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Pele re-enters ICU at hospital

SAO PAULO – World-renowned former Brazil footballer Pele re-entered an intensive care unit (ICU) at Sao Paulo’s Albert Einstein Hospital, ESPN Brasil reported on...
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110 new COVID-19 cases, 850 now in isolation

Another 110 people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Barbados. These results are from 1 787 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos...
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Selection panel must explain ‘fiasco’ or face axe, GCB says

GEORGETOWN – The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) slammed the selection of the Twenty20 World Cup squad as a “fiasco” and called on Cricket West...
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Taliban replaces women’s ministry with ministry of virtue and vice

KABUL – Workers in the Afghanistan capital replaced signs for the country’s women’s ministry with those for the Taliban’s moral police on Friday, and...
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Pierre on first official overseas visit

CASTRIES – Prime Minister Philip Pierre left the island to attend the sixth summit of the heads of state and government of the Community...
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Deaths related to COVID-19 at 57

A 73-year-old Guyanese man is the latest person to succumb to coronavirus (COVID-19). Barbados’ National COVID-19 Public Adviser David Ellis made the announcement earlier today...
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Met Office monitoring tropical wave

The Barbados Meteorological Service is closely monitoring a tropical wave and an associated area of low pressure located near 45W south of 17N. This was...
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LIVE: Davis Cup Tennis

Barbados vs Indonesia in World Group II Davis Cup Competition from the National Tennis Centre.        
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Kohli stepping down as T20 captain

Virat Kohli will step down as India's Twenty20 captain after the men's T20 World Cup in November. The 32-year-old said he needed to "give himself...
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Man robs store while on bail

It’s been just over a week since Anthony Wayne Bovell was granted bail by the District “A” Magistrates’ Court. Yesterday, he was remanded back to...
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Australia trialing home quarantine

SYDNEY – Australian officials will trial a home quarantine system for fully vaccinated international travellers arriving in Sydney, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on...
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Fires threatening Sequoia Park

Firefighters are wrapping fire-resistant blankets around ancient trees as blazes tear through California's world-famous Sequoia National Park. Officials fear the fire could reach the Giant...
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