By DÁNICA COTO yesterday ANN’S GROVE, Guyana (AP) — Guyana is poised to become the fourth-largest offshore oil producer in the world, placing it ahead of Qatar, the United States, Mexico and Norway. But the list of needs is long in this South American country of 791,000 people. Many worry their lives won’t change even […]
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By CNW Contributor St Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Hon. Dr. Terrance Drew, joined the granddaughters (Carla and Araminta Bradshaw-Williams) of the Federation’s First National Hero, The Right Excellent Sir Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, in unveiling a billboard to signify the start of a significant project— the renovation of the property known as the home […]
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INDEPENDENT-Coastal regions are readying themselves for an influx from a massive seaweed blob drifting in the Atlantic. This year record amounts of Sargassum, a type of large brown seaweed, have formed a 5,000-mile wide chain that stretches from the west coast of Africa to the Gulf of Mexico. Sargassum floats in large mats on the […]
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by Deborah Mary Sophia May 4 (Reuters) – Royal Caribbean Group (RCL.N) raised its annual profit forecast after upbeat quarterly results on Thursday, cruising on the back of higher ticket prices and pent-up leisure travel demand, sending shares up nearly 8%. The Miami, Florida-based company also projected current-quarter earnings well above Wall Street estimates […]
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BOGOTA, May 4 (Reuters) – Colombia’s migration agency has temporarily suspended a program to return Colombian nationals found by immigration officers at the U.S. border with Mexico, it said on Thursday, citing cruel and degrading treatment and last-minute flight cancellations. The number of Colombians trying to migrate north to the U.S. has soared in recent […]
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MEXICO CITY, May 4 (Reuters) – Sons of former Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman denied U.S. allegations that they were major traffickers flooding the United States with synthetic opioid fentanyl, addressing the claims against them in a rare letter. The U.S. Justice Department last month charged leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel with trafficking […]
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By Camilla Veras Mota BBC News Brasil, São Paulo “It still affects me. To this day, whenever I go out, I catch myself looking for places to hide and for escape routes, in case something happens.” Yanne Cezário is a survivor of a 2019 school shooting in the Brazilian city of Suzano. The assault on […]
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By Mattea Bubalo and Laura Gozzi BBC News A suspect has been arrested after eight people were killed and at least 14 injured in Serbia’s second mass shooting this week. The gunman fired an automatic weapon from a moving vehicle near a village 60km (37 miles) south of Belgrade. The interior ministry said the suspect […]
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by Cheyanne M. Daniels THE HILL The California Reparations Task Force will vote on a series of proposals this weekend that could see descendants of slavery living in the state each receive up to $1.2 million. In a series of documents published Monday, the task force indicated it will vote Saturday to recommend the state of California officially apologize […]
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Oliver Laughland in Belmopan THE GUARDIAN The prime minister of Belize, Johnny Briceño, has sharply criticised UK PM Rishi Sunak’s refusal to apologise for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, and said it was “quite likely” Belize would be the next member of the Commonwealth realm to become a republic. Speaking in the country’s […]
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