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September 2025
Venezuela seeking closer ties with Suriname
PARAMARIBO (CMC): Venezuela is seeking closer ties with Suriname and has described as “ a new beginning” discussions held on Monday between Finance and Planning Minister, Adelien Wijnerman and the…
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September 2025
UN authorises much larger force to fight gangs in Haiti
UNITED NATIONS (AP): The UN Security Council voted Tuesday to authorise a much larger, 5,550-member international force to help stop escalating gang violence in Haiti. The resolution co-sponsored by…
September 2025
Skerrit urges region against sowing seeds of discord among themselves
ROSEAU (CMC): Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit on Monday urged Caribbean countries against sowing “seeds of discord among ourselves”, maintaining his adopted position of many years that he would not…
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September 2025
Two-year-old chosen as new living goddess worshipped by both Hindus and Buddhists
KATHMANDU (AP): A two-year-old girl chosen as Nepal’s new living goddess was carried by family members from their home in a Kathmandu alley to a temple palace Tuesday during the country’s longest and…
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September 2025
One man killed in Cuba as Tropical Storm Imelda, Hurricane Humberto threaten Bahamas and Bermuda
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP): Authorities in The Bahamas closed most schools yesterday as Tropical Storm Imelda dropped heavy rain in the northern Caribbean, including over Cuba where landslides killed…
September 2025
YouTube to pay US$24.5 million to settle lawsuit over Trump's account suspension after January 6 attack
Google's YouTube has agreed to pay US$24.5 million to settle a lawsuit President Donald Trump brought after the video site suspended his account following the January 6, 2021 attacks on the…
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September 2025
Trump, Netanyahu agree on plan to end Gaza war, await Hamas acceptance of terms
WASHINGTON (AP): United States (US) President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday they’ve agreed on a plan to end the war in Gaza, but it’s unclear whether Hamas…
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September 2025
Congressional leaders leave White House meeting without deal to avoid government shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP): A government shutdown fast approaching, Democratic and Republican congressional leaders left a White House meeting with President Donald Trump yesterday afternoon showing little…
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September 2025
Weighing confrontation or diplomacy after UN sanctions reimposed over nuclear programme
DUBAI (AP) Iran’s theocracy prepared Sunday for a possible confrontation with the West after the United Nations reimposed sanctions over its nuclear programme, even as some pushed for continued…