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Western Europe sweltered through its hottest June on record last month, as “extreme” temperatures blasted the region in punishing back-to-back heatwaves, the EU climate monitor Copernicus said Wednesday.
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The Revenue Department of the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) has started sending letters to car dealerships across the municipality, in an effort to recover outstanding fees for signage and advertisements.
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More than 160 people remain unaccounted for after devastating floods in Texas, the state governor said Tuesday, marking a dramatic increase in the number of missing from a tragedy that has so far claimed 109 lives.
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Western Europe sweltered through its hottest June on record last month, as "extreme" temperatures blasted the region in punishing back-to-back heatwaves, the EU climate monitor Copernicus said Wednesday.
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A Mexican court on Tuesday sentenced 10 cartel gunmen to 141 years each in prison for murder and kidnapping at a suspected training camp, in a case that shocked the country. The men were arrested last September at a ranch authorities say was used as a forced recruitment center
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On Sunday June 29, 2025 the Sunday Observer published two articles referencing BPM Financial. It has recently been brought to our attention that certain statements made in the articles were untrue and without basis. Jamaica Observer would like to take this opportunity to correct
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A Mexican court on Tuesday sentenced 10 cartel gunmen to 141 years each in prison for murder and kidnapping at a suspected training camp, in a case that shocked the country.
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The 48-hour curfew imposed in sections of the Kingston Eastern Police Division has been extended.
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A Ukrainian drone attack killed three people, including a National Guard soldier, in the Russian city of Kursk, near the border with Ukraine, the region's acting governor said.
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Mental health expert, Dr Marlon Simpson, is calling for urgent attention to the mental well-being of men, highlighting the critical need for safe spaces, stigma reduction, and greater understanding of burnout and how males express their emotions.
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The Savanna-la-Mar police are probing the circumstances that led to the death of an elderly woman who was found in a mummified state at her house in Old Hope district, Little London, Westmoreland, on Sunday.
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Outgoing president of the Rotary Club of St Andrew North, Ian Rose, on Friday, July 4, presented housing units to Natasha Kidd of Wynter’s Pen, St Catherine and Marsha Givans of Toolis in Porus on behalf of the club.
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A meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday between the Ministry of Labour and the South East Regional Health Authority after ambulance workers stayed off the job on Monday and Tuesday to register their concerns surrounding retroactive payments.
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In a pivot away from strict post 9/11 rules, the United States (US) will no longer require travellers to remove their shoes during flight screening, according to media reports. A report from the BBC indicated that on Monday some airports had already implemented the change during
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More than 160 people remain unaccounted for after devastating floods in Texas, the state governor said Tuesday, marking a dramatic increase in the number of missing from a tragedy that has so far claimed 109 lives.
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Anthony Baker, conceptualiser of the Clarendon Elite Cup, is paying it forward to youngsters across several high schools, after competing in schoolboy football for several years.
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A man has been hospitalised after he was attacked and shot near his home in Huntley district, north west Manchester on Tuesday. Preliminary reports are that about 2:00 am, the 45-year-old man was reportedly walking home from a party in the community when he was attacked by an
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