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West Indies cricket’s ‘founding father’ Everton Weekes dies, aged 95
St. John’s (Antigua and Barbuda) (AFP), July 1, 2020-- Legendary batsman Everton Weekes, the last of the famed West Indies ‘Three Ws’, died Wednesday...
Hundreds of elephants are mysteriously dying in Botswana – a conservationist explains what we know
BOTSWANA, Sun. July 5, 2020 (nzherald.co.nz)-- Worrying news has recently come to light: hundreds of elephants have been found dead in Botswana, and as...
White supremacist ideas have historical roots in U.S. Christianity
Wed. July 1, 2020 (NPR)-- When a young Southern Baptist pastor named Alan Cross arrived in Montgomery, Ala., in January 2000, he knew it...
TO OBSERVE and PROTECT: Community Alert Patrol and the Fight Against Police Terror
My name is Ron Wilkins and I headed the civilian police monitoring group in Los Angeles known as the Community Alert Patrol (CAP) founded...
Exclusive: “Sorry is not enough”, Caribbean states say of British slavery apologies
LONDON, June 19, 2020 (Reuters)-- British financial institutions that benefited from slavery such as Lloyd’s of London should go further than saying sorry for...
What speaking to my daughter about George Floyd taught me about my race privilege as an African
Editor’s note: Stephanie Busari is a Supervising Producer at CNN. She is based in Lagos, Nigeria where she leads multi-platform coverage.
LAGOS, Nigeria, Sat. June...
Minnesota cops “trained by Israeli forces in restraint techniques”
MINNESOTA, Mon. June 1, 2020 (Morning Star)-- Officers from the US police force responsible for the killing of George Floyd received training in restraint...
Venezuelan Armed Force will escort the arrival of Iranian oil tankers into its territorial waters
May 21, 2020 Francisco González Iranian oil tankers , escort , Venezuela-- The Minister for Defense, Vladimir Padrino López, specified that the protection of...
Op-Ed: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Don’t understand the protests? What you’re seeing is people pushed to the edge
Los Angeles Times Opinion
May 30, 2020, 7:29 PM PDT-- What was your first reaction when you saw the video of the white cop kneeling...
Belize – the only COVID-19 free country in the Americas
Wed. May 6, 2020 (Caribbean Culture and Lifestyle)-- Besides being the last country in the Americas to report its first coronavirus case on March...
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Chinese businessman charged with “trafficking in persons”
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Oct. 19, 2020-- As a result of a report in June 2019 that alleged the trafficking of three women, Inspector Jian...
Rodman Welch charged with Shakeem Dennison’s murder
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Oct. 19, 2020-- There has been progress in the case involving the October 12, 2020, murder of Shakeem Dennison, 26, a...
Orange Walk District —COVID-19’s raging epicenter
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Oct. 19, 2020-- On Saturday evening, October 17, the Orange Walk District recorded its 1,000th case of COVID-19, and a new...