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N.Y. bishop robbed during livestreamed service is arrested on fraud and extortion charges
The New York City bishop who was robbed of around $1 million in jewelry during a livestreamed service in July was arrested Monday morning and is facing fraud and extortion charges, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. Lamor Whitehead, who leads Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries church in Brooklyn’s Canarsie neighborhood, was charged with two…
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Antigua and Barbuda diplomats discuss major priorities
On the margins of the 2022 Effective Development Cooperation Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, Ambassador Walton Webson, Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations in New York, paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Boris Latour, Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations Office in Geneva, and Ambassador Colin Murdoch, Permanent…
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Woman arrested after breaking into Robert De Niro’s home, trying to steal Xmas gifts: reports
It’s not just the Grinch who tried to steal Christmas. A 30-year-old woman was arrested in the early hours of Monday morning when she was caught attempting to steal Christmas presents from under Robert De Niro‘s tree in his Manhattan townhouse, local police reported. According to The Associated Press, officers from the New York Police…
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International Body agrees to hearing on Climate Change Damage
Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, has announced that the effort by a group of small island states to seek justice for damage, caused by the impact of Climate Change, has won another success. Prime Minister Browne disclosed that, on December 16, the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) decided to…
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Messi-led Argentina defeats France on penalties to cap thrilling men’s World Cup final
Lionel Messi’s once-in-a-generation career is complete. The Argentina superstar is finally a World Cup champion. Messi scored two goals and then another in a shootout as Argentina beat France 4-2 on penalties Sunday to claim a third World Cup title despite Kylian Mbappe scoring the first hat trick in a final in 56 years. Now…
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France all blue, white and red for World Cup final
With concrete blocks painted blue, white and red, Paris police sealed off the French capital’s most famous boulevard to traffic on Sunday in anticipation that it will flood with celebrating crowds if France beats Argentina to win its third World Cup title. The Champs-Elysees and some surrounding streets were declared off-limits to vehicles until the…
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AOSIS Chair welcomes newly launched principles to accelerate Sustainable Development efforts in SIDS
Ambassador Dr. Walton Webson, Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations, participated in the 2022 Effective Development Cooperation (EDC) Summit, in his capacity as Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). The three-day summit was held at the Hilton Conference Center in Geneva, Switzerland, from December 12 to 14. The…
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OECS Calls for US to Comply with WTO Panel Ruling
During a meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) General Council on Friday, its highest decision-making body, the representative of the OECS Member States of the WTO called for the United States to comply with the ruling of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) in the case on the cross-border supply of gambling and betting…
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FTX crypto boss Sam Bankman-Fried denied bail in The Bahamas
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has been denied bail by a judge in The Bahamas. US authorities charged Mr Bankman-Fried with “one of the biggest financial frauds in US history” on Tuesday. The ex-FTX boss built a “house of cards on a foundation of deception”, Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair…
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COSIS files for Law of the Sea Opinion on Climate damage
The Co-Chairs of the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law (COSIS), Prime Minister Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda and Prime Minister Kausea Natano of Tuvalu, submitted a request for an Advisory Opinion today to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on the obligation of States…
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Protecting school children and ending gang violence: no time to waste
By Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States of America and the Organization of American States. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto) Gang violence, particularly in schools, and directed at…