The Government Actuary’s Department’s (GAD) Head of Climate and Disaster Risk has outlined how systems thinking can be used to explore the complex relationship between climate change and health. The comments from Georgina Bedenham were made at a recent International Longevity Centre UK (ILC) webinar exploring the links between climate change, population ageing and health. […]

Thirteen more hotels have closed their doors to asylum seekers and been handed back to communities across England, marking another milestone in the government’s drive to end their use for good. Across the country, hotels that had once shut to paying guests can now return to business as usual or be transformed for new uses […]

UKHSA today publishes the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) annual report which shows around 50% fewer infants under 6 months being admitted to intensive care with RSV disease in England. The data demonstrates the annual impact of the NHS RSV maternal vaccination programme for the first time. Last winter (2025-26), in the 20 NHS trusts taking part in the surveillance there were 63 […]

A two-count indictment was unsealed today charging 11 individuals with conspiring, over the course of more than a decade, to orchestrate more than 1,000 sham marriages to fraudulently obtain immigration status for foreign nationals, primarily citizens of the People’s Republic of China. Some individuals paid up to $100,000 per sham marriage, according to the indictment. “This […]

An indictment was unsealed today charging César P. Borges-Arroyo, Neftalí Borges-Gómez, Erison Delgado-Santos, Héctor Fulgencio-Cabrera, and Ganaderos Borges Inc. (GBI), with four violations of the Clean Water Act as well as conspiring to violate the Clean Water Act. The charges relate to the discharge of pollutants from GBI into the waters of the United States. […]

Under President Trump and Secretary Rubio’s leadership, the Department of State is using all available tools to defend the integrity of U.S. citizenship, ensure nonimmigrant visas are used only for their lawful and intended purposes, and prevent their exploitation through birth tourism. As President Trump has made clear, citizenship is not a commodity to be acquired […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Aug 11, CMC – The heads of the judiciary of several  Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries Tuesday said they have taken note of recent public reports regarding the administration and functioning of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). In a joint statement, the heads of the judiciary of Barbados, The Bahamas, Belize, Guyana, […]

NEW YORK, NY, August 10, 2026 – Saint Kitts and Nevis reaffirmed its commitment to human rights education, youth empowerment, peacebuilding and multilateral cooperation through its co-sponsorship and participation in the 20th International Human Rights Summit, held from July 30 to August 1 at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Hosted by United for Human […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Aug 11, CMC – Guyana and the United States Tuesday signed a  Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) intended to enhance the existing Memorandum of Security Cooperation between the two countries. A government statement said that the MoU strengthens and deepens the long standing partnership, building on earlier cooperation in countering narcotics and wider security […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug 11, CMC –  The  Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has established a new regional reference referral laboratory here, boosting the region’s capacity to track, test and respond to antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Health and wellness Minister, Dr. Christopher Tifton said that the facility will strengthen surveillance, improve clinical decision-making and reduce the Caribbean’s […]