NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (January 31, 2023) — An officer of the Department of Gender Affairs in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) is urging members of the public to help select deserving women on the island for the department’s public recognition of their achievements. Mr. Mario Phillip, Gender Officer at the department noted that the […]
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A portrait of the founder of Leeds’ West Indian Carnival is the centrepiece of a new exhibition at Harewood House. The photograph of Arthur France will be the first of a person of Afro-Caribbean heritage in the mansion’s art collection. Harewood House, near Leeds, was built using wealth generated by the Lascelles family’s West Indian […]
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Hello The Memphis fire department fires three employees in the Tyre Nichols case, Gautam Adani rides out the storm as investors rally behind his share sale, and Australia is still searching for a lost radioactive capsule by Linda Noakes World News An aerial view shows damaged buildings in Vuhledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, in this screen […]
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The first horn of the 2023 Pure Grenada Sailing Week blew this morning at 10am as the fleet, 30 boats strong, adjusted their sails to a gentle northeasterly 10 to 12-knot breeze. All appeared in good form as they prepared to carry 200 crew over the start line in Tyrell Bay and along the same […]
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HAVANA (AP) — The Rolo González sisters walked out of Nicaragua’s main airport and peered out onto a sea of young men. The Central American “coyotes” squinted back, trying to find the people they would smuggle to the United States. These were the first steps that 19-year-old Merlyn and 24-year-old Melanie took outside of Cuba. […]
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By Brian Ellsworth Jan 30 (Reuters) – Haitians in the United States are facing enormous pressure to help family and friends under a U.S. migration program announced this month that may help some people escape Haiti’s escalating violence but is also putting strain on the nation’s diaspora. Giubert St Fort, a South Florida resident […]
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BRASILIA, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Germany on Monday pledged 200 million euros ($217 million) to help Brazil defend the Amazon rainforest, a global ecosystem devastated during years of rule under former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. The sum, in credits and donations, was announced in the capital Brasilia where German Chancellor Olaf Scholz became the first […]
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Reuters [1/5] German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hold a joint news conference at the Planalto Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil January 30, 2023. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino BRASILIA, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday said Moscow made a mistake invading Ukraine, but speaking alongside German […]
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By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Police in Brazil are searching for one of Rio’s most dangerous drug lords, Jean Carlos dos Santos, after he broke out of jail with two fellow inmates. The three escaped from Bangu prison by tying bed-sheets together and lowering themselves from a prison window to a rubbish dump. Jean Carlos […]
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By Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has applied for a six-month US tourist visa, his lawyer has told the BBC. Mr Bolsonaro has been staying in Florida since 30 December. The former president plans to stay in the US while immigration officials process the visa. He is under investigation […]
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