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Commonwealth Launches Investment Action Plan to…

On the margins of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa, Commonwealth leaders gathered for a side event to unveil the Commonwealth Investment Action Plan. The plan aims to…

Pressure Grows for Countries to Deliver on…

Two years after reaching a historic biodiversity agreement, countries will gather next week to determine whether they are making progress on efforts to save Earth’s plant and animal life. The…

Jimmy Carter Centennial: A US President Turns 100

PLAINS, United States (AFP) — The military flyover is ready, and the songs have been rehearsed: Plains, Georgia, is waiting to celebrate Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday Today when its hometown hero…

Hurricane Helene Makes Landfall in Northwestern…

Hurricane Helene made landfall Thursday in northwestern Florida as a Category four storm as forecasters warned of “catastrophic” flooding along the Gulf Coast. The National Hurricane Centre in Miami…

World Bank Backs Global Fight Against Banana…

The World Bank has extended its support to the Global Alliance against Fusarium TR4, an international coalition dedicated to combating a disease endangering bananas, a crucial food source globally.…

Island Leaders at UNGA79 Resolve to Spur Global…

Heads of State and high-level officials united at the AOSIS Leaders Meeting to strengthen the course for the delivery of the ‘ABAS’, enhance finance, and address sea level rise. New York City On the…

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Arrested in New…

Source: BBC News, Los Angeles Embattled hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has been arrested in New York City on unspecified federal charges, federal authorities told the BBC's US partner CBS. The…

UK To Introduce ETAS For All Non-Visa Visitors

Source: LOOP The UK government has announced that all visitors who do not require a visa will soon need an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) to enter the country. This move is part of a broader…

Mpox Outbreaks in Africa Could Be Ended in Six…

Geneva — The head of the World Health Organization believes mpox outbreaks in Africa might be stopped in the next six months, and he said Friday that the agency's first shipment of vaccines should…

ICE Conducts Single Adult, Family Unit Removal…

WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a component agency of the Department of Homeland Security, working in close coordination across the department, including with U.S. Customs and…

Mpox: African Countries Have Beaten Disease…

Barely over a year after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that mpox was no longer a public health issue of international concern, it is back in the news. This time with a diversity of…