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REUTERS WORLD NEWS: Where FTX Crypto Money Went, $1b Fine for China Firm, US Preparing for Xmas Travel, World Cup, More

The Reuters Daily Briefing Tuesday, November 22, 2022 by Linda Noakes Hello Here’s what you need to know. A decorated U.S. Army veteran was one of two men who took down the Colorado shooter, Malaysia’s king will choose the prime minister amid a post-election crisis, and China is set to fine Ant Group over $1 […]

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Jamaica: Funeral Service Ends with Child, Young Man Killed in Drive-By Shooting

By CMC News Jamaican police say a five-year-old boy was shot and killed on Sunday as his family attended a funeral service in St. James, pushing the murder toll in the island to 1363 so far this year. Police said Tavoy Cummings and a 24-year-old man, known only as ‘Isis’, were killed during the incident […]

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Exclusive: Dominican Republic Expelled Hundreds of Children to Haiti Without Their Families This Year

By Caitlin Hu and Etant Dupain, CNN CNN  —  Hundreds of children have been expelled from the Dominican Republic without their parents, according to UNICEF, amid a sweeping government push to remove suspected undocumented migrants from the country. The United Nations Children’s Agency has received at least 1,800 unaccompanied children delivered by Dominican immigration authorities […]

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Analysis: First U.S. Coral Insurance Marks the Rise of the Reef Brigades

By Clare Baldwin Summary Hawaii on Monday takes out first U.S. coral insurance Mexico, other Caribbean countries have tested the idea Willis Towers Watson also working on plan for Fiji HONG KONG, Nov 21 (Reuters) – Conservation group The Nature Conservancy’s vision for the future of coral protection involves speed boats, and a global army […]

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Cuban Musician Pablo Milanés Dies Aged 79

Mark Savage Music Correspondent BBC   Pablo Milanés, a Grammy award winner who was a key member of Cuba’s “nuevo trova” (new music) movement, has died aged 79. Aaffectionately known as Pablito, he was renowned for his poetic lyrics and emotional vocals on hits like Yolanda, Yo Me Quedo (I’m Staying) and Amo Esta Isla […]

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Mexico Detains More than 16,000 Foreign Migrants in 4 Days, Some Republican States Want Trump Border Curbs

Reuters   MEXICO CITY, Nov 21 (Reuters) – Mexico detained more than 16,000 migrants in a four-day span, including nearly 5,000 Venezuelans, the country’s National Institute of Migration (INM) said Monday. The INM said 16,096 migrants from 46 countries were detained in 22 Mexican states between Nov. 17 and 20. The majority of the migrants […]

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Failed FTX Chief & His Parents Bought 19 Bahamas Properties Before Firm Collapsed

Summary Companies FTX unit bought 7 condos in high-end resort for “key personnel” Bankman-Fried’s parents named owners of $16.4 mln vacation home Bankman and Fried tell Reuters: Seeking to return deed to FTX NEW PROVIDENCE, Bahamas, Nov 22 (Reuters) – Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX, his parents and senior executives of the failed cryptocurrency exchange bought at […]

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St. Kitts and Nevis Small Business Entrepreneurs Promised Support by Federal Ministry

  BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, November 21, 2022 (MMS-SKN) — The Federal Ministry of Small Business and Entrepreneurship is fully geared to grow the country’s economy by among others offering support to the over 1,200 persons in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis who are part of the Small Business Development Centre family. “We have a […]

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US Lawmakers Seek to End Slavery for Prison Inmates, Still Legal in Most States

by Cheyanne M. Daniels THE HILL Story at a glance Rep. Nikema Williams (D-Ga.) and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) have offered legislation called the Abolition Amendment. The legislation from Williams and Merkley would amend the 13th Amendment to eliminate “the slavery clause.”   As part of the midterm elections, voters in Tennessee, Alabama, Oregon and Vermont […]

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Nevis Water Department Advises of Water Service Interruption Wednesday, November 23

  NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (Monday 21, 2022) — The following is an advisory from the Nevis Water Department (NWD) regarding an interruption in the water service scheduled for November 23, 2022. The Nevis Water Department wishes to advise the general public of a scheduled water interruption on Wednesday November  23, 2022, during the hours of 9:00 a.m. to […]

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