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A blow to Caribbean democracy as Stabroek News and Newsday papers fold after social media shift

SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica (AP) — Growing up in Trinidad and Tobago, Carlon Augustus remembers reading the newspapers his grandparents bought daily. Now 32, he says he turns to social media for the latest...

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Trump urges US allies to send warships to Strait of Hormuz as Iran vows to retaliate

CAIRO (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said he hoped allies would send warships to secure the vital Strait of Hormuz while Iran urged people to evacuate three ports in the United Arab Emirates as its...

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The Latest: UAE reports new missile attack, a day after Iran warns 3 major ports to evacuate

The United Arab Emirates reported a new missile attack Sunday morning, a day after Iran called for the evacuation of three major UAE ports, threatening for the first time a neighboring country’s non-U.S....

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Anti-war protests in Italy and Spain as high-stakes referendum on Italian judges looms

ROME (AP) — Thousands of people protested Saturday against wars in the Middle East and judicial reforms proposed by Italy’s conservative government — linking international tensions with a growing...

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Rwanda threatens to withdraw its counterinsurgency troops from Mozambique

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Rwanda will withdraw its counterinsurgency troops from Mozambique if the mission’s foreign backers don't maintain “sustainable funding,” the foreign minister said on Saturday. ...

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US energy secretary directs oil company to restore operations off California

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright directed a Texas-based oil and gas company Friday to restore operations in waters off southern California that were damaged by a 2015 oil spill, invoking...

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A pardon lobbyist, $500,000 demand and alleged 'enforcer' lead to extortion charge in New York

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities in New York have arrested and charged a lobbyist — one who worked on behalf of an ex-nursing home operator pardoned recently by President Donald Trump — with attempting...

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American flag raised at US Embassy in Venezuela for the 1st time since 2019

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The American flag was raised Saturday over the U.S. Embassy in Venezuela for the first time since 2019, a move that highlighted the recent shift in relations between the two...

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Trinidad and Tobago extends state of emergency for 3 months over crime

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Trinidad and Tobago's government has received House of Representatives approval to extend a state of emergency for three months, as the twin-island Caribbean nation struggles...

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Trinidad and Tobago extends state of emergency for 3 months over crime

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Trinidad and Tobago's government has received House of Representatives approval to extend a state of emergency for three months, as the twin-island Caribbean nation struggles...

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