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WORLD VIEW: Trump Search, UK Hit with 80% Hike in Power Bills, Drought Brings Early French Grape Harvest, More

Today’s Headlines Trump search redacted affidavit set to be released WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is set to release Friday a heavily blacked out document explaining the justification for an FBI search of former President Donald…Read More Britain to see 80% spike in energy bills as crisis deepens LONDON (AP) — Jennifer Jones keeps […]

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Panama’s Border Crisis with Endless Migrants Heading to the US

By Robert C. Thornett] American Affairs Every night inside the chain link fence of Panama’s San Vicente Migration Reception Station near the Colombian border, up to a thousand or more migrants emerge from a sea of tents to board a caravan of sixty-seat buses run by the Panamanian government. Together in a convoy, the buses […]

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Heavy Rain Brings Floods to Trinidad

T&T Guardian- Another day of heavy showers and thunderstorms has brought floods to parts of central and northern Trinidad. Flooding was reported across parts of Freeport, Chase Village, Chaguanas, Montrose, Edinburgh 500, Cunupia, Pasea, St. Augustine, Maracas St. Joseph, Champs Fleurs, San Juan, and Barataria. Floodwaters on the Eastern Main Road in the vicinity of […]

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U.N.’s Bachelet Condemns Brazil Rights Abuses, President’s Rally Against Judiciary

GENEVA, Aug 25 (Reuters) – The United Nation’s Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet on Thursday condemned Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s upcoming rally against judicial institutions, and said the country’s human rights situation is “very difficult”. “I think President Bolsonaro has intensified his attacks on the judiciary and electronic voting system, including during a meeting […]

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Chinese Defense Firm Takes Over Lifting Venezuelan Oil for Debt Relief

By Chen Aizhu and Marianna Parraga   SINGAPORE/HOUSTON, Aug 26 (Reuters) – China has entrusted a defense-focused state firm to ship millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil despite U.S. sanctions, part of a deal to offset Caracas’ billions of dollars of debt to Beijing, according to three sources and tanker tracking data. China National Petroleum […]

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Search for Trapped Mexican Miners Could Take Almost a Year – Relatives

Image source, ReutersRelatives have expressed frustration and anger at the slow pace of the rescue effort The search for 10 Mexican miners trapped in a flooded colliery could take between six and 11 months, relatives say they have been told. “We can’t accept this,” Juani Cabriales, the sister of one of the workers, told AFP […]

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US: Fauci Compares Monkeypox Outbreak to HIV Epidemic

The White House’s chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci advised against making the same assumptions about the current monkeypox outbreak that were made during the early days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Fauci and H. Clifford Lane, deputy director for clinical research and special projects at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), published a piece in […]

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Major US Latino Civil Rights Group in Disarray After Botched Election

by Rafael Bernal The Hill The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the country’s oldest Hispanic civil rights organization, is struggling to serve its constituents amid an ongoing power struggle in its leadership ranks. The fight stems from a postponed leadership election at the group’s yearly national convention, held in July in San Juan, […]

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Nevis Seeking to Establish Broiler Industry Targeting Women and Girls 

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (August 25, 2022) — In its ongoing thrust to ensure food security, the Ministry of Agriculture in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) is seeking to establish a broiler industry on Nevis through the Department of Agriculture, targeting women and girls. The announcement came from Hon. Alexis Jeffers, Minister of Agriculture, while he delivered remarks […]

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