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US Virgin Islands reach US$105M settlement with…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The US Virgin Islands announced Wednesday that it reached a settlement of more than US$105 million in a sex trafficking case against the estate of financier Jeffrey…
Supreme Court wrestles with Biden’s deportation…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled with a partisan-tinged dispute over a Biden administration policy that would prioritise the deportation of people in the country illegally who…
WHO renames monkeypox as ‘Mpox’, citing racism…
LONDON (AP): The World Health Organization has renamed monkeypox as ‘mpox’, citing concerns that the original name of the decades-old animal disease could be construed as discriminatory and racist.…
FootballFever | Qatari fans hit back at Germany by…
AL KHOR, Qatar (AP) — Qatari football fans hit back at Germany's World Cup protest on Sunday by holding pictures of former Germany player Mesut Özil while covering their mouths during the match…
Biden eases Venezuela sanctions as opposition…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Saturday eased some oil sanctions on Venezuela in an effort to support newly restarted negotiations between President Nicolás Maduro's government and its…
The Consulate of Saint Kitts and Nevis in Toronto,…
Toronto, ON, Canada: The Consulate of Saint Kitts and Nevis in Toronto, in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Tourism, and the High Commission in Ottawa, Canada,…
Japan beat Germany in second World Cup shock…
Source: Independent, Goals from substitutes Ritsu Doan and Takuma Asano in the last 15 minutes gave Japan a stunning 2-1 upset over four-times champions Germany in their World Cup Group E opener on…
Messi And Argentina Lose to Saudi Arabia in One of…
(Associated Press) LUSAIL, Qatar — Saudi Arabia scored one of the biggest World Cup upsets ever by beating Lionel Messi's Argentina 2-1 on Tuesday. Messi's quest to win the one major title to elude…
Kim’s sister warns US of ‘a more fatal security…
SEOUL (AP): The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned the United States on Tuesday that it would face “a more fatal security crisis” as Washington pushes for UN condemnation of…
Barbados decision to become a republic prompts…
PORT OF SPAIN (CMC): Secretary General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Stephen Twigg, on Monday said Barbados’ decision to become a republic had prompted “a lot of discussion around the…
Ground-breaking MOU signed at COP27 sees global…
Sharm el Sheikh, 21 November 2022 – Strengthening the reach and impact of the world’s risk pools is the key objective of a Memorandum of Understanding between African Risk Capacity Limited (ARC Ltd.),…
COP27 delivers climate fund breakthrough at cost…
Source: IBT Countries closed this year's U.N. climate summit on Sunday with a hard-fought deal to create a fund to help poor countries being battered by climate disasters, even as many lamented its…
Students From The Caribbean And Central America…
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Students from 12 schools in 9 countries in the Caribbean and Central America will have a direct conversation with an astronaut in the International Space Station on…
Musk restores Trump’s Twitter Account after Online…
SOURCE: The Associated Press Elon Musk reinstated Donald Trump’s account on Twitter on Saturday, reversing a ban that has kept the former president off the social media site since a pro-Trump mob…
Fight over aid for climate losses divides UN talks
SHARM EL-SHEIKH (AP): With an end-of-the-week deadline rushing at them faster than agreements are coming out of them, negotiators at the UN climate summit were in a difficult spot on Wednesday. Talks…