Nov 18 (Reuters) – Saint Lucia’s economy will face intensifying risks of natural disasters linked to climate change, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday, advising the Caribbean state to build buffers despite financial constraints. “Downside risks dominate,” it said in a statement, pointing to the pandemic, higher food and energy prices, costlier imports, […]

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By Rafael Barifouse and Oana Marocico BBC World Service Digital travel scams are a growing “systemic and global” problem, according to the World Travel Organisation, a branch of the UN. Dozens of Brazilian women have been finding this out the hard way, after paying for luxury holidays from a man whose Instagram account sparkles with […]

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By Sarah Morland Nov 23 (Reuters) – Some two in five of Haiti’s growing number of cholera cases are among children, the United Nation’s children’s agency warned on Wednesday, saying youth suffering from severe malnutrition ran three times the risk of dying from the bacterial disease. Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, has suffered […]

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CARACAS, Nov 23 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s effort to curb high inflation by stabilizing exchange rates is becoming less effective as the local bolivar currency slips in value against the dollar, analysts said on Wednesday. For months, President Nicolas Maduro’s administration has sought to fight inflation by anchoring the bolivar’s exchange rate. It has increased the […]

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BRASILIA, Nov 23 (Reuters) – The head of Brazil’s electoral court Alexandre de Moraes on Wednesday rejected a complaint from President Jair Bolsonaro’s allies to challenge the presidential election, which the incumbent lost by a small margin, according to a court document. Leftist ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva narrowly defeated Bolsonaro in the Oct. […]

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Image caption, Ghulam (centre) says he gives his six hungry children tranquilisers to make them sleep By Yogita Limaye BBC News, Herat Afghans are giving their hungry children medicines to sedate them – others have sold their daughters and organs to survive. In the second winter since the Taliban took over and foreign funds were […]

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NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (November 23, 2022) — Persons with disabilities (PWDs) on Nevis and St. Kitts will now be “counted” as steps are being taken to create a database for them. At the end of data collection, the information will afford greater access and awareness to them and their needs. At the opening ceremony of the […]

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Today’s Headlines Police: 6 people, assailant dead in Walmart shooting CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — A shooter opened fire in a Walmart in Virginia late Tuesday, leaving six people dead, police said, in the second high-profile mass killing in a handful…Read More Defense: Colorado gay club shooting suspect is nonbinary COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The […]

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White House looks to improve lagging vax numbers © AP The White House on Tuesday launched a six-week sprint aimed at convincing Americans to get their updated COVID-19 vaccine before the end of the year. The administration said the focus of the campaign will be on seniors and vulnerable communities hardest hit by the virus. […]

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By CMC News The Dominican Republic has accused the United States government of providing “no evidence” to back its claim that the Spanish-speaking country engaged in “a systematic pattern of violations of the rights of migrants” especially those from neighboring Haiti. “Isolated cases may occur, as in any country in the world, which, if reported […]

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