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Resisting Dependency: U.S. Hegemony, China’s Rise, and the Geopolitical Stakes in the Caribbean
Black Agenda Report
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The Caribbean has become an emerging battleground in the U.S.-China rivalry, as regional states strategically navigate between the demands of superpowers and their own development needs. This great power competition exposes both vulnerabilities...
Cannavaro calls Italy’s 2006 World Cup triumph a tribute to team unity
The National News
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As Fabio Cannavaro attests, winning the World Cup has a transformative effect. It raises you to a rarefied existence. “It’s something incredible, crazy, unbelievable,“ says the Italian, who, as captain, guided his country to the 2006 title. "When...
Hand Carved Cayucos Race Down Corozal Bay
Channel 7 Belize
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In the quiet village of Copper Bank, tradition met technology on the water on Saturday. Thirteen hand-carved cayucos sliced through the bay in a spirited race - but this wasn't just about who paddled fastest. Behind the race was a digital leap...
Site Visit Marks Forward Momentum in Development of Sint Maarten’s New Mental Health Facility
EA News
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June 17, 2025
On Thursday, June 5, the Honorable Richinel Brug Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor (VSA) was joined by a delegation of stakeholders in St. John’s for an official site visit to the future location of St. Maarten’s new mental...
IMAGINEaSTORIES
Amandala
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June 15, 2025
An e-book and Art Installation by Yasser Musa. by Charles Gladden BELIZE CITY, Wed. June 11, 2025 The Imagination Factri hosted a book launch, IMAGINEaSTORIES by Belizean artist, poet, and educator Yasser Musa on Wednesday, June 11. The published...
'We sold our house in UK and everything we owned to travel the world with our daughter'
Manchester Evening News
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June 26, 2025
A family from the UK have sold their home along with everything they owned to chase their dreams and travel the world. Emma, 34, and Joe, 33, let go of their family house, campervan and cars in a bid to escape the daily 'grind' in the UK. The...
New Bradford County Library director feels 'blessed and thrilled,' shares vision for BCL's future
WVIA - Pennsylvania
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June 26, 2025
After nearly two years of infighting among residents, library supporters and local leadership, the Bradford County Commissioners announced the county library’s new director on June 26. Texas native Brandy Kreisler was hired on June 2 and voted in...
Joss Stone gives birth to baby shortly after adopting newborn
The Independent
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June 17, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Guac Is Extra, But Should It Be? Texas A&M Anthropologist Shows The Resilience Of Ancient Avocados
Texas A&M Today
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June 25, 2025
The El Gigante Rockshelter is among a handful of archaeological sites in the Americas that contain well-preserved botanical remains spanning the last 11,000 years. Credit: Shelly Leachman, UC Santa Barbara Today’s avocado industry, a...
Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre to Celebrate 20 Years of Regional Climate Leadership with Awards Ceremony
The Voice
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June 25, 2025
Colin A. Young, PhD, Executive Director of the CCCCC (Photo credit: CCCCC) The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) institution mandated to coordinate the Caribbean’s response to climate change, is...
Guyana nominates Muhammad Ibrahim to head IICA
I News Guyana
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June 14, 2025
President Irfaan Ali has nominated renowned Guyanese agricultural scientist Muhammad Ibrahim, who has more than three decades of international experience, as a candidate to head the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)....
Axiory Named “Best Value Broker” in Recognition of Its Client-Centric Model
Finance Magnates
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June 25, 2025
What does ‘value’ mean for traders? Does it simply mean the lowest cost, or does it represent something more profound? For global brokerage Axiory, it has always been the latter, a principle now officially recognised as the firm has been named...
US Gun Violence Is Too High, But 39 Countries Are Still Worse
24/7 Wall St.
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June 25, 2025
An estimated 62 million people worldwide die each year. A majority of these deaths are attributable to noncommunicable diseases, such as cancer, heart attack, or stroke. A smaller but still significant number die from infectious diseases like...
PAHO, stakeholders work on new Caribbean Action Plan on health, climate change
The Gleaner
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June 26, 2025
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS, (PAHO/WHO): From June 17-19 representatives from the Ministries of Health and Environment, CARICOM and its agencies and other key stakeholders met in Barbados to discuss the proposed new Caribbean Action Plan on Health and...
Taipei food show opens with record participants
Taipei Times
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June 25, 2025
The Food Taipei Mega Show opened yesterday at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, featuring a record-breaking more than 1,700 exhibitors, organizers the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) said. This year’s event, which runs...
Ocean crisis demands rethink
Science and Development Network
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The global science community must make its voice heard and shape responses to our ocean crisis, write scientists from the International Science Council’s Ocean Expert Group. [SciDev.Net] The ocean is a source of life and resilience — for people...
'Killer bees' spreading across US leave a trail of death…
Detroit Free Press - Michigan
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Africanized honey bees, often referred to as "killer bees," are now found in 13 states and are slowly spreading northward, attacking people, livestock and pets along the way. In the last three months alone, a man mowing his property died after a...
PAHO Collaborates To Develop New Caribbean Action Plan
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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June 26, 2025
- Advertisement - St. Lucia – Representatives from the ministries of Health and Environment, CARICOM and its agencies, and other key stakeholders met in Barbados, from June 17 to 19, to discuss the proposed new Caribbean Action Plan on Health and...
OP-ED: Closing the skills gap to create more jobs in the Caribbean
Dominica News Online
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June 23, 2025
Lilia BurunciucEarlier this year, I met a young graduate who had spent the entire summer searching for a job that matched her education—without success. As the weeks passed and her options narrowed, she applied to a local meat shop, hoping to find...
Ministry Launches First Health Datathon to Unify Patient Records Nationwide
Love FM
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June 13, 2025
Various entities that gather health-related data gathered in Belize City this morning for a first-of-its-kind health sector “Datathon”. Hosted by the Ministry of Health and Wellness, the two-day initiative is aimed at streamlining patient data to...