CNN — Seventeen migrants were taken onboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship Saturday after it encountered a small vessel adrift on its way to the Bahamas, according to a statement from the cruise line. The Liberty of the Seas was sailing to the Bahamas when it encountered a small vessel adrift and in need of assistance, according […]
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Hello! Tanks for Ukraine are in sight, Vietnam’s president quits, and bond traders get their swagger back by Linda Noakes World News People walk outside Beijing Railway Station as they travel for Spring Festival ahead of Chinese Lunar New Year festivities, January 16, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter China’s population fell last year for the first time […]
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by Eulana Weekes St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): The largest producer cooperative group in the Federation- the St. Kitts Farmers Cooperative Society, will be celebrating 20 years since its establishment. The cooperative opened its 20th Anniversary celebration with a Church Service and an Awards and Luncheon Ceremony on Sunday, January 15 2023. Following the church […]
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The Venezuelan head of state, Nicolás Maduro, assured Monday night that the Latin American and Caribbean region had entered a new stage of changes and processes that will point towards the union of nations and strengthening political and economic integration organizations. Maduro referred with particular emphasis to the new stage that the Community of Latin […]
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By Kathryn Lurie DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Actor Idris Elba and his wife Sabrina Dhowre Elba called on Monday for business and political leaders to provide more support to the world’s poorest countries in the form of investment rather than aid. At the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting […]
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By Mia Alberti and Marcia Reverdosa, CNN CNN — Brazil’s Supreme Court is to investigate former President Jair Bolsonaro’s alleged involvement in the January 8 attacks on government buildings in the capital Brasilia. The court’s decision follows a request by Brazil’s public prosecutor office, several members of which released a statement Friday describing the events […]
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By Curtis Williams PORT OF SPAIN, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Trinidad and Tobago plans an auction this quarter of up to 20 offshore natural gas exploration blocks under new fiscal terms designed to increase the pool of potential bidders, people familiar with the matter said. The Caribbean nation has been working to stem a decline […]
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By Jasper Ward Jan 16 (Reuters) – The Bahamas detained an increasing number of sea-borne Cuban migrants in 2022 compared with 2021, according to figures released to Reuters, as an economic crisis triggered an exodus from the Communist-run island. The Royal Bahamas Defense Force (RBDF) apprehended 623 Cuban migrants in 2022 compared with 17 the […]
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By Gabriel Stargardter and Marcela Ayres Supporters of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro demonstrate against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as security forces operate, outside Brazil?s National Congress in Brasilia, Brazil, January 8, 2023. REUTERS/Adriano Machado BRASILIA, Jan 16 (Reuters) – With a Brazil flag draped around his neck and his feet propped […]
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Image source, Reuters By Will Grant Mexico and Central America Correspondent BBC Mexico has brought into force one of the world’s strictest anti-tobacco laws by enacting a total ban on smoking in public places. The step, which was first approved in 2021, also includes a ban on tobacco advertising. Several other Latin American countries have […]
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