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30 Nov, 2025
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Health officials monitor H5 avian flu
GEORGE TOWN (CMC): Officials from the agriculture and health ministries have confirmed that H5 avian flu has been detected in animals on a farm here, and immediate coordinated action is being taken…
30 Nov, 2025
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Maduro may seem desperate, but his loyalty vs punishment strategy is hard to crack
CARACAS (AP): English phrases once bothered Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro so much that he urged his State of the Union address audience to phase out words like skatepark and fashion. But, as…
30 Nov, 2025
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New date for Debra Ehrhardt’s ‘Look What Fell Out De Mango Tree’
Two performances of Look What Fell Out De Mango Tree, actress and playwright Debra Ehrhardt’s newest play, have been rescheduled for January 17 and 18, 2026 at the University of Technology on Old Hope…
30 Nov, 2025
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Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil tankers off Black Sea coast condemned
ISTANBUL (AP): The Turkish government has condemned Ukrainian drone attacks on two Russian “shadow fleet” oil tankers in the Black Sea. Foreign Ministry spokesman Oncu Keceli said the attacks on the…
30 Nov, 2025
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Netanyahu submits request for a pardon during his ongoing corruption trial
TEL AVIV (AP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asked the country’s president to grant him a pardon from corruption charges – seeking to end a long-running trial that has bitterly…
30 Nov, 2025
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Death toll in apartment complex blaze rises to 146 as the city mourns
HONG KONG (AP): The death toll in Hong Kong’s apartment complex blaze rose to 146 on Sunday as investigators discovered more bodies in the burned-out buildings. A steady stream of people placed…
30 Nov, 2025
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Residents hunt for food and water after deadly floods
MEDANC (AP): Some residents of the flood-hit Indonesian island of Sumatra have resorted to stealing food and water to survive, authorities said Sunday, while Sri Lankan officials said deaths from…
30 Nov, 2025
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Melissa has exposed political flaws
THE EDITOR, Madam:
30 Nov, 2025
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Ronald Thwaites | When yu han’ in lion mout’…
This is not a time to spar with the major supplier and monopoly distributor of electric power. The company says they need at least US$350 million to fast-track restoration. That’s double what the…