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Commonwealth’s Royal Succession Stirs Unease Among Caribbean Members

By Ayenat Mersie and Clement Uwiringiyimana   Summary Prince Charles to succeed his mother as Commonwealth head Caribbean ministers question why, raise imperialist past Reparations for slavery should be on agenda – minister KIGALI, June 24 (Reuters) – Commonwealth leaders settled in 2018 that Britain’s Prince Charles should succeed his mother Queen Elizabeth as head […]

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US Immigration: ‘They’d Rather Die Than Return to Nicaragua’

By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC Laredo, Texas Noé was somewhere on the outskirts of the gritty southern Mexican city of Tapachula when he realised how difficult his journey to a new life in the US would be. Just days after crossing the border from Guatemala, the meagre supplies in Noé’s small rucksack had dwindled, and […]

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US FDA Bans Sale of Juul E-Cigarettes to Protect Kids

by Peter Sullivan The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Thursday that it is banning the sale of Juul e-cigarettes, a major blow to the company and a major step in a broader effort to prevent youth vaping. FDA said Juul must stop selling and marketing its products, and everything that’s already on the market […]

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Study: New COVID-19 Subvariants Evade Previous Vaccinations & Prior Infections, Long Covid Findings, World VIrus Stats

Study: New COVID-19 Subvariants Evade Previous Vaccinations & Prior Infections By Jacqueline Howard, CNN   (CNN) Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 appear to escape antibody responses among both people who had previous Covid-19 infection and those who have been fully vaccinated and boosted, according to new data from researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, […]

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Father’s Day: Nevis Co-Operative Credit Union Honours 6 Longstanding Members

  CHARLESTOWN, NEVIS — Father’s Day came early for six Nevisian fathers, on Friday June 17, courtesy of the Nevis Co-operative Credit Union (NCCU) Limited’s 50th Anniversary year-long monthly care packages distribution to its longstanding members as it gives back to communities in Nevis. The Credit Union, which is the oldest in the Federation of […]

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WORLD VIEW: Afghan Quake Death Toll Tops 1,000, Estonia: Don’t Underestimate Russia, US School Shootings, More

Here is today’s selection of top stories from The Associated Press at this hour to begin your day.  Today’s Headlines Survivors dig by hand after Afghanistan quake killing 1,000 GAYAN, Afghanistan (AP) — Survivors dug by hand Thursday through villages in eastern Afghanistan reduced to rubble by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 1,000 […]

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‘Don’t Alow US to Dictate Who Caribbean Does Business With’ – Barbados CARICOM Ambassador

Calls by A&B Prime Minister Gaston Browne for Caribbean leaders to seek help from Venezuela in a bid to combat rising fuel costs are receiving regional support. Venezuela was once a major oil exporter to the Caribbean, particularly under the PetroCaribe energy initiative which saw refined fuel products shipped to Antigua and Barbuda among other […]

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Health Emergencies: WHO Meets to Plan Alerts

LONDON, June 23 (Reuters) – World Health Organization (WHO) experts meet on Thursday to evaluate whether monkeypox constitutes an international emergency, its highest form of alert. read more Only six such emergencies have previously been declared: COVID-19 (2020), the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (2019), Zika virus (2016), polio (2014), West Africa’s Ebola […]

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Commonwealth Nations Meet in Rwanda – What You Need to Know

June 23 (Reuters) – Heads of government from Commonwealth nations will meet in the Rwandan capital Kigali on Friday and Saturday to discuss cooperation on topics ranging from green energy to rising food prices to the war in Ukraine, among others. Here are some key facts about the Commonwealth and the Kigali summit, which was […]

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U.S. to Offer 300,000 Work Visas for Mexicans, Central Americans – Mexican official

MEXICO CITY, June 22 (Reuters) – The United States will announce an offer of 300,000 work visas to Mexicans and Central Americans when the Mexican president visits Washington next month, Mexico’s interior minister said Wednesday. “Every day we’re talking with the American government,” Interior Minister Adan Augusto Lopez said in a speech while on a […]

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