COVID placeholder, COVID-19, Map KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica on Tuesday recorded 67 new cases of COVID-19 and three more virus-related deaths, bringing the total confirmed cases to 146,608 and the death toll to 3,198. Of the newly reported cases, there were 43 females and 24 males – with ages ranging from six months to 108 […]
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BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC) –Police have detained 31 “active gang members” as the authorities declared a state of emergency to quell gang warfare in the Lake Independence area that occupies portions of western and southern Belize City. Police said that those detained belong to the PIV and Backalands gangs that have been embroiled in a bitter […]
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LIMA, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Peruvian Prime Minister Anibal Torres suddenly resigned on Wednesday morning, amid widening criminal probes centered on President Pedro Castillo, who has grown increasingly isolated after one year in office. Torres said on Twitter his resignation was due to “personal reasons.” A lawyer, Torres was seen as one of Castillo’s most […]
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MEXICO CITY, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Rescuers in Mexico, including dozens of soldiers, were working desperately on Wednesday to reach ten miners trapped in a flooded coal mine following the collapse of an inner wall, the ministry handling the disaster said. Three miners had been rescued and hospitalized, the Security and Citizen Protection Ministry said […]
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By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Incoming Colombian President Gustavo Petro will propose the Clan del Golfo crime gang disarm and inform the government about its drug trafficking in exchange for unspecified incentives, his foreign minister said on Wednesday. Petro, a 62-year-old economist who will take office on Sunday, originally said the […]
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By Marc Frank HAVANA, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Cuba announced it will begin purchasing on Thursday dollars and other convertible currencies at nearly five times the current rate in an effort to undercut the informal money market and capture the funds. Central Bank President Marta Wilson Gonzalez, appearing on state-run television on Wednesday evening, said […]
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By Maddie Molloy BBC News Climate & Scienc Six new species of miniature frogs have been discovered in the forests of Mexico. The species are so tiny that they fit on top of a British 50p coin with lots of room to spare. They are among the smallest frogs in the world and are no […]
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BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, August 3, 2022 (MMS-SKN) — Plastic Free July March, held on Friday July 29 in Basseterre, brought down the curtains on the successful St. Kitts Plastic Free July (PFJ) 2022 activities put on by the St. Kitts Sustainable Destination Council of the Ministry of Tourism. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of […]
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by Her Excellency Dr. Thelma Phillip-Browne When I returned to St Kilts at the end of 1979, every medical doctor employed by the government (which was and is the major employer), was allowed to have a private practice to supplement small salaries for the qualifications. The only female at the time and mother of a […]
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View in Browser August 03, 2022 Today’s Headlines Pelosi says US will not abandon Taiwan as China protests TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, meeting leaders in Taiwan despite warnings from China, said Wednesday that she and other members of Congress in a…Read More Kansas voters resoundingly protect their access to abortion […]
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