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		<title>Economic recovery is losing steam, says ILO</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2025 20:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Economic growth stood at 3.2 per cent in 2024, down from 3.3 and 3.6 per cent in 2023 and 2022, respectively. A similar level of growth is expected in 2025]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>World Bank Economic Review: Digital Solutions Can Fuel Growth, Inclusion and Better Governance in the Caribbean</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2023 05:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The report estimates regional GDP will grow by 2.0% in 2023, slightly up from 1.4% in previous projections, but still below that of all other regions in the world.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Caribbean Nations to Seek $33trn in Slavery Reparations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2023 13:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Britain owes $19.6 trillion, Spain should pay $6.3 trillion and France owes $6.5 trillion]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>&#8220;Queen of Pop&#8221; and Music Legend, Tina Turner dies at 83</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2023 19:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Turner had suffered a number of health issues in recent years including cancer, a stroke and kidney failure.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>US President, Joe Biden Makes Surprise visit to Ukraine</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2023 12:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The highly secretive visit – which took place as air raid sirens could be heard ringing out around Kyiv while Biden walked alongside President Zelensky around the gold-domed St. Michael’s Cathedral ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>UN Launches $397M Humanitarian Appeal for Syria Earthquake Victims</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2023 15:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today, I am announcing that the United Nations is launching a $397 million humanitarian appeal for the people of earthquake-ravaged Syria]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>US Gas Prices are now lower than they were a year ago</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2022 16:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gas prices peaked above $5 a Gal. in June. Since then, they’ve fallen sharply as an economic slowdown and concerns about recession have helped ease demand for oil around the world.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>St. Lucians in the UK Celebrate National Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2022 12:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This event is proving to be successful and the audience has always been looking forward to this special day]]></description>
		
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		<title>Today, the door swings shut on the Elizabethan era</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2022 17:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A reign of seven decades came to an end today after the coffin of the late Elizabeth, Queen of England  will be buried at Windsor.  ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Queen Elizabeth II has died at age 96</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2022 17:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With her death, her eldest son Charles, the former Prince of Wales, will lead the country in mourning as the new King and head of state for 14 Commonwealth realms.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan, voicing U.S. &#8216;solidarity&#8217; as China fumes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2022 19:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan late on Tuesday on a trip she said demonstrates American solidarity with the Chinese-claimed self-ruled island.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>&#8220;No one is remotely indespensable&#8221;, British PM Resigns</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2022 16:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Boris Johnson has announced he is quitting as leader of the Conservative Party after a perilous few days in office.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The War in Ukraine Must Stop says DCCA?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2022 18:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The whole world is watching with a painful heart how Ukrainians are being killed and their homes being destroyed by the Russian army]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Facebook to Change Its Name</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2021 21:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The name change will be announced next week, citing a source with direct knowledge of the matter.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Queen of Saint Lucia saddened to hear of the death of Kuwait&#8217;s former leader</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2020 18:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Queen Elizabeth II has sent a message of condolence to the new Emir of Kuwait, following the death of the country&#8217;s former ruler, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Kuwait’s new leader, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (the brother of the former leader), was sworn in today. &#8220;I was saddened to hear of the death of His [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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