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US Coast Guard repatriates scores of Cubans

By Santana Salmon CNW- The United States Coast Guard says scores of Cubans have been repatriated to the Spanish-speaking Caribbean country. On Saturday, the US Coast Guard said the crews of its cutters Robert Yered and Pablo Valents repatriated 203 Cubans to Cuba following 14 interdictions off Florida’s coast. “In 2016, the ‘Wet Foot, Dry […]

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WORLD VIEW: Pakistan Arrests Imran Khan, US & S.Korea Hold Drills, China Drought, World Cup Pay Protests, More

Today’s Headlines Police file terrorism charge against Pakistan’s Imran Khan ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police have filed terrorism charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, authorities said Monday, escalating political tensions in the country…Read More US, S. Korea open biggest drills in years amid North threats SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States and […]

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CARICOM Leaders Meet in Haiti for Talks with Pres.Henry

(CMC) – CARICOM leaders Saturday held a special meeting on the situation in Haiti where crime and political instability are seriously affecting the socio-economic development of the French-speaking CARICOM member country. St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) that the meeting provided the regional leaders the opportunity […]

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Cuba to Send Hundreds of Doctors to Italy’s Calabria Region

HAVANA, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Cuba will send nearly 500 doctors to the Calabria region of southern Italy, Cuban state media reported this week, part of a broader program that sends surplus medics from the communist-run island to countries in need. State-run media outlet Cubadebate said Calabria had been suffering a shortage of doctors since […]

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Pedro I: Emperor’s Embalmed Heart Flown to Brazil for Indy Fete

The embalmed heart of Brazil’s first emperor, Pedro I, is being flown to Brasilia to mark 200 years of independence from Portugal. The heart, which lies preserved in a flask filled with formaldehyde, is being transported on board a military plane from Portugal. It will be received with military honours before going on public display […]

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Rising Sea: Climate Change Forces Panama Indigenous Islanders to Relocate

Some 2,000 islanders in Guna Yala will become one of the first indigenous communities in Latin America to relocate because of climate change. Islander Magdalena Martínez, who has campaigned for new housing on the mainland, tells the BBC how she feels about leaving the island she grew up on. The Panama government estimates all islands […]

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Mexico Missing Students: Former Top Official Arrested Over Probe

Canada By Leo Sands BBC News   Mexico’s former attorney general has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of 43 students in 2014. Jesús Murillo Karam, who led an inquiry into the atrocity, has been charged with forced disappearance, torture and the obstruction of justice. The students vanished while travelling by bus through the […]

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Dried Up: Texas Cattle Industry Faces Crisis from Historic Drought

by Saul Elbein The American West is experiencing its driest period in human history, a megadrought that threatens health, agriculture and entire ways of life. DRIED UP is examining the dire effects of the drought on the states most affected — as well as the solutions Americans are embracing. AUSTIN, Texas — The megadrought in […]

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Russian Oligarchs: Where Do They Hide Their ‘Dark Money’? BVI for Starters

Image source, Alamy The Axioma, a £57m superyacht belonging to a sanctioned oligarch, was seized in Gibraltar For decades, Russian oligarchs have moved billions of dollars of ill-gotten money abroad – and have made it extremely hard to trace. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, countries around the world have been using sanctions and new laws […]

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IICA and Taiwanese Technical Mission Expose Farmers to Proper Composting Methods

 BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, August 19, 2022 (MMS-SKN) — The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA), St. Kitts and Nevis office, and the Technical Mission of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to Saint Kitts and Nevis have collaborated to assist farmers in creating high quality compost in an effort to reduce fertiliser cost. Farmers in […]

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