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Deep In The Forest A Climate-Change Summit Starts.

This week, delegates arrived at Belém’s international airport  in the Amazon forests of Brazil to participate  in a summit called by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to bring together the eight South American countries whose territories include part of the Amazon basin. Representatives from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela will […]

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CARICOM Office Of Afreximbank Bank Open For Business In Barbados With US$1.5 Billion Line Of Credit Now Available To CARICOM States.

Bridgetown Friday 4 August 2023. The CARICOM office of the Afreximbank Bank was officially opened on August 4th, 2023, while reaffirming the US$1.5 billion credit limit made available to support eligible CARICOM States. The Afreximbank CARICOM Office will support the implementation of the Partnership Agreement between Afreximbank and CARICOM member states aimed at expanding Africa-Caribbean […]

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Jeddah Summit On Russia-Ukraine War Produces No Breakthrough, But Discussions Will Continue.

The Jeddah summit organized by Saudi Arabia on finding a peaceful end to Russia’s war against Ukraine finished up on Sunday, with the participants agreeing to continue discussions toward peace, according to the closing statement released by host Saudi Arabia. Senior officials from 42 countries including the US, China, South Africa,  and Brazil participated in […]

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Good News For Guyana, But Price Of Rice Not So Nice For Consumers As Major Asian Growers Limit Exports.

South American countries have been receiving requests for supplies of rice as the cereal price has seen a sharp surge in recent months as major Asian producers curtail their trade and supplies and has reached a ten-year high. This could impact millions of consumers around the world, with Asian and African countries expected to bear […]

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Southwest Airlines In Court Over 2022 Arrest Of Mismatched Mourners.

Mary MacCarthy and her 10-year-old were already in mourning for a trip from California to Colorado i October 2022, because they were going to the funeral of MacCarthy’s brother. But their day got even worse after flying Southwest Airlines and being arrested on landing,  reports NPR News. After the two boarded the plane to Denver […]

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The US Increases Temporary Work Visas For Haitian Citizens.

The United States Department of State has announced that the Biden administration increased the number of temporary work visas for Haiti, as well as for countries in the region, including Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, with which it seeks to reduce the illegal immigration. In particular, H-2B visas, which allow non-citizen workers to enter the […]

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El Salvador Going Gangbusters, Could The Rest Of Latin America Follow Suit?

For more than a year, Latin American countries have stood by and watched in amazement as El Salvador has locked up more than 70,000 people in its prison system, with little semblance of due process, in a bid to eliminate the criminal gangs that have plagued the country for years. And many citizens are seeing […]

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Will Billionaire Barbie Be The Go-To Doll Next Christmas? Popular Movie Hits Billion Dollars Mark In Just 17 Days.

The Barbie film, which is based on the adventures of the iconic doll in the real world,  has hit the billion-dollar sales mark just 17 days after its global premiere, according to distributor Warner Bros. The movie will finish the weekend with $1.03bn (£808m) in ticket sales at the global box office, it said in a […]

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One-Way Trip To The Moon For Rover Pack Scheduled For 2024.

In 2024, NASA plans to send a team of three suitcase-sized four-wheeled robots to go walkabout on the Moon. This project is part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, a program that allows commercial companies to pay to operate research projects on the moon. Collectively called Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration – the rovers […]

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