The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced that he will welcome leaders from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to Ottawa for the first Canada-CARICOM Summit on Canadian soil. He will co-chair the Summit, which will run from October 17 to 19, 2023, alongside the Prime Minister of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit, the current Chair of CARICOM. As […]
The post Canada to welcome Caribbean leaders to Ottawa to strengthen ties appeared first on The St Kitts Nevis Observer.
The US dollar’s share in global foreign exchange reserves has slowly declined for decades and now at least one economist believes the US dollar will cease to be the dominant currency in the global financial system sometime in the next 10 years. At a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club Jeffrey Sachs, a Columbia University […]
The post Could The End Of Global Dominance Of U$ Dollar Be In Sight? appeared first on The St Kitts Nevis Observer.
The World Health Organization has approved a new malaria vaccine which many scientists think could be a gamechanger in battling the deadly mosquito-borne disease that kills half a million people in Africa alone every year. Clinical trials have shown that the R21/Matrix vaccine, developed by Oxford University together with the Serum Institute of India, reduces malaria […]
The post Malaria Could Be Eradicated By 2040 With New, Affordable Oxford Vaccine. appeared first on The St Kitts Nevis Observer.
More than 60 children have been hospitalized in Jamaica after eating candies that contained a large dose of cannabis, the country’s education minister said. Fayval Williams wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that the primary school pupils were from the St Ann’s Bay area – about 80km (50 miles) from the capital, Kingston. She said some […]
The post 60 Children In Hospital In Jamaica After Eating Cannabis Candies. appeared first on The St Kitts Nevis Observer.
The United States House of Representatives is looking for a new Speaker of the House of Representatives after Republican Kevin McCarthy was unexpectedly defeated in a vote of no confidence backed by a handful of right wing members of his own Republican party, plus all the Democrats. The Republicans control the lower chamber of Congress […]
The post US Speaker Silenced, Who Gets The Gavel Next? appeared first on The St Kitts Nevis Observer.
The Commonwealth Secretariat has partnered with the British Virgin Islands to conduct a full assessment of its debt management practices, as part of a reform process aimed at achieving economic sustainability. At the request of the region’s finance ministries, the Commonwealth Secretariat organized a workshop from 18th to 29th September 2023 to evaluate all public […]
The post BVI Government Does Self Audit Of Government Debt At ‘Critical Time For BVI.’ appeared first on The St Kitts Nevis Observer.
Prime Minister and Minister of Health, Dr. Terrance Drew, recently donated CPR resuscitation training equipment to the Nursing Educations Departmetn at the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College (CFBC). Recognizing the importance of maintaining high standards in healthcare education, the CFBC Division of Health Science and the St. Kitts-Nevis Student Nurses Association joined forces to seek donations […]
The post Dr. Drew Gives Nursing Students Masterclass In Resuscitation. appeared first on The St Kitts Nevis Observer.
Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, is expected to appear in court today to plead not guilty to charges of illegal possession of a handgun. Prosecutors allege that Mr Biden, 53, lied about his drug use on application forms when he purchased the weapon in 2018. Mr Biden has acknowledged that he was […]
The post Hunter Biden–President’s Son In Court For Illegal Gun Possession. appeared first on The St Kitts Nevis Observer.
In what is being hailed as an historic first, the UN Security Council on Monday authorized the deployment of an international police security force to help Haiti’s national police quell surging gang violence and restore security across the strife-torn Caribbean nation. This is an alternative means of intervention to sending in blue-helmeted United Nations “peacekeepers”, […]
The post United Nations Security Council Votes For Kenya Cops To Take On Haiti Gangs. appeared first on The St Kitts Nevis Observer.
Former US President Donald Trump is appearing again today in a New York state court, where he is before a judge who will rule on the case with no jury that could result in the breakup of his considerable business interests in the state as well as a ban on Trump and his two adult […]
The post Trump On Trial In New York, Accused Of Lying To Banks And Taxman. appeared first on The St Kitts Nevis Observer.