GENEVA, May 22 (Reuters) – Taiwan failed on Monday in its efforts to gain an invitation to the World Health Organization’s annual assembly despite the island’s assertion that support was growing for its participation. The annual assembly in Geneva decided not to extend Taiwan an invitation to the event, which runs from May 21-30. China […]

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Sunday, May 21, 2023, within the framework of the G7 Summit held in Hiroshima (Japan), the President of Brazil [guest country] Luis Inácio Lula da Silva during the working session of the G7 and the invited countries, in his speech, underlined the need for the leaders of the free world to quickly bring help to […]

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The AP Wire Facebook parent Meta hit with record fine for transferring European user data to US The European Union slapped Meta with a record $1.3 billion privacy fine Monday and ordered it to stop transferring user data across the Atlantic, the latest salvo in a decadelong case sparked by U.S. cybersnooping fears. Read More. […]

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By CMC News The governments of Cuba and Russia agreed to boost the development of tourism when representatives of both countries signed cooperation accords during a bilateral meeting in Havana. The meeting was part of the 20th Session of their Intergovernmental Commission for economic-commercial and scientific-technical collaboration. Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero and Russian Government […]

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By Nicanor Gordon CNW- This past week, the Florida legislature pushed through multiple bills signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis. These bills cover a broad swath of areas including abortion, firearm permits, and tort law reform. Some of these laws will affect the large Caribbean immigrant population in the state of Florida. Here’s a […]

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UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly is visiting countries across Latin America, Colombia, Chile and Brazil, and Jamaica in the Caribbean over the next 7 days to renew the UK’s relationship with the influential region. Cleverly arrived in Jamaica on 18 May, on the first leg of a 4-country trip that will focus on climate, democracy, […]

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By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY, May 19 (Reuters) – With barely a month to go before Guatemalan voters go to the polls to pick a new president, a judge suspended the candidacy of frontrunner Carlos Pineda on Friday, in a ruling swiftly denounced as undemocratic by the businessman outsider. Pineda pledged to appeal the ruling […]

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MEXICO CITY, May 20 (Reuters) – At least 10 people were killed and nine injured in a shootout at a car show in northern Mexico’s Baja California on Saturday, the municipal government reported. The attack occurred during an all-terrain car racing show in the San Vicente area of the city of Ensenada. Around 2:18 p.m. […]

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HIROSHIMA, Japan, May 22 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Monday a meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit in Japan fell through because Zelensky was late. “I had an interview, a bilateral one with Ukraine here in this room at 3:15 […]

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By Hannah Walsh BBC Online A memorial to an 18th Century slaver has been removed from a church. The plaque in St Peter’s, Dorchester, commemorates plantation owner John Gordon’s role in the deadly suppression of a slave uprising in Jamaica. The memorial has had a temporary cover since September 2020 when the parish council voted […]

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