© AP Pfizer and BioNTech have launched a phase 1 trial for an mRNA-based vaccine that would target both COVID-19 and the influenza virus. According to BioNTech, the vaccine candidate is a combination of Pfizer’s flu vaccine candidate, which is in phase 3 clinical development, and the company’s bivalent omicron-specific coronavirus vaccine dose. The study […]
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NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (November 03, 2022) — The Department of Agriculture was gifted with 2,000 pineapple slips from the Taiwan Technical Mission in St. Kitts and Nevis on November 02, 2022. Mr. Roy Yuan Hung Lo, the new Mission Chief, delivered the donation to Mr. Huey Sargeant, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, on his first […]
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By CMC News Immediate action is needed to save children in Haiti amid the “triple threat” of cholera, malnutrition and violence, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) said on Tuesday. CRC members urged the international community to support authorities in the Caribbean country in guaranteeing the rights of millions of children […]
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BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, November 3, 2022 (MMS-SKN) — Over twenty five participants, drawn from employees in public and private tourism sectors, are taking part in the St. Kitts Sustainable Destination Council of the Ministry of Tourism-organised two-day ‘I Speak St. Kitts Culture and Heritage Workshop 2022’ that opened on Wednesday November 2 at the CUNA […]
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The Reuters Daily Briefing Thursday, November 3, 2022 by Linda Noakes Hello Here’s what you need to know. U.S. courts are still grappling with election lawsuits as the midterms near, Ukrainians say Europe’s largest nuclear plant is cut off from the grid, and the Bank of England readies for its biggest rate rise since […]
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By CMC News Former Grenadian Foreign Affairs Minister Oliver Joseph has admitted that the previous New National Party (NNP) administration had a policy of accepting cash for diplomatic passports. However, there have been denials that a Polish man was charged almost double the usual amount and a significant portion of that went to the bank […]
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by Jed Meline Director of Policy and Advocacy at Project HOPE THE HILL The situation in Haiti is deteriorating rapidly. While no stranger to catastrophe, Haiti may be facing its worst situation in at least a decade. The country’s rapidly spiraling decline is due to multiple crises occurring simultaneously: political strife, civil unrest, rampant […]
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GENEVA (31 October 2022) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) today issued its findings on Armenia, Belgium, Finland, The Gambia, Honduras, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Switzerland and Ukraine, the States parties that it reviewed during its latest session. The findings contain positive aspects of each country’s implementation of the […]
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By AJ Willingham, CNN A new power couple has taken the stage. A former Miss Argentina and former Miss Puerto Rico shocked and delighted fans by announcing their surprise marriage on Instagram. Mariana Varela and Fabiola Valentín met at the 2020 Miss Grand International competition in Thailand, where they represented Argentina and Puerto Rico, respectively. […]
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By Alexandra Valencia QUITO, Nov 2 (Reuters) – Fighting between gangs at Ecuador’s most violent prison has killed at least two people, prisons agency SNAI said on Wednesday, on the heels of attacks against police over prisoner transfers. The confrontation at Guayaquil’s Penitenciaria prison also injured six, the agency said. The transfer of about 1,000 […]
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