A week before the election, the vice president delivers her closing argument at same place where Trump spoke before the assault on the Capitol in 2021.

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The Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) has continued its commitment to community development and educational support with its annual donation of The Gleaner’s Children’s Own to St Jude’s Primary School. St Jude’s is located on Norwich...

WESTERN BUREAU: Organisers of the Hanover 300th anniversary celebrations are gearing up to close off the year of activities with a bang with the events slated for November – the celebration’s final month. Andria Dehaney-Grant, deputy mayor of Lucea...

WESTERN BUREAU: DESPITE BEING physically impaired, Westmoreland’s newest centenarian, Percival Smith, is happy and thankful that he is alive to give God thanks for allowing him to celebrate such an important milestone. Last Saturday, Smith, who was...

WESTERN BUREAU: An outstanding accident report, which is to be provided by the Accident and Reconstruction Unit of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), is being blamed for a further delay in the almost one-year case against 47-year-old Delroy...

ON WEDNESDAY, April 20, 1966, people started to gather at the Palisadoes Airport, near Port Royal. They were anticipating the arrival of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, the following day. They were mainly Rastafarians...

Nations could agree in December on a world-first treaty to reduce the amount of plastic leaking into the environment which, if nothing is done, is forecast to triple by 2060. How did we get here? And what are the impacts on the environment and the climate? - Plastic boom - Global production of synthetic polymers -- which form the building blocks of plastic -- has increased 230-fold since the 1950s, says the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Total production doubled between 2000 and 2019 to 460 million tons, faster than commodities like steel, aluminium or cement. By 2060, if left unchecked, that figure will have almost tripled to 1.2 billion tons, according to the OECD. The growth in plastic production has mainly occurred in the United States, the Middle East and China. - Demand - The Covid-19 pandemic and the economic crises that followed have had two notable -- and opposing -- impacts on plastic consumption. The first is a surge in consumption of single-use plastics in healthcare, food retail and e-commerce. The second is a decline in sectors affected by inflation and the global economic downturn such as the automotive and construction industries. - Trash problem - The sheer volume of plastic garbage produced around the globe has more than doubled in 20 years, from 156 million tonnes in 2000 to 353 million tonnes in 2019. It is expected to almost triple to just over one billion tonnes by 2060. More than two-thirds of this trash is made up of objects with a lifespan of less than five years like plastic packaging, consumer products and textiles. In 2019, 22 million tonnes of plastic found its way into the environment, including six million tonnes in rivers, lakes and oceans, according to the OECD. Plastics account for «at least 85 percent of total marine litter», according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The majority of the world's plastic trash is caused by poor waste management, with other lesser sources including littering, the abrasion of car tyres, and microplastics. By 2060, the OECD predicts the volume of waste in the environment will double to 44 million tonnes, mostly larger plastics but also tiny particles that have been detected in blood and breast milk. Just nine percent of the world's plastic waste is recycled; 19 percent is burned; and nearly 50 percent ends up in controlled landfills. The remaining 22 percent is abandoned in illegal dumps, burned in the open air or released into the environment, putting human health at great risk. - 'It's everywhere' - The impact on the environment, climate and human health is getting worse, the OECD says. The plastic that accumulates in the environment is non-biodegradable, takes hundreds of years to decompose and breaks down into tiny microscopic particles. They «asphyxiate marine species, have a negative impact on soils, poison groundwater», and can have serious repercussions on health, according to UNEP. «Plastic particles are everywhere, in tap water, in drinking water, in groundwater», adds Greenpeace. Plastics also bear a significant carbon footprint. In 2019, plastics generated 1.8 billion tonnes of planet-warming greenhouse gases, or 3.4 percent of the global total, said the OECD and UNEP. Around 90 percent of these emissions came from the production and processing of plastics, which are derived from crude oil and natural gas, according to the OECD and UNEP. © Agence France-Presse

Muscat: Qais Mohammed Al Yousef, Minister of Minister of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion, on Tuesday received in Muscat Hassan Hussein Mohamed, Minister of Livestock, Forestry and Range in the Federal Republic of Somalia, who is currently visiting the Sultanate of Oman.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s Ministry of Fisheries and Blue Economy has signed a sweeping agreement with Abu Dhabi PORTS Group to transform the country’s fisheries and port infrastructure—a step that could bring new stability and much-needed economic growth to Somalia’s coastline after decades of conflict.

Less than a week ago, the Board of Hennepin Health Care appointed Mohammad Omar as its new chair, marking a significant step as he becomes the first Somali American to lead a hospital board in Minnesota.

Unable to handle the constant smell of cigarette smoke wafting into her unit, a resident in Bukit Panjang resorted to filing a court order against her neighbour. The 56-year-old woman surnamed Zhong, who lives on the ninth floor of Block 241 Bukit Panjang Ring Road, complained of her downstairs neighbour's incessant smoking habits in an interview with Shin Min Daily News. She said cigarette smoke would drift into her unit from 8pm to 2am daily, and was worried about the detriment to her health from constantly inhaling second-hand smoke.  In 2021, Zhong even recorded her neighbour's «smoking schedule», which amounted to over 150 times in the span of two weeks.

Southern Africa's diamond-rich nation of Botswana votes in general elections Wednesday, with the ruling party seeking to extend its nearly six-decade rule and hand a second term to President Mokgweetsi Masisi. More than a million people are registered to vote after polls open at 6:30 am (0430 GMT), with four presidential candidates in the race to head the region's oldest democracy, installed on independence from Britain in 1966 when the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) took office. Voters in the arid and sparsely populated country have voiced concerns about an economic slowdown and unemployment that has reached 27 percent, amid claims of government corruption and mismanagement. But the ruling party has batted away the criticism and points to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the economy, with weakened demand for diamonds also chipping away at revenues. «In 2019, we had a clean sweep of Gaborone,» Masisi, 63, told around 400 cheering supporters at a final late-night rally in the capital late Tuesday. «This year, I want to polish,» the eloquent US-educated former school teacher said. Dressed entirely in the red colours of the BDP, Queen Mosiane, 34, said she was loyal to the party because its government had supported her when she became an orphan, including with education and healthcare that is covered by the state. «We live peacefully in this country because of BDP,» she said. «It's not time to change because we don't know what are we inviting.» «The opportunities that we find, and our kids are going to find in the future, are because of the BDP,» said civil servant Refile Kutlwano, 34, at the same rally. «The opposition is not ready to rule.» Masisi was elected in 2019 with around 52 percent of the vote. While the party is not expected to fare much better this time, the opposition is divided. - Divided opposition - The main opposition alliance is the left-leaning Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), led by human rights lawyer, Duma Boko, 54. It lost two key members in the run-up to voting day with the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) and Botswana Congress Party (BCP) quitting and each fielding their own presidential candidates. It was a blow to voters like Ookeditse Letshwenyo, 23, who saw the UDC offering opportunities to young people struggling to find jobs that pay beyond the minimum wage of around 1,500 pula ($110 dollars) a month. «Since our independence we've been ruled by the same people, with the same mindset, with the same goals,» said Letshwenyo, who has launched an IT start-up. «You can't win against the BDP while you are divided,» he said. While the surprise return six weeks ago from three years of self-exile of the previous president Ian Khama to campaign against Masisi added some energy to the opposition, analysts said his influence was limited to a few districts. In the lead-up to voting day, opposition groups made various claims of irregularities by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), including failing to share a digital version of the voters roll and a shortage of ballot papers in early voting for security personnel. Despite some disillusionment around the ruling party, with its «historical momentum and the limping opposition, the BDP’s path to victory appears not only likely but increasingly evident,» the independent Mmegi newspaper said. With 61 seats up for grabs in parliament, Botswana's first-past-the-post system means that the first party to take 31 seats will be declared the winner and install its candidate as president. Counting will start in the hours after polling stations close at 7:00 pm (1700 GMT) Wednesday with results due late Thursday, IEC spokesperson Osupile Marob said. © Agence France-Presse

US President Joe Biden has described the supporters of Donald Trump as “garbage” during a Zoom call with Hispanic activists Read Full Article at RT.com

Le service de l'urbanisme, devenu en 2021, Direction de la construction et de l'aménagement, a récupéré la compétence de l'hygiène des constructions, auparavant gérée par le Centre d'hygiène et de salubrité publique. Des procédures supplémentaires qui s'ajoutent aux délais, déjà longs, d’instruction des dossiers de permis de construire.

À J-1 avant le départ de l’Hawaii Nui Va’a 2024, que se passe t-il à Fare ? Que font les équipes de va’a ? Que font les habitants de l’île ? Nous sommes allés faire un tour… Reportage à la veille de la première étape de cette 31e édition.

Près de 600 candidats sur 1700 inscrits se sont présentés ce matin au concours de secrétaire administratif du corps de l'Etat. Ils étaient convoqués à l'épreuve écrite pour tenter de décrocher un contrat dans les services du haut-commissariat. Seulement trois postes à la clé mais une opportunité d'emploi à laquelle aspirent de nombreux Polynésien(ne)s.

Un jeune couple devant le tribunal correctionnel. Ce mardi, les deux compagnons ont été jugés pour des violences réciproques. Mais c’est la jeune femme enceinte qui était au centre de l’affaire. Le 26 septembre dernier, au cours d’une dispute, elle a poignardé son petit ami.

KUALA LUMPUR — Singapore motorists can soon collect the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) to enter Malaysia from two new locations in Johor state, including popular shopping destination Paradigm Mall Johor Bahru, while two existing permit centres in Larkin and Taman Daya are set to close. A spokesman for TCSens, the private vendor appointed by Malaysia's Road Transport Department (JPJ) to handle VEP matters, said one of the two new permit centres will open on Oct 30 at Paradigm Mall in Skudai town, about 15 minutes away from the Causeway checkpoint in Johor Bahru. The second VEP centre will be at a mall in the Iskandar Puteri area, near the Malaysia-Singapore Second Link that connects Tuas in Singapore to south-west Johor, but details have yet to be finalised, he said. Meanwhile, the two permit centres at JPJ Academy in Larkin and JPJ in Taman Daya will cease VEP operations on Oct 30, JPJ said in a statement on Oct 29. The TCSens spokesman said the VEP Collection Centre at Paradigm Mall will be located on the seventh floor of the mall's carpark and will operate until Jan 31, 2025.

A B.C. judge took the extraordinary measure of preventing a woman’s medically assisted death, issuing an 11th-hour court order to halt the procedure, according to documents filed over the weekend.

Canadian singer Shawn Mendes has addressed speculation about his sexuality, saying he's 'just figuring it out.' Experts say that public scrutiny of someone's sexuality can be harmful to their mental health.

AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton spoke Monday at the first of the two-night Hinton Lectures event in Toronto.

Political scientists and researchers have been writing about the «urban-rural divide» in Canada for years. In the recent Saskatchewan and British Columbia elections, that split played out in dramatic fashion — and observers say it could have implications for Prairie politics in the years to come.

Keith Duncan, CEO of JMMB Group, will chair an advisory committee for Jamaica’s newly established Independent Fiscal Commission, set to begin operations on January 1, 2025.

Campion College has expressed «profound sorrow» following Tuesday's death of grade eight student Rashad Richards on Tuesday afternoon.  The school did not disclose the circumstances of the incident, which took place on its St Andrew-based campus. The incident reportedly involved a goalpost. 

Merseyside Police Chief Constable Serena Kennedy today insisted it was 'certainly not the case' that police were deciding to keep information from the public.

The incident happened as passengers waited in Heathrow's Terminal 5 to board the BA191 flight to Austin, Texas, on October 28.

Shelby Russell, 29 from Sheffield, has been banned from owning pets for 10 years after she left her cats and dogs to starve to death.

In one of the most consequential Budgets for years, the Chancellor will set Britain on a course of high tax, high spending and high borrowing in a gamble designed to kickstart growth.

Luciano D'Adamo was involved in a horrific hit-and-run car accident in Rome almost four decades ago, but when he awoke in hospital five years ago, he thought he was still in 1980.

CNN has blacklisted a guest for saying “I hope your beeper doesn’t go off” Read Full Article at RT.com

More than 100,000 soldiers have illegally left their posts, a Ukrainian lawmaker has said Read Full Article at RT.com

SINGAPORE - A true leader who was colossal in defence and a gentleman off the pitch are among the vivid descriptions of former Singapore footballer Rahmat Mawar, who died on Tuesday (Oct 29) at the age of 81. Rahmat's family said that he had been suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which causes restricted airflow and breathing problems. He died just after 12.30am at Woodlands Health Campus, leaving behind three daughters and 11 grandchildren. Rahmat - whose name on his identity card reads Rahmat Mohawar - was a national footballer in the 1960s and 70s and the uncompromising centre back wrote his name into local football history when he became the first man to lift a trophy at the old National Stadium in June 1973. In what was the first football match to be held at the stadium, Rahmat captained the Singapore Malays, who boasted the likes of Dollah Kassim, Mohamed Noh and Arshad Khamis, to a 4-1 win over Kelantan Malays before lifting the Sultan's Gold Cup in front of a 32,000 crowd.