Image source, EPA Forests have been cut down to make way for coca bushes Colombia has increased its cultivation of coca plants – the main ingredient in the illegal drug cocaine – by 43%, a new UN report says. Last year the area of coca cultivation expanded to a vast 204,000 hectares (504,100 acres). […]
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Image source, ReutersImage caption, Wreckage of an Iranian kamikaze drone shot down by Ukrainians By George Wright BBC News Iran has deployed military experts in Russian-occupied Crimea to help launch drone attacks on Ukraine, the White House says. The Iranians are trainers and tech support workers, a US spokesman said. The Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, was […]
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Quick and stealthy ‘Scrabble variants’ are poised to drive a winter Covid-19 surge By Brenda Goodman, CNN CNN — A flurry of new Covid-19 variants appears to be gaining traction globally, raising fears of a winter surge. In the United States, these are BQ.1, BQ.1.1, BF.7, BA.4.6, BA.2.75 and BA.2.75.2. In other countries, the recombinant […]
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by TheHill.com – British Prime Minister Liz Truss quits after her policies triggered economic turmoil and obliterated her authority. “I recognize though, given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party,” Truss announced in a statement outside 10 Downing St. “I have therefore spoken to His Majesty […]
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“We’re going to have a civil uprising in Haiti similar to 1915,” said former Ambassador Dan Foote. by Ryan Grim If the U.S. moves forward with a U.N.-proposed plan to send armed forces into Haiti, the Biden administration’s former envoy to Haiti warned, the result will be a predictable catastrophe. Ambassador Dan Foote resigned last […]
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EFE (via 14ymedio), Havana, 18 October 2022 — A coalition of opposition groups from Cuba has expressed “solidarity” with Ukraine in an open letter to its president, Volodymyr Zelensky, rejecting their country’s support for Russia. The D Frente collective, which brings together Cuban dissident groups “opposed to the totalitarian system prevailing in Cuba,” says in […]
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By CMC News The St. Kitts-Nevis government has announced plans for a geothermal project aimed at pushing forward the twin-island federation’s energy security agenda. Environment and Climate Action Minister, Dr. Joyelle Clarke, says the ministries of energy and the environment partnered on the geothermal project. “We are working together to create what we call energy […]
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Today’s Headlines Ukraine’s utilities threatened by Russia in war’s new phase KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — When a missile struck a power station less than a mile from his apartment on the outskirts of Kyiv, Oleksander Maystrenko didn’t panic, run to a bomb…Read More Afghan couple accuse US Marine of abducting their baby The young Afghan […]
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More than eight in 10 shoppers have been forced to adjust what they buy to save cash, and 12% of people are eating fewer meals due to cost, consumer group Which? found By Dave Burke Daily Mirror Millions of Brits are skipping meals while nearly half of the population are eating less healthy food […]
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Run Barbados 2022 REGISTER Bathsheba, Barbados Visit Website Series details Run Barbados has been a staple on the Barbados calendar of events since it’s inception in 1983. The 2022 event will offer 2 days of exciting events for the whole family.] The 39th edition of Run Barbados series is scheduled for Dec 10th & 11th, […]
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