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DeVry University launches Caribbean initiative to expand access to higher education
Caribbean National Weekly
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July 8, 2025
Citizens across the English-speaking Caribbean are now benefiting from a transformative new initiative launched earlier this year by U.S.-based DeVry University, designed to expand access to higher education in 16 countries throughout the region....
Tinubu Arrives Rio De Janeiro For For BRICS Summit In Brazil
The Will
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July 5, 2025
July 05, (THEWILL) — President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to participate in the 17th Summit of Heads of State and Government for the Global South and Emerging Economic Bloc, which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, and...
Gang volence should be treated as terrorism, says PM Holness
Caribbean National Weekly
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July 8, 2025
Addressing the opening ceremony of the 49th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM on Sunday (July 6) at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, Prime Minister Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness called for CARICOM nations to take a...
‘We cannot leave Haiti to the mercy of gangs’ — Holness
Jamaica Observer
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July 7, 2025
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness at the 49th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) opening ceremony in St James on Sunday. (Photo Naphtali Junior) ST JAMES, Jamaica — Caribbean Community...
Tinubu, Arewa And Ismaeel Ahmed Esq
Leadership
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July 6, 2025
Published twice, and last published on June 22, 2025, my article titled: ‘Tinubu and Arewa’, read thus: “Back in 2011, when the CPC/ACN merger talks stalled, I ran into a livid Ismaeel Ahmed Esq, a friend from way back in Uni, who had delved into...
Tinubu Arrives Brazil for Key BRICS Plenary Session
News Central TV
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July 5, 2025
President Bola Tinubu arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Friday night to take part in the 17th BRICS summit, marking Nigeria’s long-anticipated debut as a ‘partner country’ at the influential economic forum. According to a statement from...
Julien Alfred Reveals Love-Hate Relationship with Track Ahead of Major Race
Essentially Sports
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July 5, 2025
There are stadiums that serve merely as venues, and then there are arenas that live in the spine. For Julien Alfred, Hayward Field belongs to the latter. It is where early triumph once bloomed. And where disappointment followed before the echoes...
Richardson seeks to kickstart season after February injury
The Peninsula
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July 6, 2025
Eugene: Sha’Carri Richardson is looking to ignite her World Championships season at the Eugene Diamond League meeting yesterday, revealing an injury in February set back her 2025 campaign. “I was injured this year in February, that completely set...
Tinubu Arrives In Brazil For BRICS Summit
News Investigators Nigeria
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July 5, 2025
News Investigators/ President Bola Tinubu on Friday night arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to participate in the 17th BRICS Summit. This marks Nigeria’s long awaited debut as a ‘partner country’ at the influential economic gathering According...
Tinubu arrives in Brazil for BRICS Summit
News Diary Online
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July 5, 2025
President Bola Tinubu on Friday night arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to participate in the 17th BRICS Summit. By Muhyideen Jimoh President Bola Tinubu on Friday night arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to participate in the 17th BRICS...
New Village mourns promising graduate in wave of killings
St. Lucia Times
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July 5, 2025
In a week marked by bloodshed, in the New Village community, where 18-year-old Jhanick Jn Philip was gunned down, the loss reverberated through families and streets still shaken by the sound of gunshots. The 18-year-old, a recent graduate still...
Clouden: Stop wasting time and legalise ganja
The New Today Grenada
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July 5, 2025
Outspoken attorney-at-law Anselm Clouden has called on the 3-year old Dickon Mitchell-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government to fulfil its promise made to the young in the 2022 general election to legalise ganja on the island. Clouden,...
Ackera Nugent wins 100m hurdles at Prefontaine Classic as Jefferson-Wooden stuns Julien Alfred
Loop News
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July 6, 2025
Jamaica’s Ackera Nugent won the women’s 100 metres hurdles with a time of 12.32 seconds at the 50th Prefontaine Classic on Saturday, leading a strong field at the Wanda Diamond League meet in Eugene. Nugent, the Jamaican record holder, got off to...
World records set at Prefontaine Classic
El Dorado News-Times - Arkansas
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July 6, 2025
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Kenyans Faith Kipyegon and Beatrice Chebet set world records and American Melissa Jefferson-Wooden won a star-studded women's 100 meters Saturday as the Prefontaine Classic celebrated its 50th anniversary. Kipyegon finished the...
Dallas’ Sha’Carri Richardson finishes last in 100 meters at star-studded Prefontaine Classic
The Dallas Morning News - Texas
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July 6, 2025
EUGENE, Ore. — Kenyans Faith Kipyegon and Beatrice Chebet set world records and American Melissa Jefferson-Wooden won a star-studded women’s 100 meters Saturday as the Prefontaine Classic celebrated its 50th anniversary. Dallas’ Sha’Carri...
Fiddling while ‘Rome’ burns
The Sun Nigeria
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July 6, 2025
Nigeria, our country for years, has been going round the hot crucible. We felt the heat but never really got burnt. The saving grace didn’t emanate from our calculations or definitive strategy. Each time one or two of our reckless acts could have...
Jereem settles for a tough fifth place finish in 20.23 seconds
CNC 3
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July 6, 2025
WALTER ALIBEY Senior Multimedia Reporter [email protected] Jereem ‘The Dream’ Richards failed to impress at the 50th anniversary of the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon, USA, yesterday where he was fifth in a time of 20.23 seconds in the...
GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT TURNS HARSHLY ON CARIBBEAN CBI PROGRAMMES AFTER ST. KITTS-NEVIS POLICY BLUNDERS: 30-DAY RESIDENCY RULE NOW LOOMS
Times Caribbean
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July 7, 2025
GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT TURNS HARSHLY ON CARIBBEAN CBI PROGRAMMES AFTER ST. KITTS-NEVIS POLICY BLUNDERS: 30-DAY RESIDENCY RULE NOW LOOMS BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS — JULY 7, 2025 | TIMES CARIBBEAN GLOBAL — A firestorm of global scrutiny has engulfed the...
Kenyans set two track world records at Prefontaine Classic
The Daily Pilot - Calfornia
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July 5, 2025
EUGENE, Ore. — Kenyans Faith Kipyegon and Beatrice Chebet set world records and American Melissa Jefferson-Wooden won a star-studded women’s 100 meters Saturday as the Prefontaine Classic celebrated its 50th anniversary. Kipyegon finished the...
Kipyegon and Chebet set world records at star-studded Prefontaine Classic
Lethbridge Herald
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July 5, 2025
By Canadian Press on July 5, 2025. EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Kenyans Faith Kipyegon and Beatrice Chebet set world records and American Melissa Jefferson-Wooden won a star-studded women’s 100 meters Saturday as the Prefontaine Classic celebrated its 50th...