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SYRACUSE, United States (AFP)—United States (US) President Donald Trump slammed the "disgraceful" Nobel Peace Prize choice on Friday as leaving an "in...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Government has moved to provide clarification regarding the remuneration of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Re...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica —The Walker Cup semi-final games have been postponed due to persistent rain, with Excelsior High leading Kingston College 1-0 in the...
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Samuda calls for Bell to remove structure at Ocho Rios Transport Centre following IC report
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BAJOS DE HAINA, Dominican Republic (AFP) — Halfway around the world from Russia, in a Caribbean tourism hotspot, men, both young and old, are being lu...
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US strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat kills two
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States military said Monday it carried out a strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the Pacific Oc...
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UNITED NATIONS, United States (CMC) — The United Nations says it has been made aware of the “horrific report” of human rights abuses in Haiti resultin...
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Russian strikes kill 18 in Kyiv region on eve of NATO summit
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KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Russia fired missiles and drones into apartment buildings in Kyiv for the second time in a week on Monday, killing at least 18 p...
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Gaza ceasefire a ‘deadly illusion’ — UNICEF
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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The ceasefire declared in Gaza more than eight months ago is a "deadly illusion", the United Nations (UN) charged on Frida...
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Russia returns 522 bodies to Ukraine
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Russia returns 522 bodies to Ukraine
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KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Russia has handed Ukraine the remains of 522 people it identified as killed soldiers, officials said on Thursday, one of the few...
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Conflict-related sexual violence more than doubled in 2025 — UN report
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UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — The United Nations (UN) says nearly 10,000 cases of conflict-related sexual violence were documented worldwide in 2025, more th...
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WHO chief says DR Congo facing ‘catastrophic collision’ of Ebola and war
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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization (WHO) chief warned Wednesday that conflict raging in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo wa...
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US says two dead, one survivor in latest boat strike
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States (US) military said on Friday it had struck another boat alleged to be trafficking drugs in the eas...
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Commissioner urges Jamaicans to de-escalate conflicts amid violent encounters
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Police Commissioner Dr Kevin Blake is calling on Jamaicans to play their part in reducing violent confrontations, as he reiterated...
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Cuba slams ‘unprecedented’ Trump threats
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HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump's threats of military aggression against Cuba have reached a "dangerous and unprecedent...
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Tourism-dependent countries to be most impacted by Middle East conflict, IMF warns
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WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — Nigel Chalk, the director of the Western Hemisphere Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), says the or...
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Cuba ‘ready’ for possible US attack, says president
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HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said Thursday his country was "ready" for a possible United States (US) attack on the communist...
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BAMENDA, Cameroon (AFP)—Pope Leo XIV condemned "an endless cycle of destabilisation and death" on a visit Thursday to a "bloodstained" region of Camer...
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Easter truce between Russia and Ukraine falters
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KHARKIV, Ukraine — Ukraine's military command accused Russia of repeatedly violating a truce to mark the Orthodox Easter Saturday with nearly 470 inci...
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Russia returns bodies of 1,000 soldiers to Ukraine
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MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Moscow on Thursday handed over the remains of 1,000 soldiers to Ukraine, a Russian source in Moscow's negotiating delegation to...
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump on Wednesday again signalled there could be a swift ending to the war on I...
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Gov’t monitoring increase in international oil prices amid conflict in Middle East
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister for Energy, Science, Telecommunications and Transport, Daryl Vaz, says international oil prices have increased in recent ...
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New flights evacuate travellers stranded by Middle East war
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PARIS, France (AFP) — More relieved passengers arrived home from the Gulf region on Wednesday as further flights resumed five days into the war trigge...
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At least 87 dead after US sinks Iranian warship
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GALLE, Sri Lanka (AFP) — A United States (US) submarine sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday, killing at least 87 sailors a...
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuela's Opposition Leader Maria Corina Machado said Sunday she will return to her country "in a few weeks", following m...
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