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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Lower-income countries will gain access to a "game-changing" HIV prevention drug with a new deal signed between with Unite...
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JPL, schoolboy football in search of broadcaster after Sportsmax exit
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Professional Jamaica Football Limited (PFJL) and the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) are currently in search of ...
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Police release sketch of suspect in $7 million robbery
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Police release sketch of suspect in $7 million robbery
July 9 11:01 AM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — The St James police have released a composite sketch of a man who they believe was involved in a $7 million robbery at the interse...
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Charges dropped for man accused of loaning bank card for criminal use
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Charges dropped for man accused of loaning bank card for criminal use
July 9 10:48 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 20-year-old man who was accused of loaning his bank card for criminal use was admonished and discharged when he appeared in the ...
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Cayman Islands records 8.3% growth in imports
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (CMC) — The Cayman Islands has recorded a more than eight per cent growth in imports last year, compared to its 2023 figur...
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G2K blasts PNP for criticism of Rural School Bus Programme
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G2K blasts PNP for criticism of Rural School Bus Programme
July 9 10:13 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Generation 2000 (G2K), the young professional arm of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), has blasted the People’s National Party (PNP)...
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US subpoenas Harvard for records of foreign student protesters
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New York, United States (AFP)-The US government said Wednesday it subpoenaed Harvard University for records linked to students allegedly involved in a...
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Final 15 studio units at Sol Harbour hit the market
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ST JAMES, Jamaica — Fifteen highly sought-after studio units at the Sol Harbour development in Ocho Rios are now on the market. This is according to a...
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NEW DELHI, India (AF) — Air India's Boeing plane was "well-maintained" before it crashed a week ago, killing all but one of 242 people on board, the a...
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More than 200 India plane crash victims identified
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More than 200 India plane crash victims identified
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AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) — More than 200 victims of the Air India jet crash have been identified through DNA testing, Indian authorities said Wednesday,...
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Lone India plane crash survivor recounts miracle escape
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AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) — The lone survivor of 242 people aboard a London-bound passenger plane that crashed in the Indian city of Ahmedabad expressed ...
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Plane carrying 20 people crashes in Tennessee — US authorities
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A plane carrying 20 people crashed in the US state of Tennessee on Sunday, with some on board taken to hospital for ...
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Several dead in fiery plane crash on California neighborhood
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SAN DIEGO, United States (AFP) — Several people were killed when a small plane crashed in a California neighborhood before dawn Thursday, destroying a...
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US unveils ambitious air traffic control upgrade following plane crash
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The Trump administration unveiled Thursday a plan to overhaul the antiquated US air traffic control system, acting w...
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Delta plane flips upside down in Toronto crash, at least 17 injured
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TORONTO, Canada (AFP) - A Delta Air Lines jet with 80 people onboard crash landed Monday at the Toronto airport, officials said, flipping upside down ...
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Guyana Civil Aviation Authority denies plane crash involving president
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is describing rumours that President Irfaan Ali was involved in a “tragic aeropl...
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2 dead after small plane crashes on busy Sao Paulo street, hits bus
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2 dead after small plane crashes on busy Sao Paulo street, hits bus
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SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) - Two people were killed Friday when a small plane crashed on a major avenue in Brazil's economic capital Sao Paulo, narrowly ...
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Two bodies recovered from plane crash in Dominica, two others still trapped
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ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) –Search and rescue teams in Dominica have recovered two of the four bodies from the four-seater Cessna 172 aircraft which crash...
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Small plane crashes in Philadelphia, governor says
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PHILADELPHIA, United States (AFP) -- A small private airplane crashed in northeast Philadelphia Friday, a top official said, with media showing images...
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Figure skating in shock as athletes, coaches perish in US crash
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January 30, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Global figure skating's tight-knit community was in mourning on Thursday after a passenger jet crash in Washington ...
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No survivors from plane, helicopter collision in Washington
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Passenger plane collides with helicopter near Washington airport
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South Korea inspects B737-800 fleet after worst plane crash
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South Korea inspects B737-800 fleet after worst plane crash
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MUAN, South Korea (AFP)— South Korea ordered Monday a "comprehensive inspection" of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the country's carriers, af...
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Probe suggests Azerbaijan plane crashed due to ‘physical external interference’
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MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- The Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan this week suffered physical "external interference", the airline and ...
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Russia missile suspected in Azerbaijani plane crash
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ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AFP) -- Azerbaijani and US officials believe a Russian surface-to-air missile caused the deadly crash of an Azerbaijani passenger ...
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At least nine dead in Brazil plane crash: authorities
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SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) - At least nine people died when a small plane crashed on Sunday morning in Gramado, in southern Brazil, authorities said, sla...
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Plane veers off runway at Tinson Pen
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — An aircraft attempting to land at Tinson Pen in Kingston reportedly ran off the runway on Thursday when it developed difficulties....
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Plane with 62 aboard crashes in Brazil
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SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — An airplane with 62 people on board crashed Friday in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, firefighters and the airline Voepass said. A...
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