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Mexico: Jewish Sect Members Escape from Custody

HUIXTLA, Mexico, Sept 29 (Reuters) – A group of about 20 members of a fundamentalist Jewish sect escaped from a Mexican detention center in the southern state of Chiapas on Wednesday night, according to a Reuters reporter who filmed the incident. The group were being held by Mexico’s National System for Integral Family Development, or […]

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Mental Health in the Americas Should Get More Attention Than It Does Now-Dr.Tufton

by Micaiah Morgan   CNW- Jamaica’s Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Christopher Tufton, says more emphasis should be placed on prioritizing and financing mental health in the Americas region. Delivering his speech at the 30th Pan American Sanitary Conference in Washington DC on Tuesday, Dr. Tufton said financing mental health in the region would […]

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At Least 12 Haiti Prisoners Dead for Lack of Food, Medicine, Official says

By Harold Isaac and Brian Ellsworth PORT-AU-PRINCE, Sept 29 (Reuters) – At least 12 prisoners in Haiti died for lack of food or medicine in the month ending in mid-September, a Haitian official said on Thursday, adding the figure had likely risen since then due to a gang blockade that has created crippling fuel shortages. […]

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U.S. Lawmakers Call for Sanctions on Haitian Gangs and ‘Warlords’

By Brian Ellsworth   Sept 29 (Reuters) – Two U.S. lawmakers on Thursday said the United States should sanction Haitian gangs and those who help finance them, as the Caribbean nation remains gripped by a gang blockade that has caused increasingly dire fuel shortages. Gregory Meeks and Michael McCaul, during a hearing of the House […]

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Lula Leads Bolsonaro by 14 Points Ahead of Brazil Vote -Datafolha Poll

SAO PAULO, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva leads President Jair Bolsonaro by 14 points, a poll released on Thursday showed, with the far-right incumbent having lost momentum against his leftist rival as the Oct. 2 presidential election looms. The survey by Datafolha showed Lula with 48% of voter support versus […]

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Two Migrants Shot, One Dies, Along Highway in Texas

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Two migrants were shot, one of them fatally, along a Texas highway as two men in a pickup truck opened fire on a group of people who had stopped for drinking water, authorities said on Thursday. The incident took place on Tuesday near the West Texas town […]

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Top Cuban Diplomat: ‘We Will Have To’ Negotiate With the United States for Normal Relations

by Rafael Bernal The Hill NEW YORK – Cuba’s top diplomat said Tuesday his country’s officials have no choice but to engage the United States in negotiations to normalize relations, despite a decade of diplomatic whiplash and mixed messages from Washington. In an interview with The Hill, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla responded to a […]

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Recycling: Education Officials Brought In as Nevis Facility Readies to Start Operations

CHARLESTOWN, NEVIS— In its sustained effort to encourage citizens and residents to become better environmental stewards, the St. Kitts and Nevis Solid Waste Management and Recycling Project has reached out to members of the teaching fraternity in Nevis, seeking their support as project enters its second phase of establishing recycling models and mechanisms. At a […]

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Hurricane Ian: Death Toll Rises as Storm Strengthens on Way to S. Carolina

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Frankie (L) and Kendrick Romulus stand next to a boat that crashed into their apartment complex in Fort Myers, one of the worst affected areas BBC- A huge search and rescue effort is continuing in Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, which cut a swathe of destruction across the […]

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REUTERS WORLD NEWS: Russia Set to Annex, Trump Objects, Hurricane Devastates Florida, More

The Reuters Daily Briefing Thursday, September 29, 2022 by Linda Noakes Hello Here’s what you need to know. Trump objects to verifying a list of property seized from Mar-a-Lago, Porsche races higher after a landmark listing, and why Europe is bracing for mobile network blackouts Today’s biggest stories Construction for a stage near St. Basil’s […]

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