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ST JAMES, Jamaica—Approximately 1,400 STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) gifts have been distributed to children in Monteg...
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Errol Wizdom set to release Reggae Dancehall album
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KINGSTON, Jamaica —For many years, Jamaican artistes who live overseas have returned to their country to work with musicians and engineers to get an a...
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JPS dispatches more vehicles, linesmen
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JPS dispatches more vehicles, linesmen
January 2 06:23 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has commissioned another 270 trucks, other vehicles and equipment along with 470 new linesmen for t...
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UDC fireworks festival signals renewal for Black River
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UDC fireworks festival signals renewal for Black River
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ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica—General manager of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Robert Honeyghan, says the staging of the inaugural fireworks displa...
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Forex: $159.47 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.47 to one US dollar
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Friday, January 2, ended trading at $159.47, down 26 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s da...
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Tesla loses EV crown to China’s BYD in 2025 as sales slip
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—Tesla's sales fell in 2025, the company reported Friday, ceding its position as the world's biggest electric vehicle m...
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Belize announces resumption of shipments of goods to the United States
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Belize announces resumption of shipments of goods to the United States
January 2 04:25 PM
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC)—The Belize Postal Service (BPS) on Friday announced the resumption of all outbound shipments to the United States, effective Ja...
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WATCH: Capleton, Jamal, Macka, Jah Bouks and others ignite Angola Festival
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WATCH: Capleton, Jamal, Macka, Jah Bouks and others ignite Angola Festival
January 2 03:45 PM
ST THOMAS, Jamaica – The 'Fireman' Capleton and ‘Dunce Man’ Jamal electrified fans at Old Pera in St Thomas to ring in the new year at the annual Ango...
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Russia says temporary Ukraine ceasefire ‘unacceptable’
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Russia says temporary Ukraine ceasefire ‘unacceptable’
March 6, 2025
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia said Thursday it would not accept a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine, rejecting proposals of a one-month halt in fighting ...
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‘We are not alone’ – Zelensky thanks Europe at crisis summit
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‘We are not alone’ – Zelensky thanks Europe at crisis summit
March 6, 2025
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) - Volodymyr Zelensky thanked EU leaders Thursday for standing by Ukraine's side, as the bloc kicked off crisis talks on confro...
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Ukraine opposition leaders say no elections till peace
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Ukraine opposition leaders say no elections till peace
March 6, 2025
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukrainian opposition leaders Petro Poroshenko and Yulia Tymoshenko on Thursday backed a ban on elections until peacetime after W...
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Zelensky appeals to Trump after US halts Ukraine aid
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Zelensky appeals to Trump after US halts Ukraine aid
March 4, 2025
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday said he wanted to "make things right" with Donald Trump and to work under the ...
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Trump pauses aid to Ukraine after Zelensky clash
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Trump pauses aid to Ukraine after Zelensky clash
March 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump suspended military aid to Ukraine on Monday, a White House official said, ...
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‘Security guarantees’ needed to enforce peace deal in Ukraine — Zelensky
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‘Security guarantees’ needed to enforce peace deal in Ukraine — Zelensky
March 3, 2025
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday accused Russia of not being serious about peace after warning that tough security guarant...
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Russia says Zelensky trip to US was ‘complete failure’
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Russia says Zelensky trip to US was ‘complete failure’
March 1, 2025
MOSOCOW, Russia (AFP) - Russia said Saturday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's trip to the United States had been a "failure", after US Pr...
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Shocked and angry, Ukrainians back Zelensky after Trump row
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Shocked and angry, Ukrainians back Zelensky after Trump row
February 28, 2025
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukrainians reacted with shock and anger after an unprecedented verbal altercation between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky in...
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Despite previously condemning Russia, CARICOM countries adopt differing positions on UN resolution
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Despite previously condemning Russia, CARICOM countries adopt differing positions on UN resolution
February 24, 2025
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CMC) - Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries Monday adopted opposing positions on the war in Ukraine as member countries of t...
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Zelensky wants peace ‘this year’ on third anniversary of Russian invasion
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Zelensky wants peace ‘this year’ on third anniversary of Russian invasion
February 24, 2025
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday called for "real, lasting peace" this year as European leaders gathered for a s...
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Zelensky offers to resign in exchange for Ukrainian NATO membership
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Zelensky offers to resign in exchange for Ukrainian NATO membership
February 23, 2025
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) -- Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday -- the eve of the third anniversary of Russia's invasion -- that he was ready to quit as Ukraine...
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Zelensky says will talk to Russia once US, Ukraine agree position
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Zelensky says will talk to Russia once US, Ukraine agree position
February 14, 2025
MUNCHEN, Germany (AFP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday he was ready for direct talks with Russia once Kyiv reached a common posit...
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Gonsalves writes Putin, Zelensky, Biden, UN calling for end to war in Ukraine
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Gonsalves writes Putin, Zelensky, Biden, UN calling for end to war in Ukraine
December 31, 2024
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) – St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves has written to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian ...
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Probe suggests Azerbaijan plane crashed due to ‘physical external interference’
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Probe suggests Azerbaijan plane crashed due to ‘physical external interference’
December 27, 2024
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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Russia missile suspected in Azerbaijani plane crash
December 26, 2024
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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Extremely rare baby mammoth found in Siberia
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Extremely rare baby mammoth found in Siberia
December 23, 2024
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian scientists on Monday showed off the remarkably well preserved remains of a baby mammoth found in the permafrost-covered...
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Zelensky says Ukraine needs ‘enduring peace’
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Zelensky says Ukraine needs ‘enduring peace’
December 8, 2024
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP)— Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday he told President-elect Donald Trump and French leader Emmanuel Macron in talk...
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EU steps up monitoring of TikTok ahead of Romania vote
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EU steps up monitoring of TikTok ahead of Romania vote
December 5, 2024
BRUSSELS, Belguim (AFP) - The European Commission on Thursday said it had stepped up its monitoring of TikTok, after receiving information about possi...
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Russia jails journalist for working with foreign media
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Russia jails journalist for working with foreign media
November 26, 2024
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) Russia on Tuesday sentenced a journalist to four years in prison for working with a foreign media outlet and allegedly helping pr...
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Russia says notified US before firing hypersonic missile at Ukraine
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Russia says notified US before firing hypersonic missile at Ukraine
November 21, 2024
Moscow, Russia (AFP) Russia informed the United States that it was going to launch a new hypersonic missile 30 minutes before firing it at Ukraine, st...
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Putin ‘will not stop on his own,’ warns Zelensky on 1,000th day of war
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Putin ‘will not stop on his own,’ warns Zelensky on 1,000th day of war
November 19, 2024
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP)— Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday urged Europe to push Moscow "harder" towards what he described as a "just p...
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Russia prosecutors demand 12 years in jail for journalist’s lawyer
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Russia prosecutors demand 12 years in jail for journalist’s lawyer
November 18, 2024
Moscow, Russia (AFP) Russian prosecutors on Monday demanded a 12-year sentence for a lawyer accused of spreading "false information" about Russian tro...
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STEAM gifts for children in the west
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ST JAMES, Jamaica—Approximately 1,400 STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) gifts have been distributed to children in Monteg...
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Errol Wizdom set to release Reggae Dancehall album
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JPS dispatches more vehicles, linesmen
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JPS dispatches more vehicles, linesmen
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has commissioned another 270 trucks, other vehicles and equipment along with 470 new linesmen for t...
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UDC fireworks festival signals renewal for Black River
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UDC fireworks festival signals renewal for Black River
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ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica—General manager of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Robert Honeyghan, says the staging of the inaugural fireworks displa...
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Forex: $159.47 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.47 to one US dollar
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