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12 Oct, 2026
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Unions postpone march to avoid clash with Sparrow’s funeral
PORT-OF-SPAIN, CMC: Trinidad and Tobago’s trade union movement has rescheduled a planned march through Port-of-Spain by one week to avoid a clash with the state-assisted funeral of calypso legend…
12 Oct, 2026
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Political veteran Eusi Kwayana dies at 101
GEORGETOWN (CMC): Veteran politician, educator and Working People’s Alliance (WPA) co-founder Eusi Kwayana has died at the age of 101, the party announced in a statement issued on Sunday jointly with…
10 Oct, 2026
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Trio wins medicine prize for breakthrough in brain research
STOCKHOLM (AP): The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists whose work led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works. Dr Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and…
10 Oct, 2026
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Ghost-particle hunter wins physics prize
STOCKHOLM (AP): Belgian-born scientist Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that researchers believe…
10 Oct, 2026
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Mirrored-molecule discoveries earn chemistry prize
STOCKHOLM (AP): Scientists Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for untangling mysterious mirror images in molecules, a discovery that has been used to develop…
10 Oct, 2026
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South Africa-born jurist wins Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO (AP): Navi Pillay, a South African-born jurist and former UN human rights chief whose career has spanned from defending the rights of an imprisoned Nelson Mandela to leading a panel that found…
10 Oct, 2026
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US to get diesel from Russia
WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump said that he has struck a deal to obtain diesel from Russia, a stunning reversal of years of US pressure on Moscow over its war with Ukraine and an attempt to…
10 Oct, 2026
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Vance expresses doubts about plan to livestream execution
EBRON (AP): Vice President JD Vance cast doubt on whether the Pentagon will livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan in December but told reporters that if it is livestreamed,…
10 Oct, 2026
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Carney rejects Musk's call for Canadian break-up
SHERBROOKE (AP): Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday that Canada’s future will be decided by Canadians, pushing back on Elon Musk’s call for Quebec, Alberta and Saskatchewan to separate…