HAVANA, Dec 12 (Reuters) – A makeshift boat loaded with Cubans drifted just off Havana’s seaside drive on Monday before those aboard were rescued by the Cuban Coast Guard as hundreds of spectators looked on. A passerby who said he helped police bring on shore two men who had jumped ship as the coast guard […]
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By Marco Aquino LIMA, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Peru’s new president offered lawmakers a plan to bring elections forward by two years on Monday, after the ouster of her predecessor last week sparked protests that have left at least seven dead. President Dina Boluarte, previously the vice president, was sworn in last week after former […]
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Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Tseng Sheng-guang died last month while fighting in Ukraine’s Foreign Legion By Sophie Williams BBC News In a church in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, Tseng Sheng-guang’s mother takes one final look at her son, laid in a casket. She’s joined by other relatives and a number of […]
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SANTIAGO, Dec 12 (Reuters) – The Chilean government and opposition lawmakers on Monday announced an agreement to begin drafting a new constitution, three months after a referendum overwhelmingly rejected a progressive first text to replace a dictatorship-era charter. The agreement would see the new constitution drafted over next year by a body of 50 […]
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by KEN SWEET, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the former CEO of failed cryptocurrency firm FTX with orchestrating a scheme to defraud investors. An SEC complaint filed Tuesday alleges that Sam Bankman-Fried raised more than $1.8 billion from equity investors since May 2019 by promoting FTX […]
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The Nevis Island Election has been won by the Concerned Citizens Movement after the results of Nevis District 2 found favour with party leader Mark Brantley following both NRP and CCM having already guaranteed two seats. Incumbent Spencer Brand of CCM retains Nevis District 1 seat by a margin of 27 votes. His Cabinet colleague […]
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By CMC News The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labor Organization (ILO) say despite the recovery seen in labor markets in the first half of 2022, it is expected that in the second half the deceleration of growth will slow the region’s capacity to generate quality jobs. In […]
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The Reuters Daily Briefing Monday, December 12, 2022 by Linda Noakes Hello Here’s what you need to know. Fighting rages in east Ukraine, queues form at fever clinics in China, and Microsoft buys a stake in the London Stock Exchange Today’s biggest stories Falmata, who told Reuters that Nigerian troops killed three of her grandchildren […]
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Gleaner- The bodies of two security guards were found early this morning on China Harbour Engineering Company’s compound in Plantation Heights, St Andrew. A search is currently being carried out by members of the Major Investigations Division for a third security guard. One of the guards was found in the trunk of a motor car, […]
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Volker Turk The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk says more than 1,400 people have been killed and over 1,000 kidnapped in Haiti so far this year by gangs who also use sexual violence. Speaking on the Friday, the eve of World Human Rights Day, Turk called for a show of […]
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