Today’s Headlines Brazil’s Lula to reclaim presidency after beating Bolsonaro SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilians delivered a very tight victory to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a bitter presidential election, giving the leftist former president another shot at…Read More Suspension bridge collapse kills at least 141 in India MORBI, India (AP) — Military teams […]

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Unemployment and inequality both look set to rise because multiple and overlapping economic and political crises are threatening labour market recovery worldwide, according to the latest edition of the ILO Monitor on the World of Work.   GENEVA (ILO News) – The outlook for global labour markets has worsened in recent months and on current […]

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By CMC News The Organization of American States (OAS) says regional ministers of culture have approved the Declaration of Antigua, Guatemala aimed at addressing “Technology, creativity, and innovation as an opportunity for developing and strengthening culture.” The OAS said the declaration was approved during the 9th Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Culture, last week. “The declaration […]

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  Gloria Dickie   Climate activist Greta Thunberg has called out next month’s United Nations climate summit in Egypt for being “held in a tourist paradise in a country that violates many basic human rights.” Speaking at the London Literature Festival at the Southbank Centre where she was promoting her new book, “The Climate Book”, […]

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 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – A Haitian journalist died Sunday after being shot in the head when police opened fire on reporters demanding the release of one of their colleagues who was detained while covering a protest, witnesses told The Associated Press. Reporters at the scene identified the slain journalist as Romelo Vilsaint and said he […]

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Eric Jean Baptiste, a former presidential candidate and leader of a political party in Haiti, has been killed in a shooting, a party official said Saturday. The killing stunned many in a nation already in crisis. Baptiste was killed Friday in the community of Laboule in the capital of Port-au-Prince along with his bodyguard, according […]

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  By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Oct 28 (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday said a clear plan of action was needed before any mission to help Haiti goes forward, a day after his government sent a delegation to assess the humanitarian and security crisis in the Caribbean nation. “I’m so pleased that […]

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by Steven Grattan SAO PAULO, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Latin America leaders on Sunday congratulated Brazil’s Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva after he won a third term as president of the largest country in South America, consolidating the region’s “pink tide” of elected leftist leaders. His victory over far-right president Jair Bolsonaro leaves Brazil joining […]

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By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Online Latin America editor, Rio Brazil has taken a turn to the left as former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva beat far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the presidential election. After a divisive campaign which saw two bitter rivals on opposite sides of the political spectrum go head to head, […]

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  CHARLESTOWN, NEVIS, October 28, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — With activities marking October as the Month of the Elderly coming to a close, the Social Services Seniors Recreation Group on Nevis entertained patrons at the Nevis Performing Arts Centre (NEPAC) on Thursday October 27, in a night dubbed ‘Talent Explosion 2022’ featuring the Jerusalema Dancers ‘Seniors […]

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