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05 Dec, 2025
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New FDA-approved glasses can slow nearsightedness in children
WASHINGTON (AP): For many children, the experience of getting their first pair of glasses is an inevitable milestone, the first in a lifetime of visits to the eye doctor. But what if those lenses…
05 Dec, 2025
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Why doing good also makes us feel good, during the holidays and beyond
WASHINGTON (AP): The holiday season is a time for giving thanks, giving gifts – and for many, a time for giving back. Food banks, services that deliver meals to seniors and other US charities…
02 Dec, 2025
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Phillip Pierre secures second term as PM
CASTRIES (CMC): The “Mood is Red” prevailed Monday as the St Lucia Labour Party (SLP) won a decisive second consecutive five-year term in office. Supporters of the SLP had long vowed to prevent a…
02 Dec, 2025
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Maduro accepting deported migrants despite Trump’s airspace closure suggestion
CARACAS (AP): US-operated flights returning deported migrants to Venezuela will continue despite President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the airspace of the South American country should be viewed as…
02 Dec, 2025
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First woman elected to head major political party
BELMOPAN (CMC): Tracy Taegar-Panton has been sworn in as the first ever woman to lead the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) as the party seeks to end the internal divisions that have…
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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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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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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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…