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05 Oct, 2026
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Privacy concerns put smart glasses under scrutiny as Norway seeks temporary ban
A trip to the park. A day at the beach. A workout session at the gym. All in public spaces where smart glasses can snap photos, record conversations or stream video online — without people in the line…
04 Oct, 2026
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Home Affairs Minister to meet top cop over SOCU head rape allegations
GEORGETOWN (CMC): Home Affairs Minister Oneidge Walrond says she will meet with Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken to determine how to address allegations of rape and threatening behaviour against…
04 Oct, 2026
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Consulate expands support for nationals in US
NEW YORK (CMC): St Vincent and the Grenadines’ Consul General to the United States Roland ‘Patel’ Matthews says the New York-based Consulate General is broadening its role beyond providing routine…
03 Oct, 2026
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School protests spill into unrest
PARIS (AP): Thousands of arrests, hundreds of injuries, schools set on fire in France. When the summer vacation ended and the new term started just a month ago, few could have imagined that the…
03 Oct, 2026
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‘Golden passport’ plan aims to attract wealthy foreigners
BUENOS AIRES (AP): Argentina on yesterday announced plans to offer citizenship to wealthy foreigners in exchange for cash contributions or investments in government bonds, as libertarian President…
03 Oct, 2026
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Ex-congressman gets 10 years for secret Venezuela lobbying
MIAMI (AP): A former Miami congressman and longtime friend of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison in connection with a secret US$50 million lobbying campaign…
02 Oct, 2026
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How Tennessee’s execution of Christa Pike failed
NASHVILLE (AP): Christa Pike was scheduled to be executed. But after two injections, she kept breathing. She made snoring sounds, she talked, she said her arm was hurting. Pike, sentenced to die for…
02 Oct, 2026
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Ex-cop who killed St Lucian in apartment granted parole
A white Dallas police officer convicted of killing a black man in his apartment that she mistook for her own was granted parole yesterday after serving seven years of her 10-year sentence. The Texas…
02 Oct, 2026
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Island faces record electric rate as demand, costs increase
SAN JUAN (AP): A record electric rate went into effect yesterday in Puerto Rico as outages persist and the US territory’s power grid continues to crumble. A residential customer that consumes 800…