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Israel destroys Gaza tower housing AP and Al Jazeera offices
(Corrects name of AP CEO to Pruitt in sixth paragraph) GAZA (Reuters) - Israel destroyed a 12-storey tower block in Gaza housing the offices of the U.S.-based Associated Press and other news media...
Prime Minister Gaston Browne calls on the region’s young scholars to embrace scholarship
ST. JOHN, Antigua and Barbuda – 3rd June, 2021……Prime Minister the Hon. Gaston Browne has called on the region’s young scholars to embrace the intellectual approach to problem solving. The country’s leader was speaking on Thursday, 3rd June at the CXC Regional Awards...
St. Vincent hit by flooding, landslides following volcanic blasts
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) - Saint Vincent struggled to bounce back from major flooding after heavy rains following a series of volcanic eruptions this month inundated large swaths of the Caribbean...
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U.S. new proposal for global corporate tax level a step to a deal at G20 -EU
LISBON (Reuters) - The latest U.S. proposal for a global corporate minimum tax of at least 15%, rather Than 21% as suggested before, is a step towards reaching a deal at the G20 financial leaders...
Intel reiterates chip supply shortages could last several years
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Intel Corp's CEO said on Monday it could take several years for a global shortage of semiconductors to be resolved, a problem that ha s shuttered some auto production lines...
Tourism Stakeholders Invited to Share Progress on Climate Action
Madrid, Spain, 5 June 2021 - UNWTO is inviting public and private stakeholders from around the world to take part in a Global Survey of Climate Action in Tourism and help identify frontrunning...
UK PM Johnson marries in low-key, surprise ceremony
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson married his fiancee Carrie Symonds at Westminster Cathedral on Saturday, capping a week of political drama with a wedding kept so under wraps...
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Address by Prime Minister Gaston Browne at UN Security Council Open Debate on Climate Change
Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Distinguished Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honor to deliver this statement on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (‘AOSIS’)…
PM Browne calls for political ceasefire as Government fights COVID-19 Virus
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – 20th February, 2021……Prime Minister the Hon. Gaston Browne on Saturday, during his weekly appearance on a radio programme on 99.1 Pointe FM has called on his political opponents to observe a ceasefire and join his government in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I am going to commit myself from today that I will aspire to have nothing…
Tourism Stakeholders Invited to Share Progress on Climate Action
Madrid, Spain, 5 June 2021 - UNWTO is inviting public and private stakeholders from around the world to take part in a Global Survey of Climate Action in Tourism and help identify frontrunning initiatives and opportunities to accelerate climate action in tourism. ...
Prime Minister Gaston Browne calls on the region’s young scholars to embrace scholarship
ST. JOHN, Antigua and Barbuda – 3rd June, 2021……Prime Minister the Hon. Gaston Browne has called on the region’s young scholars to embrace the intellectual approach to problem solving. The country’s leader was speaking on Thursday, 3rd June at the CXC Regional Awards...
ABDF deploys soldiers to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
ST. GEORGE, Antigua and Barbuda – 30th May, 2021…….On Saturday 29 May 2021, a 15- member team from the Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force (ABDF) along with 15 members from the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda (RPFAB) were deployed to Saint Vincent and the...
Antigua And Barbuda National Cadet Corps Renders Assistance To The Saint Vincent Cadet Corps
ST. GEORGE, Antigua and Barbuda – 30th May, 2021……The Antigua and Barbuda National Cadet Corps (ABNCC), under the Command of Maj. A. Michael, answered the call for regional support for our fellow Corps of Saint Vincent & the Grenadines (SVGCF) who are currently...
Exclusive-Eni, BP in talks over oil and gas assets in Algeria
By Ron Bousso, Dmitry Zhdannikov and Stephen Jewkes LONDON/MILAN (Reuters) - BP and Eni are in talks over the future of their oil and gas assets in Algeria as the two groups increase efforts to refocus their businesses to tackle falling margins, rising debt and...
Morocco’s action in migrant crisis was unacceptable, Spanish PM says
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez described Morocco's actions during a crisis two weeks ago when thousands of would-be migrants crossed into Spain's north African enclave of Ceuta as unacceptable and an assault on national borders. Asked at a...
UK PM Johnson marries in low-key, surprise ceremony
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson married his fiancee Carrie Symonds at Westminster Cathedral on Saturday, capping a week of political drama with a wedding kept so under wraps that his office did not confirm it until the following day. The event...
PM Browne to participate in Global Citizen Forum on Taking Action for our Oceans
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua and Barbuda – 27th May, 2021.......Prime Minister the Hon. Gaston Browne will later today join world renowned entrepreneurs and philanthropists participating in a Global Citizen Forum focusing on actions to be taken to protect the world's oceans....