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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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A&B PM: ‘We Don’t Want To Be Climate Refugees,’ Accuses US of Subterfuge Over Compensation; Blasts Big Oil

‘Let’s face it, these Cops have been taking place over 30 years. And every year we reiterate the urgency but we’re still on a slow march,’ Gaston Browne, chair of the Alliance of Small Island States, told The Independent Louise Boyle Senior Climate Correspondent at Cop27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Independent Antigua and Barbuda PM […]

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Barbados and Rwanda Cement Closer Ties

Article by Sherrylyn Clarke NationNews   Barbados and Rwanda have taken further steps to strengthen their flourishing relationship. This comes as the two countries signed an Air Services Agreement, a Sports Cooperation Agreement, and along with Guyana, launched a transatlantic pharmaceutical initiative to develop and manufacture pharmaceuticals for global public health. Minister of Foreign Affairs […]

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U.S. Extends Protected Migrant Status To Mid-2024 for 6 Nationalities

SAN SALVADOR, Nov 10 (Reuters) – The United States has extended a protected status program that prevents migrants from being deported to mid-2024 for citizens of six countries, including Haiti and three Central American nations, its immigration service said on Thursday. The Temporary Protected Status (TPS) will be extended to June 30, 2024, for citizens […]

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How Many Teams are in FIFA World Cup 2022? Full List of Qualified Countries

Reuters The tournament’s official logo for the 2022 Qatar World Cup is seen on the wall of an amphitheater, in Doha, Qatar, September 3, 2019. REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoun Nov 10 (Reuters) – The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar is just over a week away and here are the 32 teams qualified: AFRICA Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco, […]

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Global Economic Crisis Strangling Progress for Poor, Warns U.N. Development Chief

By Laurie Goering Summary More cash for clean energy, adaptation could stem losses Channeling new money requires revamped financial system Pain in poor nations to have global impact without action SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Decades of development progress are at risk as economies are pushed backward by climate change losses, […]

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NASA’s New Moon Rocket Tested by Hurricane Force Winds at Florida Launchpad

By Joey Roulette Nov 10 (Reuters) – NASA’s new $4 billion moon rocket endured fierce winds and heavy rains early Thursday as it rode out Hurricane Nicole on its Florida launchpad, apparently with only minor damage, according to an early NASA inspection in the storm’s aftermath. Sustained winds of 85 miles per hour (136.8 km […]

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