On February 3 (same day local time), in Dhaka, the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, H.E. Mr. SAIDA Shinichi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, and Lieutenant General S M Kamrul Hassan, BSP, ndc, hdmc, psc, PhD, Principal Staff Officer, Armed Forces Division, Chief Advisor’s Office of the People’s Republic […]

Canberra, Australia – I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and I pay my respects to their elders past, present and emerging.’ I acknowledge all my parliamentary colleagues here today. From the very beginning of the United Nations, Australia has been a leader in the global effort to […]

Washington, DC – From youth leagues and high school varsity to the Olympic Games and the heights of professional sports, for decades, women and girls have exemplified the very best of American athletics.  This National Women and Girls in Sports Day, we celebrate every female athlete for their devotion to excellence and for their incredible […]

Washington, DC – First Lady Melania Trump engaged in a private meeting with freed American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel in the White House today. The First Lady’s sit-down with Aviva Siegel in January 2025 sparked a series of events that ultimately led to Keith Siegel’s liberation from Hamas. “That first meeting with Aviva Siegel served as […]

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Feb 4, CMC – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) Wednesday said cancer remains the second leading cause of death in the Caribbean, surpassed only by cardiovascular disease. In a statement marking World Cancer  Day being observed under the theme “United by Unique,” CARPHA said that cancer remains a major […]

COCKBURN TOWN, Turks and CAICOS ISLANDS, Feb 4, CMC – Justice Rajendra Narine will on May 4 this year hear arguments in the sentencing phase of the case against  three people, including former premier, Michael Misick, after they were found guilty on Wednesday on a series of charges dating back to more than two decades. […]

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 4, CMC – United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, Wednesday said he is “extremely concerned” about the humanitarian situation in Cuba, which will worsen, if not collapse, if its oil needs go unmet. Cuba had been heavily reliant on Venezuela  for its oil supply but ever since the United States launched an […]

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Feb 4, CMC – Haiti’s political future remained in the balance on Wednesday after representatives of several  groups adopted a resolution outlining the procedures to  follow in choosing  representatives of a new interim government to replace the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT), whose mandate ends on February 7. The CPT was established […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, Wednesday, February 04, 2026: The Ministry of Education officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University of Ghana on Tuesday, February 3, 2026. The newly signed MOU is grounded in shared principles and acknowledges the deep historical and cultural connections between St. Kitts and Nevis and Ghana. It seeks to […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Feb 4, CMC –  The United States government Wednesday said it had not asked St. Lucia to stop  sending its nationals to study medicine in Cuba even as it doubled down on its claim that the Cuban health programme is “illegitimate”. “The United States has not recently talked to St. Lucia about international […]