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Richards confident, Hamilton Skeptical

With one of its own Members of Parliament questioning whether the People’s Action Movement can return more than one seat if an election is called now, the party’s leader Shawn Richards is expressing confidence it can retain and add to its current block of seats in St Kitts and Nevis. Richards’ statement comes after PAM’s […]

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Richards confirms filing of a MoNC against PM

Deputy Prime Minister Shawn Richards and five of his other colleagues in cabinet have lodged a Motion of No Confidence against the Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis Dr Timothy Harris. Richards announced this morning they formally lodged a Motion of No Confidence with the Clerk of the National Assembly on Monday.i He added […]

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US Coast Guard Says Haitian Migrant Interdictions More Than Doubled

Travis Cartwright-Carroll Send an email  Nassau Guardian LinkedIn Share via Email (insert) A member of the US Coast Guard carries a Haitian baby, after a Haitian sloop was caught near Anguilla Cay on April 12, 2022. A Haitian sloop near Anguilla Cay on April 12. The US Coast Guard caught 67 Haitians. US Coast Guard […]

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Rus in WW3 Warning, Musk Buys Twitter, Beijing Covid Outbreak, More

Trending | View in Browser April 26, 2022 Here is today’s selection of top stories from The Associated Press at this hour to begin your day.  Today’s Headlines Top Russian diplomat warns Ukraine against provoking WWIII KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat warned Ukraine against provoking World War III and said the threat of […]

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Caribbean: Severe Food Insecurity Has Increased By 72% In The Past Two Years

By Daphne Ewing-Chow Senior Contributor Forbes   A series of surveys administered by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have revealed that, in the English-speaking Caribbean, the estimated prevalence of severe food insecurity has increased by 72% since the onset of the pandemic and by 44% as […]

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U.S. Looks for Closer Ties to Brazil at a Time of Turmoil and War

U.S. State Department Under Secretary for Public Affairs Victoria Nuland attends a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus, April 7, 2022. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou/File Photo BRASILIA, April 25 (Reuters) – U.S. State Department officials held their first high-level talks with the Brazilian government since 2019 on Monday, reinforcing ties between the Western Hemisphere’s […]

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Brazil Carnival: ‘Bolsonaro’ Lampooned in 1st Event Since Pandemic

By Sofia Ferreira Santos BBC News Brazil’s president found himself ridiculed for his Covid policies as the world-famous Carnival took place for the first time since the pandemic. During the São Paulo parade, a performer wearing a presidential sash transformed into a crocodile after “receiving a vaccine” on stage. President Jair Bolsonaro once suggested that […]

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Bishop Evans: Body of Guard Found After He Tried to Save Migrants in Rio Grande

The body of the US National Guard who went missing while attempting to save two migrants he thought were drowning on the Mexico border has been found. Bishop E Evans, 22, went missing after entering the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass, Texas on Friday. The two migrants survived and were taken into custody. Over one […]

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Royal Couple Told of Antigua & Barbuda’s Republic Wish

ernsey Jersey Local News   By Andre Rhoden-Paul BBC News   Antigua and Barbuda should “one day become a republic”, its prime minister has told the Earl and Countess of Wessex during their Caribbean tour. Gaston Browne said during a meeting with the royal couple, who are touring the region to mark the Platinum Jubilee, […]

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Covid Vax for Kids, Beijing Lockdown, More

Clyburn wants update on COVID vax for young kids  © Getty House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) on Monday requested a briefing from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the status of COVID-19 vaccines for young children. He cited the high hospitalization rates that were seen in children under the age of 5 during […]

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