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Ukraine Will Remember Who Backed Us – Foreign Minister

By James Landale BBC Diplomatic correspondent in Kyiv Countries that “mistreated Ukraine” will be held to account after the war ends, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has warned. In a BBC interview he said the choice every nation made following Russia’s full-scale invasion will be “taken into account in building future relations”. He also warned […]

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Photos: Cyclone Freddy to Ease after Battering Malawi, Mozambique Killing Nearly 300

Freddy set unofficial record as world’s longest tropical storm, a benchmark set in 1994 At least 270 people have died and tens of thousands were displaced in Malawi, Mozambique, and Madagascar amid Cyclone Freddy’s heavy rains and winds this month. The storm dissipated Wednesday after making landfall three times, once in Madagascar and twice in Mozambique. Malawi’s financial […]

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A 5,000 Mile Wide Mass of Sargassum Seaweed Heading for Caribbean

By Jackie Wattles, CNN CNN- A gargantuan mass of seaweed that formed in the Atlantic Ocean is headed for the shores of Florida and other coastlines throughout the Gulf of Mexico, threatening to dump smelly and potentially dangerous heaps across beaches and put a big damper on tourist season. The seaweed, a variety called sargassum, […]

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A&B AG Announces Major Overhaul of Immigration Department

562 Attorney General Steadroy Benjamin By Robert A. Emmanuel A&B OBSERVER The Immigration Department will see a revamp of its administrative hierarchy as the Attorney General called for an improvement in the customer service offered by immigration officers. Speaking in Parliament yesterday, Attorney General Steadroy Benjamin — who is also the minister responsible for immigration […]

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SKN’s New Airlink to Barbados Offers Mutual Tourist Attractions

by Sheena Forde-Craigg With Barbados now having non-stop flights to St. Kitts via interCaribbean Airways, Barbadians are being encouraged to visit the island of St. Kitts and “venture deeper”. Speaking on behalf of the Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc.’s (BTMI) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Jens Thraenhart, stressed that the […]

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Dominican Republic Sending Children, Pregnant Migrants Back to Haiti

By Widlore Mérancourt and Amanda Coletta WASHINGTON POST   PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Impoverished Haiti, beset by spreading gang violence, worsening hunger and now cholera, is hemorrhaging refugees. Its nearest neighbor is responding by tightening its border and stepping up deportations. The Dominican Republic, with which Haiti shares the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, is building a […]

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WORLD VIEW: Credit Suisse’s Shares Soared 30% with News of Massiive Loan, US & China Vie for Mideast Influence, China Won’t Sell TikTok, More

The AP Wire Credit Suisse shares soar after central bank aid announced GENEVA (AP) — Credit Suisse’s shares soared 30% on Thursday after it announced it will move to shore up its finances by borrowing up to nearly $54 billion from the Swiss…Read More Japan, South Korea move forward on trade issue before summit TOKYO […]

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UN Warns Gangs Consuming Haiti Despite Help for Police

By DÁNICA COTO SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.N.’s special envoy to Haiti warned Wednesday that the ongoing training and resources the international community is providing to Haiti’s national police force is not enough to fight increasingly violent gangs. Helen La Lime, head of the U.N.’s Integrated Office in Haiti, unexpectedly joined an […]

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Ecuador, Argentina Order Out Envoys Amid Diplomatic Clash

By GONZALO SOLANO QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Argentina and Ecuador are in a diplomatic clash after a former Ecuadorian Cabinet minister, who had been convicted of corruption and taken refuge with the Argentine ambassador, escaped from Ecuador’s capital of Quito to Venezuela Both countries have expelled the other’s ambassador as a result of their disagreement […]

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Colombian Coal Mine Blast Kills 11, Search on for Survivors

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A powerful explosion tore through a series of five coal mines interconnected by tunnels and ventilation systems in a rural area of central Colombia, killing at least 11 people and leaving 10 others missing, the government said Wednesday. Nine other miners who got out of the complex after the blast were […]

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