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President of Suriname says country will not export bauxite under any circumstances

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President of Suriname says country will not export bauxite under any circumstances

November 10, 2025

PARAMARIBO, Suriname (CMC) - President of Suriname Jennifer Greelings-Simons has sought to clarify reports that the Suriname government has been holdi...

Swedish group reports Amazon over childlike sex doll sales

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Swedish group reports Amazon over childlike sex doll sales

November 10, 2025

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) - A Swedish child rights organisation said Monday it had filed a police report against Amazon and two other e-commerce platfor...

Guyana to introduce website to report bullying schools

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Guyana to introduce website to report bullying schools

November 10, 2025

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Guyana's education ministry has announced plans to introduce moral and civic education as part of the national school curri...

BBC expected to apologise over Trump speech edit

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BBC expected to apologise over Trump speech edit

November 10, 2025

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The British Broadcasting Commission (BBC) was expected Monday to apologise for editing a speech that suggested Donald T...

McKenzie saddened by Falmouth’s devastation

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McKenzie saddened by Falmouth’s devastation

BY HORACE HINES Observer writer

November 10, 2025

FALMOUTH, Trelawny — Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond Mckenzie summed up the state of Falmouth’s infrastructure followi...

Guyanese gov’t outlines new initiatives for increased rice production

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Guyanese gov’t outlines new initiatives for increased rice production

November 10, 2025

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) - The Guyana government says it has injected more than GUY$7.2 billion (One Guyana dollar=US$0.004 cents) in the rice industr...

Review shows no link between paracetamol and autism

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Review shows no link between paracetamol and autism

November 10, 2025

PARIS, France (AFP) — There is no clear link between pregnant women taking the common painkiller paracetamol and autism in their children, despite rep...

Lenny Wilkens, Basketball Hall of Famer as player and coach, dies

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Lenny Wilkens, Basketball Hall of Famer as player and coach, dies

November 9, 2025

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- NBA great Lenny Wilkens, a Hall of Famer as both a player and a coach, has died at the age of 88, his family said ...

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