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Swiss Re estimates Hurricane Ida claims at $750 million, Europe flooding at $520 million
By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss Re has estimated its preliminary claims burden from Hurricane Ida at $750 million, the reinsurer said on Tuesday, while updating its loss estimate...
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,...
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...
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G7 finance ministers make some progress on tax deal, UK says
Finance ministers from the Group of Seven said they made some progress on Wednesday at reaching a joint position on a landmark global corporate tax deal, days before it needs to win over a wider...
Facebook says root cause of outage was faulty configuration change
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Monday cited faulty configuration changes on its routers as the root cause of the nearly six-hour outage that prevented the company's 3.5 billion users from accessing its...
UNWTO, WTTC & WTM Ministers’ Summit commits to Investing in Tourism’s Sustainable Future
Tourism leaders from around the world will once again come together for the UNWTO, WTTC & WTM Ministers’ Summit at WTM London this November, to commit to investing in the sector’s sustainable...
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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Britain strikes tax deal with oil refiner Essar as fuel panic persists
Britain threw refiner Essar Oil UK a lifeline on Tuesday with a phased tax payment deal, allowing it to keep producing just as the country struggles with motorists draining petrol stations in a...
’30 years of blah blah blah’: Thunberg questions Italy climate talks
Greta Thunberg and fellow youth campaigners struck a sceptical tone for this week's climate talks in Italy, saying much has been promised but little done to tackle global warming in almost three decades since the landmark Earth Summit. Fears that...
Analytics firm Amplitude valued at $5 billion as shares jump in Nasdaq debut
Shares of Amplitude Inc opened nearly 43% above their reference price in Nasdaq debut on Tuesday, notching up a valuation of about $5 billion for the Benchmark Capital-backed analytics...
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...
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...
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...
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),...
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...
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…
UNWTO, WTTC & WTM Ministers’ Summit commits to Investing in Tourism’s Sustainable Future
Tourism leaders from around the world will once again come together for the UNWTO, WTTC & WTM Ministers’ Summit at WTM London this November, to commit to investing in the sector’s sustainable future. The summit is the largest annual gathering of tourism ministers...
Austria’s Kurz steps down over corruption probe to save coalition
By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) -Austria's conservative Chancellor Sebastian Kurz resigned on Saturday to pull his coalition government back from the brink of collapse after the junior party demanded his head because he has been placed under investigation on...
UNWTO and NEOM Launch ‘Tourism Experiences of the Future’ Challenge
UNWTO and NEOM have partnered for a new initiative focused on the future of tourism in Saudi Arabia. The ‘Tourism Experiences of the Future’ challenge will source innovative ideas and disruptive business models related to the tourism needs of the future, in line with...
Domestic Tourism Focus as Tourism Leaders Meet in Maldives
The annual UNWTO Executive Training Programme returned to focus on harnessing the power of domestic tourism to drive recovery and growth in destinations across Asia and the Pacific. Now in its 15th year, the Training Programme once again served as the leading platform...
Facebook says root cause of outage was faulty configuration change
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Monday cited faulty configuration changes on its routers as the root cause of the nearly six-hour outage that prevented the company's 3.5 billion users from accessing its social media and messaging services. "Our engineering teams have...
Swiss Re estimates Hurricane Ida claims at $750 million, Europe flooding at $520 million
By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss Re has estimated its preliminary claims burden from Hurricane Ida at $750 million, the reinsurer said on Tuesday, while updating its loss estimate for the July floods in Europe to approximately $520 million. Hurricane...
G7 finance ministers make some progress on tax deal, UK says
Finance ministers from the Group of Seven said they made some progress on Wednesday at reaching a joint position on a landmark global corporate tax deal, days before it needs to win over a wider international audience. "A common understanding was reached on some of...
Vaccines and Reopen Borders Driving Tourism’s Recovery
International tourism enjoyed signs of rebound in June and July 2021 as some destinations eased travel restrictions and the global vaccination rollout advanced in many parts of the world. According to the latest edition of the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, an...