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Top Cuban Diplomat: ‘We Will Have To’ Negotiate With the United States for Normal Relations

by Rafael Bernal The Hill NEW YORK – Cuba’s top diplomat said Tuesday his country’s officials have no choice but to engage the United States in negotiations to normalize relations, despite a decade of diplomatic whiplash and mixed messages from Washington. In an interview with The Hill, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla responded to a […]

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Recycling: Education Officials Brought In as Nevis Facility Readies to Start Operations

CHARLESTOWN, NEVIS— In its sustained effort to encourage citizens and residents to become better environmental stewards, the St. Kitts and Nevis Solid Waste Management and Recycling Project has reached out to members of the teaching fraternity in Nevis, seeking their support as project enters its second phase of establishing recycling models and mechanisms. At a […]

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Hurricane Ian: Death Toll Rises as Storm Strengthens on Way to S. Carolina

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Frankie (L) and Kendrick Romulus stand next to a boat that crashed into their apartment complex in Fort Myers, one of the worst affected areas BBC- A huge search and rescue effort is continuing in Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, which cut a swathe of destruction across the […]

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REUTERS WORLD NEWS: Russia Set to Annex, Trump Objects, Hurricane Devastates Florida, More

The Reuters Daily Briefing Thursday, September 29, 2022 by Linda Noakes Hello Here’s what you need to know. Trump objects to verifying a list of property seized from Mar-a-Lago, Porsche races higher after a landmark listing, and why Europe is bracing for mobile network blackouts Today’s biggest stories Construction for a stage near St. Basil’s […]

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NYC Mayor Announces Relief Centers to Support Caribbean Asylum Seekers

By CMC News New York City Mayor Eric Adams says the city will open its Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers to support the hundreds of asylum seekers, including Caribbean nationals, arriving in New York City daily from Texas and other border states. Adams said the humanitarian relief centers will provide assistance to newly arriving […]

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As Ian Batters Florida, Puerto Ricans Fear Being Forgotten

Residents of the island territory still suffer power and water outages from this month’s Hurricane Fiona, along with damage lingering from Hurricane Maria in 2017.   By Gloria Gonzalez Puerto Ricans still trying to recover from Hurricane Fiona have a plea for the Biden administration: Don’t forget about us. Even before Florida suffered its own […]

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SKN ExPat Brought Independence Celebration to UK City

BRADFORD, UK is celebrating the people, culture, and traditions of St Kitts and Nevis after it marked 39 years since its independence, and one man, who was born in the country, has hosted an event to commemorate the occasion. Jerry Crawford, who was born in the town of Saddlers and moved to Bradford at the […]

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‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ Rapper Coolio Dies at 59

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Coolio, the rapper who was among hip-hop’s biggest names of the 1990s with hits including “Gangsta’s Paradise” and “Fantastic Voyage,” died Wednesday at age 59, his manager said. Coolio died at the Los Angeles home of a friend, longtime manager Jarez Posey told The Associated Press. The cause was not immediately […]

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Peru: Indigenous Groups Block River in Amazon After Oil Spill

By Marcelo Rochabrun Men unload gas canisters on the Pastaza River near Block 192, a dormant Amazon oil field with a history of environmental spills where Peru is looking to reboot production amid soaring global crude prices linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in Nuevo Andoas, Peru February 22, 2022. Picture taken February 22, 2022. […]

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Brazilian Amazon Bridge Collapses, 3 killed Up to 15 Missing

 REUTERS/Bruno Kelly MANAUS, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Up to 15 people are missing and three are confirmed dead after a bridge collapsed in the northern Brazilian state of Amazonas on Wednesday, firefighters and local media said. The Amazonas Fire Department said it was looking for as many as 15 people after the collapse of a […]

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