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Our Place at Ben Washer Park bringing community together through culture, creativity
WLKY - Kentucky
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July 30, 2025
In the heart of Louisville's Limerick neighborhood, a transformative new initiative is taking shape, one that combines community, culture, and creativity in an inspiring way. Bridge Kids International has unveiled Our Place at Ben Washer Park on...
Royal Caribbean Sees Surging Demand, Accelerated Bookings Across Its Brands
Caribbean Journal
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July 30, 2025
Royal Caribbean Group is seeing accelerating demand across its cruise brands as bookings and onboard spending continue to surge in 2025, the company said in its latest quarterly report. The company reported a significant increase in guest volume...
Mene: Afri-Caribbean markets need to combat global trade instability
CNBC Africa
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July 30, 2025
In light of the ongoing disruptions in global trade, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat's Secretary-General, Wamkele Mene, has underscored a strategic pivot towards bolstering trade ties between Africa and the Caribbean....
Britain’s new role as a bastion of black culture
The Spectator
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July 29, 2025
One of the great works of journalism to have come out of the Jamaican-British encounter is Journey to an Illusion by the late Donald Hinds. Published in London in 1966, the book is made up of a series of interviews with Commonwealth citizens who...
Mexico’s rising mercury trade fuels toxic gold mining in Latin America: Report
Mongabay
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July 30, 2025
High prices and weak oversight have turned Mexico into one of the main suppliers of mercury for gold mines across Latin America, according to an Environmental Investigation Agency report. Despite signing an international treaty to combat mercury...
Island Glow Candles Founders Reflect on Journey, Culture, and Growth During ‘Live with Laura’
The Virgin Island Consortium
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Tesania Stevens and Lue'Shante Wilson, two of the three young ladies behind the candle venture, on Sunday sat down with Laura Forbes during the latest broadcast of Live with Laura to discuss their entrepreneurship journey. Their aim, said Ms....
D.C. National Guard, Jamaican, Barbadian Forces Test Skills in Joint Caribbean Exercise
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 30, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Soldiers from the District of Columbia National Guard (DCNG), Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Jamaica National Reserve (JNR), and Barbados Defence Force Reserves recently participated in the Caribbean Regional Training Camp (CRTC)...
How This Changemaker Is Helping Make A Difference In The Caribbean
Forbes
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Executive director of the Sandals Foundation, Heidi Clarke. Courtesy of the Sandals Foundation Heidi Clarke—a fifth-generation Jamaican with a background in child psychology—never set out to run a multi-island nonprofit or become a key voice in...
Hunger declines in Latin America, but sharp disparities remain
United Press International (UPI)
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In the central kitchen of the World Food Program in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, employees work to combat hunger by preparing meals for refugee camps, where thousands of families await food that is sometimes their only meal of the day....
Tsunami nears South America after Russia earthquake
Deutsche Welle
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Skip next section Chile: Easter Island evacuates coastal areas 07/30/2025July 30, 2025Chile: Easter Island evacuates coastal areas Authorities in Chile issued evacuation orders for the coastal areas of Easter Island in the wake of tsunami warnings...
The strongest earthquakes ever recorded: Where does Russia's 8.8 magnitude quake rank in history?
Euronews
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July 30, 2025
By Christina Thykjaer with AP Published on 30/07/2025 - 9:55 GMT+2 A powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck the Far East region of Russia on Wednesday, generating tsunami waves that reached the coasts of Japan, Hawaii and Alaska....
UNAIDS hails historic court ruling in St Lucia Decriminalising consensual same-sex relations
Antigua News Room
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July 30, 2025
CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP A milestone for human rights which accelerates access to HIV services, free from discrimination in the Caribbean which will advance efforts to end AIDS by 2030 UNAIDS celebrates the groundbreaking decision...
Eastern Caribbean Hope Renewed with Saint Lucia LGBTQ+ Victory
Antigua News Room
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July 30, 2025
CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP In a monumental step for human rights in the Eastern Caribbean, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court has declared sections 132 and 133 of the Criminal Code criminalizing buggery and gross indecency are...
For your consideration: Indie artists who deserve Latin Grammys in 2025
Los Angeles Times
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July 30, 2025
Ahead of the 2025 Latin Grammys, we make the case for exciting indie releases by Juana Aguirre, Mabe Fratti, Cheo, Marilina Bertoldi, Girl Ultra and Gepe. Juan Luis Guerra. Natalia Lafourcade. Jorge Drexler, Caetano Veloso and Shakira. Clearly,...
Shantytowns and favelas: a century of urban informality in Latin America
Latinoamerica21
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July 30, 2025
The 1925 Tenants’ Strike was the first major social crisis of the 20th century in Panama. This strike emerged due to the overcrowding, precarious living conditions, and lack of housing alternatives faced by thousands of former Canal workers in the...
Caribbean urged to continue punching above its weight
The Nation Barbados
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July 30, 2025
The 2025 Caribbean Investment Forum (CIF) began here officially on Tuesday night with Jamaica’s Finance and Public Service Minister, Fayval Williams, saying that the Caribbean should become more competitive, remove barriers to intra regional trade...
Where Is Elves Brener From? Ethnicity, Background & More
Essentially Sports
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July 30, 2025
The lightweight division in the UFC is perhaps the most stacked division in all of MMA, consisting of the world’s best 155ers on the planet. So, while talking about the top 15 fighters, we often forget about the other up-and-coming fighters. After...
Attempts to seek 'Taiwan independence' through provocative acts are doomed to fail, says FM on Lai reportedly delaying Latin America trip after 'transit' plan rejected by US
Global Times
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun When asked to comment on reports that Taiwan regional leader Lai Ching-te has delayed his planned trip to Latin America to visit so-called "diplomatic allies" after the US rejected his planned...
12-hour boat chase in the Caribbean leads to seizure of 1.5 tons of cocaine
FOX 10 Phoenix - Arizona
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Armed agents stand guard over dozens of sealed drug evidence bags at the Dominican Republic’s DNCD Academy following one of the country’s largest cocaine seizures, announced during a press conference in Santo Domingo. Authorities in the Dominican...
CHTA launches AI Guidebook 2.0 for Caribbean tourism businesses
Breaking Travel News
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July 30, 2025
The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) has released Artificial Intelligence Transformation Guide for Caribbean Tourism: Version 2.0, an expanded and updated resource that helps Caribbean hospitality and tourism stakeholders use AI in a...