By FRANK BAJAK and HANNA ARHIROVA46 minutes ago A Switchblade 600 loitering missile drone manufactured by AeroVironment is displayed at the Eurosatory arms show in Villepinte, north of Paris, on June 14, 2022. Drone advances in Ukraine have accelerated a long-anticipated technology trend that could soon bring the world’s first fully autonomous fighting robots to […]

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BONI to facilitate transactions St. Kitts and Nevis could soon have access to hundreds of millions of dollars in project financing, following the December 26th board meeting of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank).   The Board of Directors of Afreximbank has approved US$1.5 billion in funding to enable member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) that have ratified the Partnership […]

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Hello! The Republican U.S. House is set to open in turmoil, Tesla makes its China boss the highest-profile executive after Musk, and driver and YouTube star Ken Block dies in a snowmobile accident by Linda Noakes   World News   People lay flowers near the Eternal Flame memorial at a ceremony in memory of Russian […]

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By Will Richards NME The country of Barbados may seek slavery reparations from the family of Benedict Cumberbatch, it has been revealed. The actor has long discussed his family’s links to the slave trade, previously discussing how his ancestral story led him to take roles in the films Amazing Grace and 12 Years A Slave, […]

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BRASILIA, Jan 2 (Reuters) – Brazilian markets delivered a withering verdict on leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s first full day in office on Monday, after he pledged to prioritize social issues and ordered a budget-busting extension to a fuel tax exemption. Lula’s decision to extend the fuel tax exemption, which will deprive the […]

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MEXICO CITY, Jan 2 (Reuters) – Mexico’s Supreme Court on Monday elected its first female president, who has pushed back against the government’s nationalist energy agenda, amid a succession process clouded by allegations of plagiarism against another justice competing for the job. By a 6-5 majority vote, the justices chose Norma Pina to head Mexico’s […]

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Jan 2 (Reuters) – The Securities Commission of the Bahamas (SCB) rebuffed on Monday FTX’s claims about the digital assets of its Bahamas unit held by the regulator, saying the debtors of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange had “incomplete information”. Last month, the SCB said it had seized more than $3.5 billion in cryptocurrency from the […]

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China’s lagging growth a key threat this year, IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva said, while the US is ‘most resilient.’ International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Kristalina Georgieva warns 2023 will be a tough year for much of the global economy. Photograph: Michele Tantussi/Reuters Staff and agencies The  Hill For much of the global economy, […]

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Jan 2 (Reuters) – The U.S. National Park Service closed Dry Tortugas National Park off the Florida Keys for several days starting on Monday after 300 immigrants had arrived on the islands in recent days, overwhelming first responders. “Like elsewhere in the Florida Keys, the park has recently seen an increase in people arriving by […]

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MEXICO CITY, Jan 2 (Reuters) – An attack on a prison in the Mexican border town of Juarez left 19 dead and allowed a cartel kingpin to escape along with two dozen other prisoners, authorities said Monday. An armed group, traveling in armored vehicles, launched almost-simultaneous attacks on the prison and the municipal police station, […]

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