UK economy faces ‘very challenging outlook’ with recession now expected to last until middle of 2024 Analysis: Bank signals rates probably won’t go much higher How will the UK interest rate hike affect you? Larry Elliott and Phillip Inman Guardian The Bank of England has warned the UK risked being plunged into the longest recession […]

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By Santana Salmon CNW-  The Rose Hill Roman Catholic Primary School in Laventille, Trinidad will remain closed for the rest of the week following the latest shooting incident between warring gangs on Monday. In videos circulating on social media gunfire was heard echoing through the neighborhood as students and teachers hid under benches and chairs. […]

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TRAVEL PULSE- A new study by ForwardKeys highlights that the friendly hospitality and excellent air connections now justify more international visitors to the Caribbean than other parts of the world. Throughout 2020 and 2021, ForwardKeys’ data revealed the success stories of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, but in 2022 the number of travelers across […]

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Today’s Headlines Ukrainians face nuclear threat with grit and dark humor KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Dmytro Bondarenko is ready for the worst. He’s filled the storage area under his fold-up bed and just about every other nook of his apartment in eastern…Read More China’s Xi urges Ukraine peace talks with Germany’s Scholz BEIJING (AP) — […]

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By Sir Ronald Sanders  (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States of America and the Organization of American States.   He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto)    Democracy is at stake in the country that […]

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By Granth Vanaik = Nov 3 (Reuters) – Royal Caribbean Group (RCL.N) on Thursday forecast strong bookings for 2023 as it benefits from increased demand for cruising due to the relaxation of on-board COVID-19 protocols, even as fuel costs rake up. The cruise operator’s shares, which reversed course to trade up about 4%, said it […]

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By Ted Hesson and Jackie Botts (Reuters) – U.S. sponsors applying to bring Venezuelans into the United States under a new program are receiving approvals in hours or days, a lightning-fast pace that could soon fill up available spaces in the program, according to U.S. sponsors and advocates. Some sponsors are U.S.-based relatives of Venezuelans […]

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By Marc Frank HAVANA, Nov 3 (Reuters) – Cuba kicks off the country´s annual sugar harvest this month, but experts and state officials say the crisis-racked Caribbean island will struggle to produce enough of the sweetener even for its own consumption, dashing plans for export. Cuba’s communist-run government has said it plans to produce 455,000 […]

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SAN SALVADOR, Nov 3 (Reuters) – A magnitude 5.5 earthquake shook El Salvador’s coast on Thursday, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC). El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele classified the earthquake as magnitude 5.9 via Twitter. Reporting by Nelson Renteria; Editing by Brendan O’Boyle

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Security forces in Haiti say they have taken control of a major fuel depot held by criminal gangs. The government says fuel distribution will resume from the Varreux terminal, in the rundown Cité Soleil area, on Monday. The gangs seized the port facility in September, blocking the delivery of imported fuel and hampering efforts to […]

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