PAHO - The World Health Organization (WHO) 2023 Global Tuberculosis (TB) report underscores a significant worldwide recovery in the scale-up of TB diagnosis and treatment services in 2022. It shows an encouraging trend starting to reverse the detrimental effects of COVID-19 disruptions on TB services. Featuring
Earlier this year, more than 1,100 applicants were narrowed to 15 finalists by a global panel of scientific, academic, and subject-matter experts. This year's winners were chosen by Prince William and the Earthshot Prize Council, chaired by Christiana Figueres, an architect of the Paris Agreement. At
Media Release - On Wednesday, October 25th, the Rotary Club of Dominica continued its annual tradition of spreading the warmth of Creole culture to the residents of the Grotto Home for the Homeless. As the island buzzes with the spirit of nationality, pride, culture, and
(Press Secretary, Prime Minister’s Office, St. Kitts and Nevis) - The Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis hosted the inaugural World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Ministerial Meeting for Caribbean Countries at the Park Hyatt, with Attorney General, the Hon. Garth Wilkin, presiding over the event. Throughout
GIS - Barbados has received several prestigious awards and nominations recently, including being named ‘Best Winter Sun Destination’ at the Travel Bulletin Star Awards and ‘Favourite Caribbean Island’ at Ice Travel Group’s inaugural Destination Awards. Barbados was also recently named a finalist in the ‘Tourism Board of the Year’ category at the
After a lengthy trial involving the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX and trading company Alameda Research, Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty of fraud and money laundering. It ends the astonishing decline in fortune for the 31-year-old former billionaire, who was formerly dubbed the "King of Crypto" and
Leaders from around the world extended their congratulations to Dominica as the nation marked its 45th Independence Day on November 3. In a report by WIC News, leaders from the Middle East and South Asia conveyed their greetings to Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and President
UN NEWS—A UN poverty expert called on the CEOs of Amazon, DoorDash and Walmart on Tuesday to address allegations that wages at the US-based corporations are trapping workers in poverty, forcing them to rely on US Government benefits to survive. In separate letters to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, DoorDash
UN NEWS—Next month’s UN climate summit in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) must respond decisively to the gaps in the intranational community’s response climate crisis, Deputy-Secretary-General Amina Mohamed said on Monday. Ms. Mohammed, delivering opening remarks to a preparatory meeting, or Pre-Cop, being held in Abu
ASSOCIATED PRESS, LAURA UNGAR—The only cure for painful sickle cell disease today is a bone marrow transplant. But soon there may be a new cure that attacks the disorder at its genetic source. On Tuesday, advisers to the Food and Drug Administration will review a gene
