A 64-year-old pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run incident early Wednesday morning. The fatal collision occurred around 1:20 a.m., about 150 meters south of the Clyde Walcott Roundabout along Waterford

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The man accused of shooting dead healthcare insurance CEO Brian Thompson in New York jostled with police and shouted at reporters as he was bundled into court on Tuesday, as

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Human rights are under assault, warns United Nations Secretary General António Guterres. He raised the concern recently in a press release while calling for swift action to protect, defend and uphold all rights for

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Japan’s Nihon Hidankyo on Tuesday accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Japanese survivors of the two atomic bombs dropped on Japanese cities to end World War II. The

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ALTOONA, Pennsylvania  –  The 26-year-old man accused of gunning down UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson in Manhattan intends to fight his extradition to New York to face murder charges from Pennsylvania,

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The Barbados Consumer Empowerment Network (BCEN) has come out against the recent increase in coconut water prices. The consumer rights organisation is encouraging Barbadian consumers to push back against the

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A Conservative former minister has called for first-cousin marriage to be banned in the UK. Introducing the proposals in Parliament, Richard Holden said the children of first cousins were at

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JAPAN – Tokyo will implement a four-day workweek for government employees next year to encourage young people to get married and start families. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike announced employees of the metropolitan

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Christmas 2024 should be a safe one. That is the hope of the Barbados Police Service, which will have an extra 400 law enforcement officers available for the next few

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Long shadows stretch across the colonial-era buildings of Speightstown, St Peter, where tourists stroll leisurely along sidewalks, cameras in hand, admiring the architecture. Yet behind the picturesque nature of this

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