International

Last week the official draw of the Netball World Cup 2023 took place, with the netball family tuning in globally to find out who their teams will face in the opening stages of the Netball World Cup.…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández was convicted and sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison and a lifetime ban from holding public office for a fraud scheme…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's Parliament unanimously passed a long-awaited revision of the country's penal code on Tuesday that criminalises sex outside of marriage for citizens as well as…

Source: Jamaica Gleaner In the most competitive field of nominees in years, the World Athletics 2022 Women’s Athlete of the Year went to the one who has redefined the 400 metres hurdles event, World…

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Kirstie Alley, who won an Emmy for her role on 'Cheers' and starred in films including 'Look Who's Talking', died today. Alley died of cancer that was only recently discovered, her…

WASHINGTON (AP): The Supreme Court’s conservative majority sounded sympathetic on Monday to a Christian graphic artist who objects to designing wedding websites for gay couples, a dispute that’s the…

Reno, Nevada, – The adoption of best practice front-of-pack nutrition labeling in more countries of the Americas can help reduce poor-nutrition related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as…

The report calls for sustainable management amid mounting threats Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today marked World Soil Day 2022 with the launch of its first…

In the last five weeks, the disease's weekly deaths have declined slightly. The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that at least 90 percent of…

Message from Mr. Didier Trebucq UN Resident Coordinator for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean During a recent event in the region, a human rights defender working for a more inclusive society, a…

The initiative aims to support shifts towards sustainable nature-positive production and efficient value chains for crops, commodities, livestock, and aquaculture 30/11/2022 Rome – The Food and…

WASHINGTON (AP): House Democrats ushered in a new generation of leaders on Wednesday with Representative Hakeem Jeffries elected to be the first black American to head a major political party in…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The US Virgin Islands announced Wednesday that it reached a settlement of more than US$105 million in a sex trafficking case against the estate of financier Jeffrey…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled with a partisan-tinged dispute over a Biden administration policy that would prioritise the deportation of people in the country illegally who…

LONDON (AP): The World Health Organization has renamed monkeypox as ‘mpox’, citing concerns that the original name of the decades-old animal disease could be construed as discriminatory and racist.…