Today’s Headlines Bombed, not beaten: Ukraine’s capital flips to survival mode KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Residents of Ukraine’s bombed capital clutched empty bottles in search of water and crowded into cafés for power and warmth Thursday, switching defiantly…Read More Musk says granting ‘amnesty’ to suspended Twitter accounts SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — New Twitter owner Elon […]

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By CMC News The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says children account for roughly 40 percent of the confirmed cholera cases in Haiti, as it appealed for US$27.5 million to save more lives from the disease. The outbreak began two months ago and is unfolding amid an economic crisis and rising insecurity due to gang […]

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By CMC News A total of 101 firearms and 3,000 rounds of ammunition were handed over to the authorities under the two-week gun amnesty, which ended last weekend, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has disclosed. The amnesty, which started on November 5, ended at midnight on November 19. Holness reminded Jamaicans that the amnesty was introduced […]

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By CMC News The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute for Meteorology & Hydrology (CIMH) is warning the region that recent heavy rains could continue into December and pose a risk for flooding during one of the most joyous seasons of the year. “This year, flooding is a bigger risk in December than in other years,” CIMH climatologist […]

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by Linda Hohnholz, eTN editor The Sandals Foundation has collaborated with the Grenada Coral Reef Foundation to help restore coral in the island. At Sandals, it is believed that tomorrow is influenced by what we do today, so it is important that we cultivate a local culture that is conscious of our collective and individual […]

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By Jack Guy, CNN CNN  —  US authorities will block imports of sugar produced in the Dominican Republic by company Central Romana, on suspicion of forced labor at its facilities. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will detain the company’s raw sugar and sugar-based products at all US ports of entry effective Wednesday, the agency […]

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New Honduran President Xiomara Castro delivers a speech after being sworn-in during a ceremony in Tegucigalpa, Honduras January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Fredy Rodriguez TEGUCIGALPA, Nov 24 (Reuters) – Honduran President Xiomara Castro declared a national security emergency on Thursday and began implementing a new plan to combat a rising number of cases of extortion by violent […]

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Nov 24 (Reuters) – The social and economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic persist in Latin America and the Caribbean, as a “silent crisis” in the education sector puts an entire generation at risk, the United Nations’ Economic Commission for the region (ECLAC) said on Thursday. “The region is navigating a complex scenario of great […]

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TREASURE BEACH, Jamaica, Nov 24 (Reuters) – A new group of Jamaican resorts is promoting tourism that offers mystical experiences and stress relief through “magic mushrooms,” as the Caribbean nation seeks to develop a niche industry in natural psychedelics. While mushrooms containing the psychoactive compound psilocybin remain illegal in most parts of Europe and the […]

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LIMA, Nov 24 (Reuters) – Leftist Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has accepted the resignation of his prime minister and will reshuffle his Cabinet once again, he said on Thursday, amid a lengthy battle between the executive and legislative branches. Former Prime Minister Anibal Torres, a staunch ally of Castillo, had challenged the opposition-controlled Congress to […]

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