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BANNED - US slams police CMU for Kraal killings

The United States announced sanctions on Thursday against six Jamaicans who were part of the controversial Reneto Adams-led Crime Management Unit that was criticised as a trigger-happy police squad that committed multiple extrajudicial killings....

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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By Zen Soo Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong tested more than 120,000 people for the coronavirus Tuesday at the start of a mass-testing effort that's become another political flash point in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. Volunteers stood in lines at some of the more than 100

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JMEA calls for intervention in dispute with customs agency on COVID-19 protocol

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