China braces for holiday COVID-19 surge as many travels for the Lunar New Year holidays, also known as the Spring Festival. According to Reuters witnesses, Beijing's main rail station has been packed with passengers leaving the capital in recent days. Meanwhile, daily arrivals in Macau's gambling mecca
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is leading the next UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28) happening at the end of 2023, and according to its appointed president-delegate, “the world is playing catch-up” to implement emissions-reduction goals. At the recent Atlantic Council's Global Energy Forum
Release - The Organization of American States (OAS) deployed an Electoral Observation Mission to observe January 18, 2023, general elections in Antigua and Barbuda. The Mission, led by the former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Bruce Golding, is comprised of 11 experts and observers from 7 different
UN News - The UN weather agency, WMO, said that 2022 was the fifth or sixth warmest year on record, adding to deep concerns that the likelihood of breaching the 1.5 degree Celsius limit of the Paris Agreement “is increasing with time”. In an alert, the
UN News - Although virus sequencing is vital to detect and track new variants in the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing this information must be stepped up globally, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said in Geneva. “Since the peak of the Omicron wave, the number
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 11, 2023 - The Peace Corps celebrated the ceremonial swearing of Carol Spahn as the 21st Director of the agency, following her unanimous confirmation by the United States Senate in December 2022. She was joined by Representative John Garamendi (D-CA), who administered the oath
Jamaica's tourism industry is rebounding strongly from the economic fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, with earnings of $3.64 billion in 2022. Hon. Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism, made the announcement during a House of Representatives session. “We ended the year equalling the record-breaking earnings of tourism
Release - The World Bank has provided more than 40 million US dollars under the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Regional Health Project, to improve health facilities and laboratory capacities, strengthen public health systems and emergency management, institutional capacity building, project management and coordination, and
Release - The Nevis Reformation Party’s (NRP) Ms. Jaedee Caines and Dr. Patricia Bartlette are challenging the results of the December 12 Nevis Island Assembly Election in the Nevis 1 (St. Paul) and Nevis 2 (St. John) constituencies. On Tuesday, January 10, an official document that
Saint Lucia has been celebrating Nobel Laureate Day every January 23rd for the past 30 years. This year’s theme is “celebrating Excellence: Nurturing our Creativity, Consolidating our Legacy. “ The Nobel Laureate Committee, as well as other sub-committees and sponsors, gathered on January 5th 2023 for
