By Dave Sherwood and Nelson Acosta HAVANA, Dec 7 (Reuters) – The United States is blocking some of Cuba´s top players from participating in the upcoming World Baseball Classic, Cuba´s vice foreign minister said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of spats over a sport beloved by fans in both nations. Cuba last month […]

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By Allison Lampert and Gloria Dickie MONTREAL, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Climate campaigners waved placards and chanted pro-nature slogans on Wednesday as a U.N. summit kicks off in Montreal, bringing together global negotiators for a “once-in-a-decade opportunity” to protect nature. Negotiators hope the two-week event delivers an agreement that ensures there is more “nature” — […]

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By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY, Dec 7 (Reuters) – A Guatemalan court on Wednesday sentenced both former President Otto Perez and his vice president, Roxana Baldetti, to 16 years in prison each in a graft case years after explosive corruption revelations forced the two out of office early and into prison. The pair were found […]

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BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS — The role played by the small businesses in the growth of the country’s economy is an important one and it is receiving the Federal Government’s attention. Going forward the Ministry of Small Business and Entrepreneurship will give them the support that will enable them to graduate into medium businesses and finally […]

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NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (December 07, 2022) — The Radiology Department at the Alexandra Hospital now has a brand-new Philips multislice computerized tomography (CT) scan. The top-of-the-line equipment was commissioned on December 01, 2022 and it is described as a historic moment for healthcare on Nevis. Hon. Mark Brantley, Premier of Nevis and Minister of Health, who was […]

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St John’s, December 7…  St Lucia has become the most recent nation to join the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law (COSIS) whose purpose is seek climate justice for small island states, utilizing the international legal system. The Instrument of Accession was signed today by St Lucia’s Prime Minister Philip […]

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LIMA, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Peru swore in a new president on Wednesday after a day of political drama that saw leftist leader Pedro Castillo arrested after his ousting from office in an impeachment trial following his last-ditch bid to cling to power by dissolving Congress. Ignoring Castillo’s attempt to shut down the legislature by […]

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By Gloria Dickie and Allison Lampert MONTREAL, Dec 6 (Reuters) – As countries prepare to negotiate a new global agreement to protect Earth’s environment, the head of the United Nations warned there was no time to lose. “Humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction,” U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told delegates to the COP15 biodiversity […]

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The Reuters Daily Briefing Wednesday, December 7, 2022 by Linda Noakes Hello Here’s what you need to know. The Trump Organization has been found guilty of tax fraud, Germany has arrested 25 suspected of a violent far-right plot, and Reuters has uncovered a secret abortion program run by the Nigerian military Today’s biggest stories FILE […]

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By Micaiah Morgan CNW Three men who are said to be members of a criminal group who used a Christian ministry to smuggle over 881 pounds of cannabis from Jamaica to the United Kingdom (UK) have been convicted. They are 50-year-old Dalton Anderson, 45-year-old Alvin Russell, and 64-year-old Sinclair Tucker. The men were charged with […]

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