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Migrants Stranded on Chile-Peru Border Repatriated to Venezuela

SANTIAGO, May 7 (Reuters) – Chile’s government said that 115 Venezuelan migrants who had been stranded on the border with Peru were repatriated to Venezuela on a humanitarian flight Sunday. Hundreds of migrants, mostly Venezuelans seeking to return home, had been stranded in the country’s northern border after being denied entry into Peru. The incident […]

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Mexico Claims Proof of Chinese Fentanyl Smuggling

Image source, Reuters Image caption, Fentanyl trafficking has surged in the US in recent years The Mexican president says his country has proof that illegal shipments of the powerful opioid drug fentanyl are arriving from China. A container with hidden packages of the drug was intercepted in the Pacific port of Lázaro Cárdenas, President Andrés […]

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Arequipa Gold Mine Fire Kills at Least 27 in Peru

At least 27 people have died in a gold mine fire in Peru, in the worst mining accident in the country in decades. The mine company, Yanaquihua, said 175 miners were rescued. It is a small mine in the Arequipa region, in the south. An electrical short-circuit is thought to have sparked the fire. Officials […]

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St Kitts & Nevis Is Not Totally Free Under King Charles III, Republic Next Step, Says PM Dr. Drew

By Celestina Olulode BBC News, St Kitts and Nevis The Prime Minister of a Caribbean nation has told the BBC his country is “not totally free” as long as King Charles III remains head of state. Dr Terrance Drew said that a public consultation on whether St Kitts and Nevis should become a republic would […]

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Coronation Concert: William Says He is ‘So Proud’ of His Father King Charles

    By Lauren Turner & Sean Coughlan, Royal correspondent BBC News The Prince of Wales has paid tribute to his “Pa” King Charles the day after the Coronation, saying the late Queen Elizabeth II would be “a proud mother”. Addressing the crowds at Windsor Castle for the Coronation concert, William said his grandmother was “up […]

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NWD to Effect Repairs at Hickman’s From May 08; Seeking Motorists’ Cooperation

  NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (May 05, 2023) — The following is a notice from the Nevis Water Department (NWD) regarding upcoming repair works in the Hickman’s area. The general public is asked to take note that the Nevis Water Department will be working on repairing a pumping main at the intersection between the top of […]

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IT’S OFFICIAL- WHO Downgrades COVID-19, No Longer a Global Emergency

by Joseph Choi THE HILL   The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday announced it was ending its declaration of COVID-19 as a public health emergency of international concern, more than three years after it was first declared. “For more than a year, the pandemic has been on a downward trend, with population immunity increasing […]

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Objective journalism threatened by fake content and false media platforms

By Sir Ronald Sanders Media freedom in the Americas, from Canada in the North to Argentina in the South, with the Caribbean in between, did not rank very well in the 2023 World Press Freedom (WPF) Index. In a measurement of 180 countries and territories, only Canada – rated at 15 – secured a place […]

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WORLD VIEW: 2nd Serbian Mass Murder Suspect Arrested, Trump Rape Trial, UK King’s Coronation, More

The AP Wire Suspect arrested in Serbia’s second mass shooting in 2 days President Aleksandar Vucic calls the latest mass shooting in Serbia, which left 8 dead and 13 injured, an attack on the whole country and says the gunman targeted people at random. The recent bloodshed has sent shockwaves through a Balkan nation scarred […]

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