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 Rainforest Nations Join Forces to Save Jungle

By Stanley Widianto and Jake Spring NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Nov 14 (Reuters) – The world’s three largest rainforest nations Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia on Monday formally launched a partnership to cooperate on forest preservation. Reuters reported in August that Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, elected as Brazil’s president at the end of […]

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FTX Collapse Being Probed by Bahamas & US Authorities

By Jasper Ward  The logo of FTX is seen at the entrance of the FTX Arena in Miami, Florida, U.S., November 12, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello NASSAU, Bahamas, Nov 13 (Reuters) – The collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX is the subject of scrutiny from government investigators in the Bahamas, who are looking at whether any “criminal […]

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Why the Bridgetown Initiative on Climate Finance is Good For Trade

By Dr Jan Yves Remy University of the West Indies It was not so long ago, in March 2022, that Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley of Barbados went to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva seeking concrete answers on how the WTO was helping developing countries with one of their most pressing needs – […]

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What is Climate Change? A Simple Guide

BBC Image source, Getty Images World temperatures are rising because of human activity, and climate change now threatens every aspect of human life. Left unchecked, humans and nature will experience catastrophic warming, with worsening droughts, rising sea levels and mass extinction of species. The world faces a huge challenge, but there are potential solutions. What […]

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Tasty Dishes to be Featured at the BVI Cuture and Food Fair

Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands  ̶  Visitors and residents of the British Virgin Islands will be in for a treat of delicious BVI culinary delicacies at a grand culture and food fair on 25th November, as the celebration of Culture and Tourism Month 2022 nears its climax. The food will be on the fire […]

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REUTERS WORLD NEWS: US Senate Too Close to Call, Russia Retreat, Asian Leaders Meet, More

The Reuters Daily Briefing Friday, November 11, 2022 by Linda Noakes Hello Here’s what you need to know. U.S. Senate control is still a toss-up, Russia says its pullout from Kherson is complete, and Musk warns of Twitter bankruptcy Make sense of how companies and governments are grappling with climate change at COP27. Sign up […]

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Global Initiative Launched to Address Tourism Staff Shortages

By CMC News A tourism workforce initiative underpinned by a charter focusing on the growth and retention of employees has been unveiled in a bid to combat declining post-COVID-19 workforce numbers. Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett unveiled the cross-sector collaborative group at World Travel Market (WTM) in London, United Kingdom (UK), at a time […]

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Exports From the Caribbean Grow More than World Trade Despite Slowdown

CMC News The value of goods exports from Latin America and the Caribbean continued to grow in the first half of 2022, and though at a slower pace than in the same period of the previous year, it surpassed world trade. According to a new report from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), after growing 27.9 […]

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America’s Democracy Not Trumped in Mid-Term Elections

By Sir Ronald Sanders   (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States of America and the Organization of American States.   He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto)   In my commentary last week entitled, US […]

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