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Why a Final Answer on COVID-19’s Origins Remains Out of Reach, World Covid Stats

by Joseph Choi THE HILL In this Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, photo released by Xinhua News Agency, medical workers in protective suits work on nucleic acid testing work at a coronavirus detection lab in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei Province. South Korea has reported more than hundred new virus cases and raising the total number […]

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WORLD VIEW: Storms Sweep US, Ukraine Latest, Some Fox News Reporters Lied About Voter Fraud, Dilbert Canceled, More

The AP Wire Supreme Court weighs Biden student loan plan worth billions WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up a partisan legal fight over President Joe Biden’s plan to wipe away or reduce student loans held by millions of…Read More From California to NY, storms ravage US from coast-to-coast OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — […]

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Gérard Latortue, Former Interim Haitian Premier, Dies at 88

By AP News Gérard Latortue, a former interim prime minister of Haiti who helped rebuild and unite the country after a violent coup in the mid-2000s, has died. He was 88. Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced Latortue’s death Monday, saying it was a tremendous loss for the nation. He described Latortue as “a reformer, a […]

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Frontier Airlines Now Offering Flights from Colorado to Montego Bay

By Micaiah Morgan CNW With the addition of Frontier Airlines’ nonstop service between Denver International Airport (DIA) and Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay (MBJ), Jamaican travelers from Colorado in the United States now have more options. Frontline Airlines, which is based in Denver, is the only airline that provides service between Denver and Montego […]

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Haiti’s Rural Gangs Threaten Food Production as Hunger Crisis Looms

BY GAVIN VOSS  Rural gangs have clashed with police in Haiti’s primary agricultural region in the latest sign of criminal violence disrupting food production and pushing the Caribbean nation closer to an acute hunger crisis. Kokorat San Ras, a violent rural gang with a history of police killings, attacked the town of Estère in the Artibonite […]

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Do You Have What It Takes to Become a Kittitian Rum Master?

St. Kitts is known for many things—lush forestry, beautiful volcanic beaches, and kind, warm people—but now the island is putting a spotlight on its favorite spirit By Ashley Burns ISLANDS St. Kitts is a shining example of a “something for everyone” destination, with its exceptional natural beauty, from the water to the lush green hills. […]

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As Citicism Grows Louder, Mexico’s President Accuses Protesters of Narco Links

By Tara John, Karol Suarez and Hira Humayun, CNN CNN  —  Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has dismissed concerns about his plan to shrink the country’s electoral watchdog on Monday, accusing protesters of links to drug traffickers. Images of a mass protest in Mexico City on Sunday showed tens of thousands of people wearing […]

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Struggling with U.S. Asylum App, Migrant Families Split at Border

By Daina Beth Solomon and Ted Hesson   MEXICO CITY, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Dozens of migrant families are splitting up at Mexico’s northern border as they struggle to secure U.S. asylum appointments on a government app beset by high demand and persistent glitches, migrants and advocates say. The anxiety of separation is piling more […]

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Mexican Troops, Border Residents Clash After 5 Killed by Soldiers

By ALFREDO PEÑA CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — A shooting by Mexican army soldiers left five people dead in the rough border city of Nuevo Laredo, igniting a clash between the soldiers and residents who came to the scene to protest. The soldiers were investigating gunshots from the area and opened fire on a pickup […]

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Ecuador, Belgium Sign Deal to Fight Crime After Mega Cocaine Bust

QUITO, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Ecuador and Belgium on Monday agreed to increase bilateral cooperation in their fight against international organized crime, a day after Ecuadorean police seized nearly nine tonnes of drugs bound for the European country. The interior ministers of both countries signed an agreement in Quito to promote the exchange of information, […]

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