By Marc Frank and Nelson Acosta HAVANA, Nov 15 (Reuters) – Cuba on Tuesday said it had signed 30 foreign investment deals valued at around $400 million this year, more than in 2021 but far short of pre-pandemic levels of at times around $2 billion. Cuba is struggling through its worst economic crisis in decades, […]

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Nov 16 (Reuters) – The president of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel, is set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin next week in Moscow, the RIA News agency reported on Wednesday, citing the Cuban ambassador. Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Alison Williams

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by Rafael Bernal and Rebecca Beitsch THE  HILL A federal judge on Tuesday vacated the Title 42 policy that allowed border agents to rapidly expel migrants without letting them seek asylum, toppling a Trump-era policy embraced by the Biden administration. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan in Washington, D.C., found the policy violated the Administrative Procedures […]

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NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (November 15, 2022) — An official of the Department of Agriculture in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) is advising farmers on Nevis of a new type of pest which has been affecting certain crops on the island since late October. Mr. Quincy Bart, Plant Health and Plant Quarantine Officer at the department […]

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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Courtesy RMI CNN  —  When Hurricane Fiona slammed into Puerto Rico in September, it triggered a nearly island-wide blackout as the storm’s strong winds took down the fragile power grid. Carlos Ramos spoke to CNN as he helped his friends clean up their flood-damaged beach home in Salinas. Ramos said most […]

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The Reuters Daily Briefing Tuesday, November 15, 2022 by Linda Noakes Hello Here’s what you need to know. Election denier Kari Lake loses the governor’s race in battleground Arizona, Ukraine is seen pressing its advantage after the Kherson victory, and Amazon is to lay off thousands of employees Make sense of how companies and governments […]

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  BBC Building (Ian West/PA) / PA Wire By Lara Olszowska @LaraOlszowska   BBC staff say they fear that diverse programming is at risk after bosses announced schedule changes last week. The presenters worry that new timetabling will mean a cut to the number of African and Caribbean shows. “I feel the BBC has really […]

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Fascinating charts reveal world’s growth over the past century as UN predicts Africa will drive much of the next billion – and India is set to overtake China as the most populous nation The UN has announced that there are officially eight billion people on planet Earth as of today This is due to increasing […]

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Nov 14 (Reuters) – Shots were fired on U.S. embassy vehicles in Haiti on Monday in an attack that also affected the Haitian police and commercial vehicles, an embassy spokesperson said. “No embassy personnel were injured,” Information Officer Kathryn Edwards said in a statement. “One Haitian commercial driver accompanying the convoy was injured. However, […]

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By Nelson Acosta and Marc Frank   HAVANA, Nov 14 (Reuters) – Cuba has cut by half its original forecast for growth in 2022, the head of its chamber of commerce said on Monday, as the Caribbean island nation struggles to jumpstart its ailing economy and all-important tourism industry. Cuba’s economy is expected to grow […]

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