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Brazilian Gisele Bundchen:Tom Brady Divorce Was ‘Death of My Dream’

By Marita Moloney BBC News Model Gisele Bundchen has opened up on her divorce from NFL player Tom Brady, describing it as “the death of my dream”. The Brazilian supermodel and American football star split after 13 years of marriage last October. “It’s tough because you imagine your life was going to be a certain […]

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Spencer Brand Speaks on Tsunami Awareness Exercise

  NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS  — The following is an address by Hon. Spencer Brand, Minister of Disaster Management as Nevis joins the region in the annual tsunami awareness, Caribe Wave Tsunami Exercise on Thursday, March 23. It gives me immense pleasure as Minister with responsibility for Disaster Management on the island of Nevis, to join […]

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Three CARICOM Countries Join Mexico in Lawsuit Against US Gun Manufacturers

By CMC News The Bahamas government says it has joined a brief filed by Mexico in the United States Court of Appeal in the First Circuit, in support of a US$10 billion suit to hold US gun manufacturers liable for the harm caused by their products. The Bahamas has been joined by Antigua and Barbuda, […]

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SKN Government to Reintroduce CARICOM Legislation to Protect Consumers

By CMC News The director of the Department of Consumer Affairs, Paul Queeley says the efforts by the St. Kitts-Nevis government to reintroduce and eventually pass the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Consumer Protection Bill will significantly enhance the environment for all stakeholders who stand to benefit from increased protection measures in the twin-island Federation and participating […]

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Number of Monarch Butterflies Wintering in Mexico Drops 22%

By MARK STEVENSON and ARMANDO SOLÍS MEXICO CITY (AP) — The number of monarch butterflies wintering in the mountains of central Mexico dropped 22% from the previous year, and the number of trees lost from their favored wintering grounds tripled. Frost and “extreme temperatures” in the United States may have played a role in the […]

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Local SKN Poets Featured on World Poetry Day

by Kevon Browne St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN) – St. Kitts and Nevis National Commission for UNESCO observed this year’s World Poetry Day (March 21) spotlighting several local poets. Including Ms Jihan Williams, who expresses what poetry really means to her and encourages others to embrace the art form. https://fb.watch/jpPJxKFmqp/ Mr. Creighton Pencheon speaks on […]

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UN Urges Action in Haiti Displacement Crisis Caused by Gang Wars, 200 Dead in Two Weeks

March 21 (Reuters) – At least 160,000 people in Haiti have been displaced in a crisis caused by increasing violence between heavily-armed gangs, the United Nations said on Tuesday, estimating that over 530 people have been killed this year. “Clashes between gangs are becoming more violent and more frequent,” the office of the U.N.’s high […]

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As Cuba Election Day Nears, Some Voters Ask, ‘Why Bother?’

By Dave Sherwood HAVANA, March 22 (Reuters) – Like a growing number of Cubans, 77-year-old Havana resident Humberto Avila says he will likely sit out Sunday’s legislative elections. The retired university professor says he’s done the math – 470 candidates, 470 open seats – and sees no point in voting. “That’s the same number of […]

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Mexican National Pleads Guilty in California Crash that Killed 13 Migrants

March 22 (Reuters) – A Mexican national has pleaded guilty to federal charges of organizing a human-smuggling operation that led to the deaths of 13 Mexican and Guatemalan migrants in a highway crash near the border in Southern California two years ago. Jose Cruz Noguez, 49, a legal permanent U.S. resident from Mexicali, Mexico, entered […]

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Biden, Trudeau to Talk Ukraine, Defense Spending, Haiti

By David Ljunggren and Andrea Shalal OTTAWA/WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will make a long-delayed visit to close ally Canada this week to express unity on Ukraine and the environment, but is unlikely to make much progress on tougher trade disputes, sources said on Tuesday. Biden will be in the capital […]

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