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Month: August 2024

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Blinken says Israel OKs a plan to break the cease-fire impasse and urges Hamas to do the same
Posted inBreaking News International News Military News

Blinken says Israel OKs a plan to break the cease-fire impasse and urges Hamas to do the same

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that Israel has accepted a proposal to bridge differences holding up a cease-fire and hostage release in Gaza, and…
Posted by John McCarthy August 19, 2024
Cuba dominated Olympic boxing for decades. But the team was on the ropes in Paris Games
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Entertainment News

Cuba dominated Olympic boxing for decades. But the team was on the ropes in Paris Games

PARIS (AP) — Erislandy Álvarez didn’t expect to carry the weight of a proud boxing nation on his shoulders when he takes the ring Wednesday night in an arena packed…
Posted by John McCarthy August 19, 2024
Oil spill reported off Venezuela’s Caribbean coast
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Oil spill reported off Venezuela’s Caribbean coast

CARACAS — An oil spill, which appeared to originate from Venezuela's El Palito refinery several days ago, has contaminated a bay off the country's north-central coast in the Caribbean Sea,…
Posted by John McCarthy August 19, 2024
Eddie Murphy and Paige Butcher are married in Anguilla after 6-year engagement
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Entertainment News

Eddie Murphy and Paige Butcher are married in Anguilla after 6-year engagement

THE VALLEY — Eddie Murphy got married in Anguilla recently. The Oscar-nominated actor-comedian reportedly married his long-term partner, Australian model Paige Butcher on July 9 — less than a week…
Posted by John McCarthy August 19, 2024
Jamaican police arrest 6 suspects in mass shooting that killed 8 and injured 11
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Jamaican police arrest 6 suspects in mass shooting that killed 8 and injured 11

KINGSTON (AP) — Jamaican police have arrested at least six suspects in connection with a mass shooting in which eight people were recently killed in the island’s southern region. The…
Posted by John McCarthy August 19, 2024
Hurricane Ernesto still bringing life-threatening conditions to East Coast
Posted inBreaking News Environmental News International News

Hurricane Ernesto still bringing life-threatening conditions to East Coast

NEW YORK — Hurricane Ernesto was sending powerful swells toward the U.S. East Coast and generating "dangerous" beach conditions today as the storm moved further out into the Atlantic Ocean,…
Posted by John McCarthy August 19, 2024
HMS Trent helps BVI recover from Tropical Storm Ernesto
Posted inBreaking News British Virgin Islands News Caribbean News

HMS Trent helps BVI recover from Tropical Storm Ernesto

ROAD TOWN, Tortola — A Royal Navy Batch 2 River-class OPV arrived in the British Virgin Islands to assist with recovery measures following Tropical Storm Ernesto. HMS Trent was deployed…
Posted by John McCarthy August 18, 2024
4 Jamaicans charged with smuggling nearly 4,000 pounds of marijuana
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

4 Jamaicans charged with smuggling nearly 4,000 pounds of marijuana

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging four Jamaican men with smuggling nearly 4,000 pounds of marijuana in Caribbean waters. Miguel Orr, 29, Rayvon Smith,…
Posted by John McCarthy August 18, 2024
How Russia looked the wrong way as Ukraine invaded
Posted inBreaking News International News Military News

How Russia looked the wrong way as Ukraine invaded

KYIV — In the hours before Ukrainian soldiers stormed across Russia's western border, there was no sign from Moscow that anything was amiss. At midnight at the start of August…
Posted by John McCarthy August 17, 2024
Viya gives post Tropical Storm Ernesto update
Posted inBreaking News Community Affairs Consumer News

Viya gives post Tropical Storm Ernesto update

CHRISTIANSTED — Viya said today that its services are operational in the wake of Tropical Storm Ernesto. Although Viya’s network is operational, some customers may be experiencing intermittentservice. Viya advises…
Posted by John McCarthy August 17, 2024

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