By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Courtesy RMI CNN  —  When Hurricane Fiona slammed into Puerto Rico in September, it triggered a nearly island-wide blackout as the storm’s strong winds took down the fragile power grid. Carlos Ramos spoke to CNN as he helped his friends clean up their flood-damaged beach home in Salinas. Ramos said most […]

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The Reuters Daily Briefing Tuesday, November 15, 2022 by Linda Noakes Hello Here’s what you need to know. Election denier Kari Lake loses the governor’s race in battleground Arizona, Ukraine is seen pressing its advantage after the Kherson victory, and Amazon is to lay off thousands of employees Make sense of how companies and governments […]

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  BBC Building (Ian West/PA) / PA Wire By Lara Olszowska @LaraOlszowska   BBC staff say they fear that diverse programming is at risk after bosses announced schedule changes last week. The presenters worry that new timetabling will mean a cut to the number of African and Caribbean shows. “I feel the BBC has really […]

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Fascinating charts reveal world’s growth over the past century as UN predicts Africa will drive much of the next billion – and India is set to overtake China as the most populous nation The UN has announced that there are officially eight billion people on planet Earth as of today This is due to increasing […]

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Nov 14 (Reuters) – Shots were fired on U.S. embassy vehicles in Haiti on Monday in an attack that also affected the Haitian police and commercial vehicles, an embassy spokesperson said. “No embassy personnel were injured,” Information Officer Kathryn Edwards said in a statement. “One Haitian commercial driver accompanying the convoy was injured. However, […]

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By Nelson Acosta and Marc Frank   HAVANA, Nov 14 (Reuters) – Cuba has cut by half its original forecast for growth in 2022, the head of its chamber of commerce said on Monday, as the Caribbean island nation struggles to jumpstart its ailing economy and all-important tourism industry. Cuba’s economy is expected to grow […]

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Nov 15 (Reuters) – Financial regulators in the Bahamas on Monday appointed liquidators to run FTX’s unit in the country, just days after authorities said they were looking for any “criminal misconduct” by the collapsed crypto exchange. The Securities Commission of The Bahamas said it had won court approval and appointed two members from PwC […]

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© iStock President Biden on Monday said he told Chinese President Xi Jinping that the U.S. policy toward Taiwan has not changed, adding he doesn’t think there’s an imminent attempt from China to invade the democratic island.   “The One China policy, our One China policy, has not changed, has not changed. We oppose unilateral change in the status […]

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NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS — Mr. Oaklyn Peets, the new Supervisor of Elections for the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, made his first official visit to Nevis on November 11, 2022. According to the new Supervisor of Elections who assumed the position on November 01, 2022, though he has hit the ground running since, his visit to Nevis […]

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  CHARLESTOWN, NEVIS, November 14, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — The Nevis Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has been singled out for praise for partnering with the St. Kitts and Nevis Solid Waste Management and Recycling Project as it enters the second phase of operation, the Bin Placement Programme.   Project Manager Ms Joyce Chang, who was […]

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