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Heavy Rain Brings Floods to Trinidad

T&T Guardian- Another day of heavy showers and thunderstorms has brought floods to parts of central and northern Trinidad. Flooding was reported across parts of Freeport, Chase Village, Chaguanas, Montrose, Edinburgh 500, Cunupia, Pasea, St. Augustine, Maracas St. Joseph, Champs Fleurs, San Juan, and Barataria. Floodwaters on the Eastern Main Road in the vicinity of […]

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U.N.’s Bachelet Condemns Brazil Rights Abuses, President’s Rally Against Judiciary

GENEVA, Aug 25 (Reuters) – The United Nation’s Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet on Thursday condemned Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s upcoming rally against judicial institutions, and said the country’s human rights situation is “very difficult”. “I think President Bolsonaro has intensified his attacks on the judiciary and electronic voting system, including during a meeting […]

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Chinese Defense Firm Takes Over Lifting Venezuelan Oil for Debt Relief

By Chen Aizhu and Marianna Parraga   SINGAPORE/HOUSTON, Aug 26 (Reuters) – China has entrusted a defense-focused state firm to ship millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil despite U.S. sanctions, part of a deal to offset Caracas’ billions of dollars of debt to Beijing, according to three sources and tanker tracking data. China National Petroleum […]

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Search for Trapped Mexican Miners Could Take Almost a Year – Relatives

Image source, ReutersRelatives have expressed frustration and anger at the slow pace of the rescue effort The search for 10 Mexican miners trapped in a flooded colliery could take between six and 11 months, relatives say they have been told. “We can’t accept this,” Juani Cabriales, the sister of one of the workers, told AFP […]

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US: Fauci Compares Monkeypox Outbreak to HIV Epidemic

The White House’s chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci advised against making the same assumptions about the current monkeypox outbreak that were made during the early days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Fauci and H. Clifford Lane, deputy director for clinical research and special projects at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), published a piece in […]

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Major US Latino Civil Rights Group in Disarray After Botched Election

by Rafael Bernal The Hill The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the country’s oldest Hispanic civil rights organization, is struggling to serve its constituents amid an ongoing power struggle in its leadership ranks. The fight stems from a postponed leadership election at the group’s yearly national convention, held in July in San Juan, […]

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Nevis Seeking to Establish Broiler Industry Targeting Women and Girls 

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (August 25, 2022) — In its ongoing thrust to ensure food security, the Ministry of Agriculture in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) is seeking to establish a broiler industry on Nevis through the Department of Agriculture, targeting women and girls. The announcement came from Hon. Alexis Jeffers, Minister of Agriculture, while he delivered remarks […]

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REUTERS WORLD NEWS: Biden Cancels Student Debt, Deadly Rus Attack, Taiwan Ups Defense Budget, More

The Reuters Daily Briefing Thursday, August 25, 2022 by Linda Noakes Hello Here’s what you need to know. Biden forgives millions of student loans, a Russian attack kills 25 civilians on Ukraine’s Independence Day, and the Twitter staff exodus accelerates Today’s biggest stories President Joe Biden greets people after arriving at the White House from […]

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Victory for 10 Caribbean-Americans in Florida Primary Elections

By Patrick Green CNW- At least 10 Caribbean American candidates emerged victorious in yesterday’s primary elections in South Florida, making them official candidates for the mid-term elections in November this year.   – Advertisement –   Top of the ticket and most popular of the races was the Democrat’s contest for congressional district 20, which […]

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