PORT OF SPAIN — Trinidad and Tobago next year plans to launch bidding rounds for onshore and shallow-water areas on top of last week’s launch
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CAMEL D’OH! Dozens of Camels Barred From Saudi Beauty Contest Over Botox
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi authorities have conducted their biggest-ever crackdown on camel beauty contestants that received Botox injections and other artificial touch-ups, the
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Proposed Payday Loan Owners Plan To Scuttle Refinery Or Flip It For A Profit
CHRISTIANSTED — A bidder in the Limetree Bay refinery auction has asked a Texas bankruptcy court judge to delay tomorrow’s scheduled sale hearing, but a
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Failed Limetree Bay Refinery Bidder Calls Winning Bid ‘Disguised Liquidation’
CHRISTIANSTED — One of the bidders for the bankrupt Limetree Bay refinery objected to the winning bid in court this week, arguing the new company,
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Barbados Bids Farewell To British Monarchy, Becomes Independent Republic
BRIDGETOWN — Barbados stopped pledging allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II today as it shed another vestige of its colonial past and became a republic for
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France Sends More Police, SWAT Team, Extends Curfew In Caribbean Territory
PARIS — The French government will send police reinforcements, including an elite SWAT team, and extend a curfew in the French island of Guadeloupe after
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USVI Tourism At Bahamas Conference Trying To Scare Up Hotel Development
NASSAU — The U.S. Virgin Islands is reveling by investor interest in the territory and the wider Caribbean. Attending the recently concluded annual Caribbean Hotel Investment
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French Interior Minister Heads To Caribbean Territories to Defuse Tensions
PARIS — France’s minister for overseas territories will hold crisis talks on its Caribbean islands starting today, an official said, as the government looks to
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France Caves To Violent Protests In Martinique, Guadeloupe Over COVID Rules
PARIS — France has postponed a mandatory coronavirus vaccination requirement for health workers in Guadeloupe and Martinique, after the measure spurred several days of widespread
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France Says Several Police Injured During Unrest in Martinique and Guadeloupe
BASSE-TERRE — French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said today that several members of the police force had been injured as a result of civil unrest
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