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Memories of Diana: Prince Harry & Meghan Allege ‘Near Catastrophic’ Paparazzi Car Chase in NY

By Max Foster, John Miller and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN   CNN  —  Prince Harry and his wife Meghan were involved in a chaotic car chase with paparazzi in New York on Tuesday night that could have resulted in a “catastrophic” outcome, their spokesperson has alleged. The Sussexes were pursued by photographers after leaving the Women […]

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Ecuador: PM Heads Off Impeachment by Dissolving Parliament for New Election

QUITO, May 17 (Reuters) – Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso dissolved the National Assembly by decree on Wednesday, bringing forward legislative and presidential elections and heading off an attempt by opposition politicians to impeach him. Police and military decked in riot gear guarded the National Assembly building from behind barricades in capital Quito, allowing no one […]

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El Salvador Forces Surround Town in North after Killing of Cop

SAN SALVADOR, May 17 (Reuters) – El Salvador has deployed at least 5,000 soldiers and 500 police to surround a town in the northwest of the country in a push to arrest those responsible for the suspected gang killing of a police officer, President Nayib Bukele said on Wednesday. The officer was killed while on […]

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Cuba: VIP Treatment for Russian Business Delegates

By Dave Sherwood and Nelson Acosta HAVANA, May 17 (Reuters) – Russian and Cuban officials and business leaders on Wednesday announced new perks to entice Russian investors into the Cuban market, the latest sign of fast-growing economic ties between the two long-time political allies. Boris Titov, head of the Russian delegation of the Cuban-Russian Business […]

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Confusion in Colombia Over Claim Missing Children Found after Amazon Plane Crash

By Adam Durbin BBC News There is confusion over whether four children have been found alive in Amazon rainforest, more than two weeks after a plane crash in Colombia. President Gustavo Petro claimed on Wednesday they had been located alive after an “arduous search”. But defence ministry sources have told local media they have no […]

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How Florida Became a Conservative Bastion

by Max Greenwood THE HILL Florida has become the nerve center of the modern Republican Party. Once the nation’s largest and most volatile swing state, Florida has lurched to the right in recent years, becoming a mecca for the GOP’s most influential luminaries and wealthiest donors. Republicans now hold supermajorities in the state legislature, and Gov. Ron DeSantis […]

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85 Nevisians Benefitted from the TDC Warren Tyson Memorial Scholarship Programme

  CHARLESTOWN, NEVIS, May 17, 2023 (MMS-SKN) — With fewer primary schools than St. Kitts, the Nevis leg of the ‘Warren C. Tyson Memorial Scholarship Public Primary Schools Tour’ is about to come to an end following the visit at the Ivor Walters Primary School on Monday, May 15. Managing Director of TDC Nevis Ltd, […]

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World Likely to Pass the 1.5C Climate Threshold by 2027, Scientists Warn

UN agency says El Niño and human-induced climate breakdown could combine to push temperatures into ‘uncharted territory’ Fiona Harvey Environment editor GUARDIAN The world is almost certain to experience new record temperatures in the next five years, and temperatures are likely to rise by more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, scientists have warned. The breaching […]

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Haiti Turns to Africa, Latin America for Help Amid Security Turmoil

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, (HCNN/CMC) – Haiti’s government has now turned to Africa and Latin-America to persuade them to help with contributing to the deployment of a multinational military force to the Caribbean country where rampant gang violence has claimed countless lives over the past years, officials say. In the face of repeated failures by the United […]

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Speedy Caribbean Tourism Recovery the Result of Collaboration-Jamaica Tourism Chief

JIS News- Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the Caribbean’s speedy post-COVID-19 tourism recovery is a result of an inclusive “all on board” approach, which sees the region enjoying record numbers in both arrivals and earnings. Delivering the main address at the Caribbean Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (CARAIFA) 34th Annual Sales […]

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