Dec 8 (Reuters) – The United Nations’ sanction regime in Haiti in response to the gang violence and humanitarian crisis should be working by January 2023, the U.N. resident coordinator for the embattled Caribbean island nation said on Thursday. Speaking at a news briefing, Ulrika Richardson said the U.N. Security Council is still discussing possible […]
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By ERIC TUCKER, MATTHEW LEE and ZEKE MILLERtoday WASHINGTON (AP) — American basketball star Brittney Griner headed home Thursday night, freed from Russian prison in exchange for the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in the culmination of an eight-month saga of high diplomacy and dashed hopes. But the U.S. failed to win […]
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By EDITH M. LEDERER UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Close to 60% of Haiti’s capital is dominated by gangs whose violence and sexual attacks have caused thousands to flee their homes, the U.N. humanitarian chief in the Caribbean nation said Thursday. Ulrika Richardson said that has left nearly 20,000 people in the capital facing “catastrophic famine-like […]
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HAVANA, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Cuba said on Thursday it had begun work with French telecoms operator Orange on an underwater cable that will link it to the island of Martinique in a bid to beef up the its connection to global internet and broadband corridors. The announcement comes one week after the Biden administration […]
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Reuters A child holds a flower, during a protest to demand justice for journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, who were murdered in the Amazon, in Brasilia, Brazil June 19, 2022. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino Dec 8 (Reuters) – An indigenous group from the area of the Amazon rainforest where British journalist Dom Phillips and […]
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BBC- Mexico says it is considering granting asylum to Peru’s former President Pedro Castillo, who was impeached and then accused of rebellion in a dramatic turn of events on Wednesday. Mr Castillo, 53, is now in custody in Lima. His asylum request has been sent to Mexico’s president via a lawyer. The two countries are […]
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US: Bivalent booster Approved for kids 6 months and older © AP The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday announced it has expanded the emergency use authorization for the bivalent COVID-19 vaccine to include children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years. Children older than 6 months who have received the primary […]
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BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, December 8, 2022 (MMS-SKN) — Among the seven countries in the Latin America and Caribbean region where the Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) launched the Women Empowerment Project, St. Kitts and Nevis has been very successful and it is hoped that the success could be replicated in the other countries […]
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The Reuters Daily Briefing Thursday, December 8, 2022 by Linda Noakes Hello Here’s what you need to know. Russia attacks in east Ukraine, Peru’s leftist leader Castillo is arrested, and Saudi Arabia lays on a lavish welcome for China’s Xi Today’s biggest stories Closed mobile nucleic acid testing booths are pictured outside the Shanghai Railway […]
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ByCMC News Delegates attending the inaugural United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent in Geneva have supported the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) ten-point reparation plan, calling for its adoption globally. Bahamian, Gaynel Diana Curry, one of the five experts appointed earlier this year to serve on the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of […]
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