Mike Birch, inaugural winner of Route du Rhum, dies at 90
SAINT-MALO, France (AP) — Canadian skipper Mike Birch, who won the Route du Rhum solo trans-Atlantic race by 98 seconds, has died, the event’s organizers said Wednesday. He was 90.…
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Khatia Buniatishvili is a classical music superstar. Her new album honors Mozart — in her own way
NEW YORK (AP) — Khatia Buniatishvili has been one of the most well-known classical musicians for more than a decade, but she prefers to keep the chatter about her celebrity buried beneath…
French ambassador to Haiti, known for his frankness, outreach, bids adieu after 3 years
PORT-AU-PRINCE — During the three years Fabrice Mauriès has served as the French ambassador to Haiti, his nation’s presence hasn’t always been well received, and Washington at times appeared to…
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Haiti’s army wants recruits to fight gangs, and youths jump at the rare job offer
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The announcement that Haiti’s military wanted recruits crackled through a small radio perched on a street stall in downtown Port-au-Prince where Maurenceley Clerge repairs and sells smartphones.…
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France’s Supreme Court rejects groups’ request for slavery reparations in case from Martinique
PARIS (AP) — France’s highest court has rejected a request by three groups seeking reparations for slavery in a case that originated on the French Caribbean island of Martinique. The…
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Martinique’s Nightly Curfew Gets Pushed Back 2 Hours As Some COVID Restrictions Are Relaxed
FORT-DE-FRANCE — Health protocols to protect against the coronavirus virus are loosening a little in Martinique. The curfew that began in July in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic will be pushed back two…
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Cops Face Gunfire As Lawless Anti-Vaxxers Take To The Streets In Guadeloupe
BASSE-TERRE — One police officer was injured and police faced gunfire during a night of civil unrest over COVID-19 restrictions in Guadeloupe, a French overseas territory in the Caribbean, the…
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Rabid Anti-Vaxxers Throw Rocks At Police In Latest COVID Unrest On Guadeloupe
BASSE-TERRE — Protesters attacked police with stones in the early hours of Monday as police moved in to clear out some blockades on Guadeloupe, the authority on the French Caribbean…
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Martinique Court Dismisses Slavery Reparations Lawsuit
FORT-DE-FRANCE — An appeals court in the French Caribbean island of Martinique on Tuesday dismissed a request from groups seeking slavery reparations in a blow to efforts that began more…
Coast Guard Rescues 3 Dutch And 1 French Boater Adrift for Three Days Near BVI
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, Saint Thomas — U.S. Coast Guard crews and British Virgin Islands authorities rescued four men from a disabled vessel that was adrift for three days near the British…