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Lisa Marie Presley, Singer and Daughter of Elvis, Dies Aged 54

BBC- Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of rock ‘n’ roll legend Elvis, has died at the age of 54, her mother has said. “It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us,” Priscilla Presley said. Lisa Marie, also a singer, was […]

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Haitians Rush to Immigration Offices Over New US Policy

Latin Times- As U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met up on Tuesday during the North American Leaders Summit to discuss, among other things, potential military intervention in Haiti, Haitians are lining up to potentially go to the U.S. under Biden’s new immigration program. Hundreds of Haitians have flocked to the […]

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Nevis Records Federation’s First Homicide of 2023

By Devonne Cornelius St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): St. Kitts and Nevis has recorded its first homicide for 2023 following a shooting incident in Bath Village, Nevis, sometime after 4 p.m. on Wednesday, January 11. According to the police, two males were shot and taken to Alexandra Hospital. One of them has succumbed to his […]

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Haiti In Depth: ‘This Situation is Unprecedented – It’s Really Difficult To See a Way Out’

 THE GUARDIAN The departure of Haiti’s last 10 senators could hardly be a clearer sign of the lack of political order in Port-au-Prince. But from the national assembly to the supreme court, the apparatus of democracy had already broken down. In the place of a functioning state has come something close to anarchy. “The situation […]

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REUTERS WORLD NEWS: US Airlines hope for a return to normal, WHO warns of a China holiday COVID surge, India’s tightening grip on Kashmir, California Floods, More

Hello! Airlines hope for a return to normal, the WHO warns of a holiday COVID surge in China, and how India’s ruling party is tightening its grip on Kashmir   by Linda Noakes World News The Ukrainian army fires a German howitzer Panzerhaubitze 2000 near Soledar, January 11, 2023. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne Ukraine said its troops […]

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Jamaica’s Republic Plans Put On Hold Amid Political Squabble

Voice- JAMAICA’S PLANS to become a republic have been temporarily halted. The Jamaican government is blaming the Opposition for the delay in moving forward with the next stages of removing King Charles III as its head of state. The Jamaica Observer reported that Legal and Constitutional Affairs Minister Marlene Malahoo Forte said that plans to […]

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Honduras: U.N. Calls for Investigation Into Killing of 2 Environmentalists

TEGUCIGALPA, Jan 11 (Reuters) – A U.N. special rapporteur on human rights defenders on Wednesday called for an independent investigation into the killing of two environmental activists in Honduras, who had opposed an illegal mine polluting water supplies in a national reserve. Aly Dominguez, 38, and Jairo Bonilla, 28, environmental activists from the village of […]

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Peru Families Mourn Protest Dead After Worst Violence in Decades

By Marco Aquino  People react near the coffin of a person who died in violent clashes earlier this week, ignited by the ouster of leftist President Pedro Castillo, in Juliaca, Peru January 11, 2023. REUTERS/Pedro Anza LIMA, Jan 11 (Reuters) – Peruvians in the southern region of Puno carried coffins through the streets on Wednesday […]

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Haiti: Canada Sends Armored Vehicles to Fight Gang Violence

Reuters [1/3] People displaced by gang war violence in Cite Soleil walk on the streets of Delmas neighborhood after leaving Hugo Chaves square in Port-au-Prince, Haiti November 19, 2022. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol OTTAWA, Jan 11 (Reuters) – Canada delivered armored vehicles to Haiti on Wednesday to help combat criminal gangs as the Caribbean nation faces a […]

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U.S., Brazil Lawmakers Seek to Cooperate On Investigation of Brasilia Riots

By Gram Slattery, Brad Haynes and Maria Carolina Marcello WASHINGTON/BRASILIA, Jan 11 (Reuters) – U.S. and Brazilian lawmakers are looking for ways to cooperate on an investigation into violent protests that rampaged through Brasilia this weekend, sharing lessons from inquiries into the attack on the U.S. Capitol, people familiar with the talks said. The initial […]

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