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US to Provide $240m to Migrants in the Americas

LIMA, Oct 6 (Reuters) – The United States will provide $240 million in new humanitarian assistance to help meet the needs of refugees and migrants across the Western Hemisphere, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday. Speaking at a migration-themed event at a meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Lima, […]

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Argentina Inflation Forecast to Top 100% as Prices Spiral

BUENOS AIRES, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Argentina’s annual inflation could hit 100.3% this year, according to an analysts survey published by the country’s central bank on Thursday, jumping 5.3 percentage points from the previous estimate. The forecast in the Survey of Market Expectations (REM) comes amid a prolonged financial and social crisis in Latin America’s […]

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Easter Island: Sacred Statues Damaged by Fire

World Africa Asia Australia Europe Latin America Middle East U Image source, Rapa Nui municipality Mayor of Easter Island Pedro Edmunds told local media: “The damage caused by the fire can’t be undone” By Nathan Williams BBC News A fire has damaged the enigmatic statues on Easter Island, with some of the charring said to […]

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Cholera Returns to Haiti as Nation Lurches from One Crisis to the Next

By Etant Dupain, Hande Atay Alam, and Caitlin Hu, CNN CNN  —  Dozens more cases of cholera have been diagnosed in Haiti, adding new urgency to warnings of the Caribbean nation’s descent into chaos amid political and economic crises. The deadly infection has already killed eight people, according to Haiti’s health ministry, and 68 new […]

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Senior Covid Deaths, US Kids Have Antibodies, Covid Boosters Prevent Deaths, World Covid Stats, More

Seniors top list of COVID-19 deaths this summer: analysis © Getty More seniors than any other age group died from COVID-19 this past summer amid a disease surge fueled by COVID-19 subvariants, according to an analysis published Thursday from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). The foundation analyzed COVID-19 data from the Centers for Disease Control and […]

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POLICE INVESTIGATING FATAL DOG ATTACK INCIDENT IN GINGERLAND

Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 06, 2022 (RSCNPF): The Police are investigating the death of a 3-year-old boy who was fatally wounded during a dog attack in Gingerland. The Police received a report sometime after 2 p.m. on Wednesday, October 05, 2022, that a dog had attacked a child. Investigations so far have revealed that the […]

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Security Forces confirm Drug Bust

Joint Statement on Cocaine and Cannabis Seizure   On Tuesday, October 04, 2022, at about 8 a.m. members of The St. Kitts and Nevis Customs Enforcement Division, The Anti-Narcotics Unit of The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force and The St. Kitts and Nevis Defence Force Coast Guard Operational Division conducted a joint operation […]

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T&T Suffers Effects of the Newest Tropical Weather System

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco On October 5, parts of Trinidad and Tobago were hard hit by a tropical wave. The weather system, dubbed Invest 91-L, caused severe flash flooding — especially in areas of eastern, central and south Trinidad, and the sister isle of Tobago — as well as property damage, felled trees, landslides, and […]

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EU Cites Human Rights Breaches in Haiti, Myanmar, Ethiopia 

Haitian gang warfare and pervasive sense of insecurity among the population must cease, fair elections must follow  The Myanmar military junta must immediately end the unlawful state of emergency and end its obstruction of the right to freedom of expression  Urgent plea for an immediate cessation of hostilities and to ensure humanitarian access to Tigray, […]

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