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Half-Way-Tree Primary School teacher suffers stroke, dies five days later: KINGSTON, Jamaica- The staff and students of Half-Way-Tree Primary are mourning the ...
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Half-Way-Tree Primary School teacher suffers stroke, dies five days later
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Pregnant Chick-fil-A manager killed in crash with prison transport van before baby shower
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Pregnant Chick-fil-A manager killed in crash with prison transport van ...
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NYPD cop, 31, shot dead by career criminal during Queens traffic stop ID'd as husband, dad of young child
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Quick Glance: Family Mourns NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller, Shot by Ex-Con in Queens Car Stop
  • The family mourns the slain NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller, shot by an ex-con during a car stop at a Queens bus stop, possibly while planning a robbery.

  • A poignant farewell for Diller as his colleagues accompanied his remains from the hospital to the morgue and then to a funeral home.

  • Diller, a 31-year-old fallen officer, leaves behind a young bride and a 1-year-old son, who is now being cared for by family members.

  • Despite the tragic loss and Diller's and his colleagues' heroic response to the attack, the events serve as a reminder to those working in dangerous situations to always be aware that such tragic events can happen to anyone.
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Jaydon Hibbert awards five scholarships to Kingston College: KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jaydon Hibbert, world U-20 Triple Jump record holder, has established the Leaps ...
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Jaydon Hibbert awards five scholarships to Kingston College
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Bassirou Diomaye Faye: From prison to Senegal’s presidential spotlight: From a Dakar prison to the presidency, Senegal's anti-establishment Bassirou Diomaye Faye ...
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Bassirou Diomaye Faye: From prison to Senegal’s presidential spotlight
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Newly renovated surgical ward at KPH reopens: KINGSTON, Jamaica - The 36-bed Ward 2 North at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) has been officially reopened ...
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Newly renovated surgical ward at KPH reopens
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Man sentenced to 11 months in prison for voicemail threats to Nancy Pelosi, Alejandro Mayorkas: DOJ
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Man sentenced to 11 months in prison for voicemail threats to Nancy Pelosi ...
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Five dead, 1,000 homes destroyed in PNG earthquake: At least five people were killed and an estimated 1,000 homes destroyed when a magnitude 6 ...
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Five dead, 1,000 homes destroyed in PNG earthquake
Quick Glance: Significant Destruction Caused by Severe Earthquake and Floods in PNG
  • A seismic event measuring 6.9 in magnitude resulted in extensive destruction in Papua New Guinea, with approximately 1,000 residential properties in the East Sepik province affected, with reports of three fatalities.

  • Governor Allan Bird mentioned the devastation of the 1,000 homes due to the earthquake, exacerbating the existing challenges posed by flooding in the province.

  • Critical necessities in the impacted areas include housing, access to clean water, and waterproof covers for securing possessions and firewood.

  • Intense precipitation coupled with powerful winds have led to severe flooding and landslides in Papua New Guinea during this current month.
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Federal officials say 20 have been charged for threatening election workers: An outsize number of the prosecutions have involved Arizona, a swing state that ...
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Quick Glance: Federal Charges for Threatening Election Workers
  • The Justice Department reported that approximately 20 individuals have been charged for threatening election officials during the 2020 and 2022 elections, with over half a dozen receiving sentences ranging from one to 3 ½ years.

  • Investigators must assess reported threats to determine if they escalate from free speech to actual violent or death threats, considering the reason behind the threat and its impact on the recipient.

  • Threats commonly arise during election periods, often fueled by denial of election results, leading to severe consequences for election workers, their families, and colleagues.

  • Judge Steven P. Logan emphasized that violent threats pose a significant risk to American institutions and employees, constituting a direct assault on the rule of law.
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Clarke says Opposition Leader disrespectful for referring to House Speaker Juliet Holness ‘as the wife’
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Clarke says Opposition Leader disrespectful for referring to House Speaker ...
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Tributes paid to city legend 'Pretty' who loved to dance and make people smile: Albert Johnson was an incredibly happy man and well-loved in the local community
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Tributes paid to city legend 'Pretty' who loved to dance and make people ...
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Lembikisa wonder strike lifts Reggae Boyz over Panama to claim third: KINGSTON, Jamaica— Jamaica's Reggae Boyz clinched third place in the Concacaf Nations ...
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Lembikisa wonder strike lifts Reggae Boyz over Panama to claim third
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Gov’t prioritises Washington Boulevard improvement, says PM: KINGSTON, Jamaica - Increased focus will be placed on the Washington Boulevard Improvement Project ...
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Gov’t prioritises Washington Boulevard improvement, says PM
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A U.K. court delays extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the U.S.: He spent seven years in the Ecuadorian Embassy and five years in prison ...
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A U.K. court delays extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the ...
Quick Glance: Julian Assange: UK Court Delays US Extradition
  • A British court ruled that Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the United States unless U.S. authorities guarantee he won't face the death penalty.

  • Assange will remain in London's Belmarsh Prison as the legal battle continues.

  • Judges emphasized the need for Assange to receive the same protections as a U.S. citizen and to be spared from the death penalty.

  • The U.S. Justice Department declined to comment, while Assange's supporters argue for his rights as a journalist under the First Amendment.
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No more prison for fare dodging: There will no longer be a prison sentence for repeated fare evasion in Cologne. The federal government is also planning ...
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No more prison for fare dodging
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Dr Brian Heap is dead: Dr Brian Heap, an English-born educator known for his work in theatre, died on Sunday after a prolonged, undisclosed illness ...
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Dr Brian Heap is dead
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Dubai Police arrest 202 beggars; most are visit visa holders - News | Khaleej Times
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Former Norwich City director's comments about black footballers branded 'absolute disgrace'
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Former Norwich City director's comments about black footballers branded ...
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Gray, Nicholson back for Reggae Boyz vs Panama: KINGSTON, Jamaica— Demarai Gray and Shamar Nicholson have been included in the Jamaica team to face Panama in the ...
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Gray, Nicholson back for Reggae Boyz vs Panama
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‘Tattoo’ shot and killed in Westmoreland: WESTMORELAND, Jamaica – A man was shot and killed at Amity Cross Road in Westmoreland on Friday night ...
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‘Tattoo’ shot and killed in Westmoreland
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‘Bunny’ Shaw breaks Manchester City’s goal record: Jamaica’s Khadija "Bunny" Shaw is now Manchester City’s women’s record goal scorer. Shaw surpassed Georgia ...
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‘Bunny’ Shaw breaks Manchester City’s goal record
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Woman who lied to police that her mobile phone was snatched gets 5 days’ jail: Lee Yi-Ching's lies caused the police to conduct a manhunt that lasted nearly two ...
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Woman who lied to police that her mobile phone was snatched gets 5 days’ ...
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Five Students Wounded in Slashings at Queens High School: The students were taken into custody after a fight at the school, the police said ...
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Five Students Wounded in Slashings at Queens High School
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Grim search for six bodies in Baltimore bridge-ship collision continues: BALTIMORE, United States (AFP)— Emergency services combed the cold waters of Baltimore ...
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Grim search for six bodies in Baltimore bridge-ship collision continues
Quick Glance: Tragedy in Baltimore: Fatal Bridge Collapse and Intensive Investigations
  • A cargo ship that lost control and crashed into a bridge in Baltimore had previously undergone engine maintenance in the port, according to the US Coast Guard. Divers retrieved the bodies of two of the six workers who fell into the water, while the search for the others was deemed unsuccessful.

  • Investigators commenced gathering evidence from the cargo ship involved in striking the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The victims were from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, with authorities suspecting that the other vehicles with victims were trapped.
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Ocasio-Cortez demands GOP specify actual crimes in Biden impeachment inquiry: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) pressured the GOP to name the specific crime ...
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Ocasio-Cortez demands GOP specify actual crimes in Biden impeachment ...
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Four people injured in Westmoreland drive-by shooting: WESTMORELAND, Jamaica— A 52-year-old mechanic from Manchester is among four people who were reportedly ...
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Four people injured in Westmoreland drive-by shooting
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Greifswald corona expert: I was treated with hostility: The coronavirus pandemic has made scientists the target of hostility. Lars Kaderali from Greifswald said ...
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Greifswald corona expert: I was treated with hostility
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An Easter loaf baked with fruit, spices and Caribbean sun: Widely believed to be a descendant of hot cross buns, this Jamaican spice bun soars with vibrant ...
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An Easter loaf baked with fruit, spices and Caribbean sun
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First Muslim American nominated to federal appeals court faces roadblocks in Senate
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First Muslim American nominated to federal appeals court faces roadblocks ...
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Pro-Trump lawyer surrenders in Michigan after DC arrest and Dominion leaks: Pro-Trump lawyer Stefanie Lambert surrendered Thursday to Michigan authorities in ...
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Pro-Trump lawyer surrenders in Michigan after DC arrest and Dominion leaks
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Paedophile with terminal cancer dies in prison: Ian Wilkinson repeatedly abused a teenage boy in the 1980s
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Paedophile with terminal cancer dies in prison
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Long ordeal of disabled, abandoned kids in Haiti orphanage ends: They’re in Jamaica
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Long ordeal of disabled, abandoned kids in Haiti orphanage ends: They’re ...
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13 killed in Philippine road crash: At least 13 people were killed in the southern Philippines on Monday after a collision between a dump truck loaded with sand ...
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13 killed in Philippine road crash
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General Hospital Preview: Jason Comes Between Sonny and Carly: In the latest General Hospital preview, friends and families are at odds over Jason's guilt ...
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General Hospital Preview: Jason Comes Between Sonny and Carly
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A Chinese pastor is released after 7 years in prison, only to find himself unable to get an ID
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A Chinese pastor is released after 7 years in prison, only to find himself ...
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Dani Alves: Soccer star leaves prison after paying $1 million bond for provisional release after sexual assault conviction
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Dani Alves: Soccer star leaves prison after paying $1 million bond for ...
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Four Moscow attack suspects charged with terrorism: MOSCOW, Russia (AFP)— Four men accused of involvement in the Moscow concert hall attack that killed at least ...
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Four Moscow attack suspects charged with terrorism
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Life in prison for five men who raped, killed woman in Crown Mines: Five men who raped and killed Sinoxolo Noah in Johannesburg in 2022 have been sentenced to ...
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Life in prison for five men who raped, killed woman in Crown Mines
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Israel Arrests West Bank Reporter Rula Hassanein; 13th Palestinian Dies in Israeli Prison Since Oct. 7
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Israel Arrests West Bank Reporter Rula Hassanein; 13th Palestinian Dies in ...
Quick Glance: Escalation in Israeli Prisons
  • A journalist named Rula Hassanein was arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank while her home was raided overnight. Despite still breastfeeding her 9-month-old baby, she had to leave it behind.

  • Additionally, a 26-year-old Palestinian Bedouin passed away over the weekend in an Israeli prison. Reports indicate widespread abuse and medical neglect in Israeli detention facilities. This recent tragedy marks at least the 13th death due to mistreatment in an Israeli prison since October 7.
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'Worst landlord' in New York City gets jail time for ignoring repairs, is attacked at Rikers Island
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'Worst landlord' in New York City gets jail time for ignoring repairs ...
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Former soccer star Robinho turns himself in to start serving 9-year prison sentence for rape
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Former soccer star Robinho turns himself in to start serving 9-year prison ...
Quick Glance: Robinho Arrested in Brazil for Rape Conviction
  • Former footballer Robinho was arrested in Brazil after his last-minute attempt to delay his nine-year rape sentence was rejected.

  • Robinho was found guilty by an Italian court for participating in a gang rape and exhausted all appeals.

  • Italy requested Robinho to serve his sentence in Brazil since the country does not extradite its nationals.

  • Criticism arose in the football world over the silence on cases of violence against women, especially with Robinho and Dani Alves' convictions.
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Digitisation at RGD linked to NIDS project: KINGSTON, Jamaica - The massive digitisation project being undertaken by the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) ...
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Digitisation at RGD linked to NIDS project
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Ecuador mayor killed amid anti-gang state of emergency: QUITO, Ecuador (AFP)— An Ecuadoran mayor was found shot to death Sunday, police said ...
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Ecuador mayor killed amid anti-gang state of emergency
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Son speaks after notorious ex-con dies: The son of former prisoner Russell Manser has broken his silence after his father’s sudden death.
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Son speaks after notorious ex-con dies
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#Champs2024: St Jago’s Faulknor wins Class 3 boys’ long jump: KINGSTON, Jamaica – St Jago High’s Winaldo Faulknor has been crowned the Class 3 boys’ long jump ...
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#Champs2024: St Jago’s Faulknor wins Class 3 boys’ long jump
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U.S. raises treatment of imprisoned Palestinian leader Barghouti with Israel: Relatives of Marwan Barghouti, the most prominent Palestinian political figure ...
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U.S. raises treatment of imprisoned Palestinian leader Barghouti with ...
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Catherine ‘enormously touched’ by support after cancer announcement: LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)— Catherine, Princess of Wales, has said she is "enormously ...
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Catherine ‘enormously touched’ by support after cancer announcement
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Health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says war death toll at 32,333: The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Monday that at least 32,333 people have been killed ...
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Health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says war death toll at 32,333
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Two bar workers arrested in Russia’s first LGBTQ ‘extremism’ case: The suspects will remain in custody until May 18 and face as long as 10 years in prison if ...
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Two bar workers arrested in Russia’s first LGBTQ ‘extremism’ case
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Tunisia sentences four to death for murder of politician Chokri Belaid: After a decade-long wait, six people are found guilty of the murder of politician Chokri ...
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Tunisia sentences four to death for murder of politician Chokri Belaid
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#Champs2024: Finalists set for Class 3 1500m: KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica College’s (JC) Cavel Nooks and St Elizabeth Technical High’s Shameika Dennis will lead ...
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#Champs2024: Finalists set for Class 3 1500m
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‘A momentous day’: All 6 rogue Mississippi cops got long prison sentences in ‘Goon Squad’ torture of 2 Black men
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‘A momentous day’: All 6 rogue Mississippi cops got long prison sentences ...
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#Champs2024: Excelsior’s Bennett wins Class 2 boys’ 400m final - Jamaica Observer
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#Champs2024: Excelsior’s Bennett wins Class 2 boys’ 400m final - Jamaica ...
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Champs2024: Alphansus Davis’ Reynolds defends Class 3 girls’ 1500m title - Jamaica Observer
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Champs2024: Alphansus Davis’ Reynolds defends Class 3 girls’ 1500m title - ...
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#Champs2024: JC sweep boys’ 800m finals: KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica College’s (JC’s) navy blue swept through the National Stadium as their top athletes ...
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#Champs2024: JC sweep boys’ 800m finals
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Virtual reality offers a chilling 3D look inside Venezuela's spiraling prison: A former Venezuelan political prisoner got the idea to create a virtual reality ...
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Virtual reality offers a chilling 3D look inside Venezuela's spiraling ...
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NHT to build one-bedroom apartments as starter homes with ‘buy-back’ clause: KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that the National ...
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NHT to build one-bedroom apartments as starter homes with ‘buy-back’ ...
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‘Political conspiracy’: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on L-G’s ‘cannot run govt from jail’ remark
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‘Political conspiracy’: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on L-G’s ‘cannot run govt ...
Quick Glance: AAP Protest: Delhi Police Detains Punjab Minister Harjot Singh Bains, Somnath Bharti
  • Punjab Minister Harjot Singh Bains and Somnath Bharti were detained by the police as they gathered at Patel Chowk to protest against the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

  • Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members chanted slogans and planned to march to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence for a 'gherao'.

  • Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure were imposed, with heightened security measures in various parts of the capital to prevent protests.

  • Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal, arrested on March 21, faces allegations of involvement in a conspiracy related to excise policy. The protests led to further arrests of AAP members, including a Punjab Minister.