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Canadian court discharges Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou as U.S. extradition case ends
A Canadian judge on Friday signed Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou's order of discharge, vacating her bail conditions and allowing her to go free after nearly three years of house arrest...
17 September 2021 Travel Advisory
Greetings Ladies and Gentlemen, The Ministry forwards its updated Travel Advisory dated 17th September 2021 for your urgent attention. Regards, Lance Browne (Mr.)Senior Consular Affairs OfficerMinistry of Foreign AffairsSt. Johns, Antigua,...
PM Browne calls for Annual Africa – CARICOM Summit “We have global bargaining power”
PM Browne calls for Annual Africa – CARICOM Summit“We have global bargaining power” ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – 8th September 2021…….Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and Chairman of the...
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Evergrande bondholders seek clarity on payments after hope fades on Thursday deadline
China Evergrande Group dollar bondholders were still waiting for information about a key interest payment due Thursday that has kept global investors on tenterhooks, but the property developer was...
Google is starting to tell you how it found Search results
(Reuters) - Alphabet's Google will now show its search engine users more information about why it found the results they are shown, the company said on Thursday. It said people googling queries will...
UNWTO Joins as Co-Organizer of Barcelona Future of Tourism World Summit
UNWTO will be a co-organizer of the Future of Tourism World Summit, presented by the Advanced Leadership Foundation and the INCYDE Foundation of the Spanish Chambers of Commerce with the support of...
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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The former president of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, has been arrested in Italy. The leader of the Catalan independence movement is in prison in Sassari (Sardinia). Judges will decide whether or not to extradite him
"The hearing to validate the arrest could be set late today or tomorrow morning, depending on when the documents that the judges and I should consult arrive," said Agostinangelo Marras, the lawyer...
‘Death sentence’: low-lying nations implore faster action on climate at U.N
Faced with what they see as an existential threat, leaders from low-lying and island nations implored rich countries at the United Nations General Assembly this week to act more forcefully against a warming planet. The failure by developed...
Linda Evangelista files $50 million lawsuit over disfiguring cosmetic treatment
Former supermodel Linda Evangelista has filed a $50 million lawsuit over cosmetic procedures that she says left her "brutally disfigured" and turned her into a recluse. The Canadian model, one of...
Evergrande bondholders seek clarity on payments after hope fades on Thursday deadline
China Evergrande Group dollar bondholders were still waiting for information about a key interest payment due Thursday that has kept global investors on tenterhooks, but the property developer was...
More evacuations as lava gushes from Canaries volcano
LA PALMA, Spain (Reuters) - Lava gushing from the Canary Islands' first volcanic eruption on land in 50 years has forced authorities to evacuate another part of El Paso municipality on the island of...
Take Five: Bring out the central bank heavies
1/CENTRALLY FOCUSED Several central banking big-hitters meet in coming days, with the U.S. Federal Reserve's Sept. 21-22 meeting topping the must-watch list. The timing of the Fed's U.S. tapering plans remains the key question and recent data...
Statement by the Hon. Gaston Browne at Special Session of the Permanent Council of the OAS
Statement by the Honourable Gaston BrownePrime Minister of Antigua and Barbudaand Chair of the CARICOM Heads of Governmentat a Special Session of the Permanent Councilof the Organization of American...
France cancels defence meeting with UK over submarine row, sources say
France has cancelled a meeting between Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly and her British counterpart planned for this week after Australia scrapped a submarine order with Paris in favour of a...
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 assisting in Disaster Response, stemming from the recent volcanic eruptions and floods…
Prime Minister Browne to address 74th World Health Organization Assembly on Monday
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – 23rd May, 2021……..Prime Minister the Hon. Gaston Browne will on Monday tell the 74th World Health Assembly that it must agree to comprehensive and decisive action and commit to an urgent and binding implementation plan in order to arrest the tragedies of the COVID-19 pandemic…
Factbox-Germany’s election in polls, facts and figures
Germany's election produced a narrow win for the Social Democrats over Angela Merkel's conservatives, projections show, but exit polls conducted for broadcasters on Sunday suggested voters had relatively clear ideas about the outcome they wanted to see. SOCIAL...
Switzerland votes to make same-sex marriage legal by near two-thirds majority
Switzerland agreed to legalise civil marriage and the right to adopt children for same-sex couples by a nearly two-thirds majority in a referendum on Sunday, making it one of the last countries in Western Europe to legalise gay marriage. According to results provided...
Canadian court discharges Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou as U.S. extradition case ends
A Canadian judge on Friday signed Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou's order of discharge, vacating her bail conditions and allowing her to go free after nearly three years of house arrest as her U.S. extradition case ends. Canadian government lawyers asked...
German millionaires rush assets to Switzerland ahead of election
A potential lurch to the left in Germany's election on Sunday is scaring millionaires into moving assets into Switzerland, bankers and tax lawyers say. If the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), hard-left Linke and environmentalist Greens come to power, the...
The former president of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, has been arrested in Italy. The leader of the Catalan independence movement is in prison in Sassari (Sardinia). Judges will decide whether or not to extradite him
"The hearing to validate the arrest could be set late today or tomorrow morning, depending on when the documents that the judges and I should consult arrive," said Agostinangelo Marras, the lawyer who is assisting former Catalan president and now MEP Carles Puigdemont...
UNWTO Joins as Co-Organizer of Barcelona Future of Tourism World Summit
UNWTO will be a co-organizer of the Future of Tourism World Summit, presented by the Advanced Leadership Foundation and the INCYDE Foundation of the Spanish Chambers of Commerce with the support of Barcelona City Council, the Barcelona Provincial Council and the Zona...
‘Death sentence’: low-lying nations implore faster action on climate at U.N
Faced with what they see as an existential threat, leaders from low-lying and island nations implored rich countries at the United Nations General Assembly this week to act more forcefully against a warming planet. The failure by developed economies to effectively...
Linda Evangelista files $50 million lawsuit over disfiguring cosmetic treatment
Former supermodel Linda Evangelista has filed a $50 million lawsuit over cosmetic procedures that she says left her "brutally disfigured" and turned her into a recluse. The Canadian model, one of the biggest figures on runways and magazine covers in the 1990s, said in...