USVI sets dates for St. Thomas Carnival 2025
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — In collaboration with the Division of Festivals, the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism announced the official dates for the 2025 St. Thomas Carnival. Scheduled to be held…
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USAID staffers told to stay out of Washington headquarters after Musk said Trump agreed to close it
WASHINGTON (AP) — Staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development were instructed to stay out of the agency’s Washington headquarters today, according to a notice distributed to them, after…
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One of FBI’s Most Wanted, accused of murdering wife after their wedding, captured in Mexico
MEXICO CITY — One of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted — accused of killing his wife just hours after their wedding in 2012 — was arrested in Mexico Thursday. Arnoldo Jimenez, of…
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Second ship seized in Baltic Sea cable damage investigation
Ship with Russian crew suspected of being involved in "serious damage" to an underwater telecom cable between Latvia and Sweden has been boarded by Norwegian police. OSLO — Norwegian police said…
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Americans’ cruise vacations to see slower growth in 2025, industry group forecasts
FREDERIKSTED — Nearly 19 million Americans are expected to go on cruise vacations this year, but passenger growth is likely to cool off after seeing a boom post pandemic, travel…
St. Kitts launches investigation after 19 people found dead in drifting vessel
BASSETERRE — Authorities in the eastern Caribbean nation of St. Kitts and Nevis said they are investigating the circumstances that led to the discovery of at least 19 bodies found drifting at…
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How Haiti gangs shattered peace in a mountainous region, exposed deadly police failings
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Gracia Joseph and her 93-year-old husband, Caristaîn, were at home in their remote village of sprawling vegetable gardens and terraced mountain fields at the top of Port-au-Prince when…
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Canada, Mexico and China face tariffs tomorrow, White House says
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will impose tariffs tomorrow of 25% on Mexico, 25% on Canada and 10% on China on 1 February, says the White House. But Trump said…
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Haiti leader says elections can be held this year even as gangs continue their rampage
PORT-AU-PRINCE — The head of Haiti’s embattled presidential council says he believes that both a reform of the country’s constitution and general elections to put a legitimate government back in…
Haiti leader says long-awaited general elections penned for November
PORT-AU-PRINCE - Haiti's transitional council president Leslie Voltaire said in an interview on Wednesday that a date for the Caribbean nation's long-awaited general elections has been fixed for around Nov.…