Rana-Jamila Lewis, Sailing Week’s Events and Marketing Manager By Theresa Goodwin Antigua Observer Wingfoiling – a mixture of wind, kite, and general surfing – is the new standalone sport that will be added to the packed line of events for the 2023 installment of Antigua Sailing Week (ASW). The ASW team is teaming up […]
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Online News Editor Port-au-Prince, Apr 20 (EFE).- Haiti and the United Nations signed Thursday in Port-au-Prince a new cooperation framework for sustainable development in the country for the next five years. “This document will accompany the country in its response to the main issues that affect its development trajectory,” the United Nations said in a […]
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By Dave Sherwood HAVANA, April 20 (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met on Thursday with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez in Havana, the latest in a series of visits to shore up support among Russia’s closest allies in Latin America. Russia, hit by Western sanctions over the conflict in […]
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By Mike Scarcella and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, April 20 (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge in Washington on Thursday denied former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo’s bid to block his extradition to Peru, where he faces corruption charges. His lawyers had filed for an emergency stay earlier in the day to block his extradition, which was […]
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April 20 (Reuters) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is in preliminary talks with Japanese drugmaker Takeda (4502.T) over potential orders of its dengue vaccine, PAHO’s director said on Thursday, though it has yet to decide whether it will recommend the shot. “The data is really very impressive,” PAHO director Jarbas Barbosa told a […]
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By Jeff Mason, Julia Symmes Cobb April 20 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden praised Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Thursday for his country’s treatment of refugees from Venezuela and for his commitment to democracy and human rights. During a meeting at the White House, Biden said the United States and Colombia could deepen their […]
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MEXICO CITY, April 20 (Reuters) – Mexico’s presidential jet has been sold to Tajikistan, the government said on Thursday, seemingly closing the final chapter on a political saga that President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador used repeatedly to assail the excesses of his predecessors. Lopez Obrador announced in a post on Twitter that the agreed sale […]
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Image caption, Spanish police gave the BBC access to the “narco-sub” By Nick Beake BBC News Europe correspondent I’m about to climb into the first “narco-sub” known to have brought cocaine from South America to Europe. It’s 20 metres (65 ft) long, carbon fibre and – remarkably – homemade. After clambering on top, I lift […]
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By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, April 20 (Reuters) – The world could breach a new average temperature record in 2023 or 2024, fuelled by climate change and the anticipated return of the El Nino weather phenomenon, climate scientists say. Climate models suggest that after three years of the La Nina weather pattern in the Pacific Ocean, […]
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The RSCNPF received the report of a boating incident occurring just off the coast of Nevis. Investigations have since revealed that Ishmael Hanley, a 58-year old JessupsVillage resident, has succumbed to injuries inflicted by the propeller of a passing boat. The report stated that at approximately 13:45 (1:45pm) today, a boat bearing the name‘Point […]
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