By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO, Feb 5 (Reuters) – Firefighters battled dozens of raging wildfires in Chile on Sunday, seeking to gain control of one of the country’s worst natural disasters in years as the death toll rose to at least 24 with nearly 1,000 more injured. International help began arriving on Sunday from a handful […]
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After eight years of economic crisis, Venezuela’s economy is showing a few signs of recovery. But as BBC News Mundo’s Norberto Paredes reports from Caracas, while some of those living in the capital’s poorest neighbourhoods are trying to make the most of the new opportunities opening up, many have yet to feel the benefits of […]
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A UK family will publicly apologise to the people of the Caribbean island of Grenada, where its ancestors had more than 1,000 slaves in the 19th Century. The aristocratic Trevelyan family, who owned six sugar plantations in Grenada, will also pay reparations. BBC reporter Laura Trevelyan, a family member, visited Grenada in 2022. She was […]
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From CNN staff A view of debris as search and rescue works continue in Kahramanmaras,Turkey, on February 6. (Adsiz Gunebakan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Summary A rescue operation is under way across much of southern Turkey and northern Syria following two huge earthquakes that has killed more than 1,900 people The 7.8 magnitude quake struck near Gaziantep in […]
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Bank of Nevis International (BONI), a top provider of comprehensive wealth management and portfolio management services, has partnered with Singapore-based Tookitaki to introduce the latter’s award-winning Anti-Money Laundering Suite (AMLS). With this move, BONI becomes the first Caribbean bank to adopt the innovative technology, aimed at combating financial crime and enhancing compliance programs. The […]
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — French naval forces in January seized thousands of assault rifles, machine guns and anti-tank missiles in the Gulf of Oman coming from Iran and heading to Yemen’s Houthi rebels, officials said Thursday. While Iran denied being involved, images of the weapons released by the U.S. military’s Central Command showed […]
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Hello Air raid sirens sound in Kyiv during a visit by European leaders, Republicans oust Ilhan Omar from a high-profile House committee, and Apple forecasts another drop in revenue by Linda Noakes U.S. News A balloon flies over Billings, Montana, February 1, 2023 in this picture obtained from social media A Chinese spy […]
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by Eulana Weekes St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): “Celebrating 400 years of Ancestral Creativity and Ingenuity” is the theme under which the 2023 History and Heritage Month in St. Kitts and Nevis is being observed. Head of the Brimstone Hill Heritage Society, Mr Percy Hanley, said the theme was chosen because this year marked a […]
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — A Guyanese court handed down death sentences for two men found guilty of high seas piracy attacks that killed seven fishermen off the nation’s coast in 2018, and authorities said they have broken the back of a deadly group that preyed on fishermen for years. Nakool Manohar, 45, and Premnauth Persaud, […]
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