meet China’s top diplomat in Moscow, a winter storm threatens record snowfall in parts of the U.S., and why tech giants have a billion-dollar search problem by Linda Noakes War in Ukraine, one year on Demonstrators call on President Joe Biden to send F-16 jets to Ukraine, in Warsaw, Poland, February 22, 2023. […]

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Social Security Reform the Major Topic Discussed at Stakeholder Forum

by Kevon Browne St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN) – The longevity of the Social Security Fund in St. Kitts and Nevis has been questioned over the past decade. The fund is now in its 45th year of operation, and reforms are needed to ensure another 45 years. According to the Actuary Derek Osbourne from Life […]

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American Airlines Apologizes to Regional Prime Ministers Over Incident in Guyana

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Dr. Keith Rowley. By CMC News American Airlines has extended its “sincerest apology” to Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley, and his St. Vincent and the Grenadines counterpart, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, after they became the latest high level officials to fall victim to the airline’s policy while […]

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US Agrees to Extradite Peru Ex-President Toledo

Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo Manrique was arrested in the US in 2019. He will be extradited for “crimes of collusion and money laundering.” By DW News The US has agreed to extradite ex-Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo Manrique, who was arrested by US agencies for “crimes of collusion and money laundering,” Peru’s attorney general’s office […]

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Nearly 22,000 Russians Have Tried to Enter the US Since Putin’s War Draft

By Rosa Flores, CNN Austin, Texas CNN  —  Nailia Manzurina’s eyes filled with tears as she remembered the moment she and her two young sons had to separate from her husband in their native Russia. “Praise God it was just temporary,” she said as she wiped away tears. It was late September 2022 and emotions […]

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Boy 4 Among 3 Killed at Puerto Rico Birthday Party

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Gunmen opened fire at a birthday party in northern Puerto Rico and killed three people including a 4-year-old boy, police said Tuesday. The shooting injured two other children, ages 9 and 10, in the attack Monday night at a public housing complex in the U.S. territory’s coastal town of […]

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Bird Flu Kills Sea Lions and Thousands of Pelicans in Peru’s Protected Areas

Feb 21 (Reuters) – Bird flu has killed tens of thousands of birds, mostly pelicans, and at least 716 sea lions in protected areas across Peru, the authorities said, as the H5N1 strain spreads throughout the region. Peru recorded its first case of the virus in November in birds in the north of the country. […]

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Brazil Landslides: Dozens Missing, Feared Buried in Mud

By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News The number of people killed in landslides which hit coastal towns in Brazil’s São Paulo state over the weekend has risen to 44. More than 40 others are still missing. Locals have joined forces with rescue workers to search the mud for survivors. More than 750 people lost their homes […]

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Is Bell’s Palsy a Side Effect of COVID-19?

by Sandy Harjo-Livingston and Alix Martichoux THE HILL A photo shows what a person’s face looks like with Bell’s Palsy. (Photo/Centers for Disease Control) Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the attribution of a quote to the original journal publisher. HONOLULU (KHON) – Getting infect with COVID-19 can result in flu-like symptoms, […]

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