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US FDA Recommends ‘Harmonizing’ Primary COVID Doses and Boosters, Updated Vax Effective, World Covid Stats

By Joseph Choi AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File FILE – A patient waits to be called for a COVID-19 vaccination booster shot outside a pharmacy in a grocery store, on Nov. 3, 2021, in downtown Denver. U.S. regulators have opened up COVID-19 booster shots to all and more adults, letting them choose another dose of either […]

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American Airlines Flight Attendant Shot and Killed in Trinidad

By CMC News A 22-year-old American Airlines flight attendant was shot and killed, and another person injured during a shooting in Trinidad and Tobago Tuesday night. According to the Trinidad Police, Shakir Wells, and his 19-year-old friend Martin Stewart went to visit a friend in Wallerfield. Wells stepped out of his vehicle to speak with […]

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Bahamas PM Calls for Haitian-Led Initiative, Caricom Support to Solve Country’s Crisis

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, (CMC) – Bahamas Prime Minister Phillip Davis says the solution to the unfolding socio-economic and political situation in Haiti lies in a Haitian-led initiative that should include the support of Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders. “The crisis in Haiti is getting worse,” said Davis, who is also chairman of the 15-member regional integration […]

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REUTERS WORLD NEWS: Ukraine: New Deadly Rus Missile Attack, Israeli Troops Kill 9 Palestinians in Gunfight, Australian Open Tennis, More

Hello The Toyota founder’s grandson steps down as chief executive, SAP is the latest tech company to cut jobs, and thousands rally for ‘Invasion Day’ protests in Australia by Linda Noakes World News People take shelter inside a metro station during massive Russian missile attacks in Kyiv, January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi Russia launched a […]

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Canada Still Hasn’t Seized a Single Dollar Through Its Haiti Sanctions

The centerpiece of the government’s Haitian strategy has yet to lead to asset freezes or seizures Evan Dyer · CBC News Sanctions imposed by the federal government on 15 of Haiti’s most prominent powerbrokers have not led to asset seizures or freezes, despite the presence of those assets in Canada. Under pressure from the Biden […]

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Crusading Judge Tests Boundaries of Free Speech in Brazil

Judge Alexandre de Moraes stands as he is sworn in as the new head of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, the government body that oversees elections, ahead of the Oct. 2 elections in Brasilia, Brazil, Aug. 16, 2022. De Moraes has been aggressively pursuing those suspected of undermining Brazil’s democracy, whether it’s investigating former President Jair […]

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Cuba Picks 5 MLB Affiliated Players for World Classic

HAVANA (AP) — Cubans signed with Major League Baseball organizations and other foreign clubs will for the first time join domestic stars on the national team that will play in the World Baseball Classic, officials announced. The Cuban Baseball Federation long defended the idea of amateurism and punished those who left the island to seek […]

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Haiti Police Need International Help to Win Against Gangs

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Haiti’s police will not win a fight against criminal gangs without more international support, including the key deployment of a rapid action force, the United Nations envoy to the impoverished Caribbean country said on Wednesday. While it has been three months since U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres proposed such a […]

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U.S. Captures of Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan Migrants Plummet

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (Reuters) – The number of migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border dropped off dramatically from December to January following new rules that expel them back to Mexico, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said. U.S. authorities encountered a daily average of just 115 […]

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Peruvian Lawmakers with Motion Seeking to Impeach New President, While OAS Backs Boluarte

LIMA, Jan 25 (Reuters) – A group of Peruvian lawmakers on Wednesday submitted a motion seeking to impeach President Dina Boluarte after a little over a month in power citing “permanent moral incapacity”. The bid to remove Boluarte comes in the midst of violent protests following the impeachment and arrest last month of her predecessor, […]

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