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Prime Minister Promises Haiti Will Be In Election Mode Before Year End

By Santana Salmon Haiti’s Prime Minister Dr. Ariel Henry is condemning persons whom he said want to acquire political power in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country without first seeking a mandate from the population. In a nationwide radio and television broadcast on Sunday night, Henry, who has been acting as president since July last year, […]

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Climate Crisis: ‘Unchartered Levels of Destruction’ — UN Chief Warns

CLIMATE impacts are heading into “uncharted territories of destruction,” the head of the UN has warned, as a multi-agency report sets out the scale of the crisis. The United In Science report, co-ordinated by the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), warns that “without ambitious action, the physical and socio-economic impacts of climate change will be […]

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Haiti: 2 Journalists Killed While Reporting on Violence

Two Haitian reporters have been fatally shot and their bodies set on fire while reporting in a slum controlled by gangs in the country’s capital By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Two Haitian reporters were fatally shot and their bodies set on fire while reporting in a slum controlled by gangs in the […]

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Lula Maintains Lead Over Bolsonaro Ahead of Brazil Election

Sept 12 (Reuters) – Brazil presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva continues to poll ahead of President Jair Bolsonaro, extending his lead to 15 percentage points, according to an IPEC poll published on Monday. The survey showed Lula with 46% of voter support against 31% for Bolsonaro in the first round of the election […]

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Smugglers Put Migrants in Suitcases, Empty Water Tanks, U.S. Prosecutors Say

WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (Reuters) – U.S. authorities unveiled indictments on Tuesday of a lucrative human smuggling operation that allegedly included moving migrants in suitcases and water tanks from the U.S.-Mexico border, as the Biden administration cracks down on groups fueling a record number of border crossings. Eight people, mostly U.S. citizens, were indicted for their […]

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Will Jamaica Now Seek to ‘Move On’ As a Republic?

By Will Grant BBC News, in Kingston, Jamaica Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Polls suggest some in Jamaica are ready to greet a new era without the Crown (file picture) The proclamation of the new monarch – King of Jamaica – reverberated around Kingston Harbour, a port that once stood at the heart of the […]

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Queen to Lie in State as London Gears-Up for Massive Funeral Sept. 19

Caroline Davies Guardian Queen Elizabeth II made a final journey home to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday night as her coffin was received by her family in a small private ceremony before being handed back to the nation for her official lying in state. Led by the King, her children, grandchildren, and their spouses, gathered inside […]

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NIA Donates Equipment to Nevis Solid Waste Management Authority

   NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS- Acting Premier of Nevis Hon. Alexis Jeffers believes that the environment on Nevis has improved considerably thanks to the work of the Nevis Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA). Mr. Jeffers made the comment while commending the staff at the official handing over ceremony of two SPV garbage trucks, one HE210 excavator […]

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St. Vincent: 5 Killed in Overturned Van Traveling to Funeral

By Micaiah Morgan Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves on Monday led the country in paying tribute to the five people who were killed when the vehicle in which they were travelling to a funeral overturned in Sandy Bay on Sunday afternoon. “I am asking all of us in this […]

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Sugar Cane Workers are Barely Surviving in Camajuani, Cuba

14ymedio, Yankiel Gutiérrez Faife, Camajuaní (Villa Clara), 10 September 2022 — The inhabitants of the Camajuaní valley, in the province of Villa Clara, have known better times for the intensive cultivation of sugar cane. Today, many of the characteristic towers of the sugar mills that gave prosperity to the settlements of Carmita, Fe, Rosalía, La […]

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