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The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) has announced that acclaimed Japanese cell biologist and international research leader Yoshihiro Yoneda will assume the role of President for the global life science organization.

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) celebrated the winners of the 2024 prestigious Caribbean Media Awards, presented at a luncheon event held during Caribbean Week in New York at the InterContinental New York Times Square last week.

Newborn giant pandas are no larger than a stick of butter.

Between January and April 2024, Mexico recorded the arrival of 8.466 million international tourists by air, reflecting a 5.9% increase compared to the same period in 2023.

Tourism marketing professional Beverly Nicholson-Doty from the United States Virgin Islands received the “Secretary-General’s Distinguished Service Award” at the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO)’s Women’s Leadership Awards in New York last week.

For the past several years, Jamaica’s Finance Minister, Dr. Nigel Clarke, has been the ministerial point person on addressing deficiencies in the nation’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regime.

The first in-person edition of the Habanos World Days concluded with a historic Gala Dinner attended by 400 guests from around the world.

As Jamaica moves to revamp its constitution ahead of removing Britain’s King Charles III as Head of State and become a republic, one of the changes supported by both Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Opposition Leader Mark Golding is that all dual Jamaican citizens, including those from the U.S., should be able to serve in the Jamaican parliament.

In the run-up to this summer's sporting event in Paris, Parc Astérix is celebrating its 35th anniversary with some extraordinary new attractions.

Following last week’s op-ed by guest author Dr. J. Lennon, Jamaica’s Integrity Commission has written to 18º North saying it’s weighing whether it has jurisdiction in the Ian Fleming International Airport matter.

Meet Louise Thompson, an African American woman from Fairbanks, Alaska who was born in 1914 before World War I and once catered for President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s family.

Former Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralidharan is all set to expand his soft drink business to Karnataka, and a manufacturing unit will be set up in the Chamarajanagar district.

Juneteenth, America’s newest federal holiday, will soon have a museum commemorating June 19, 1865, the day more than a quarter of a million enslaved people living in Texas learned they were free.

What do reliable railways, green energy, access to electricity, cellular connectivity and expanded Wi-Fi coverage have in common?

Human Appeal, a leading global humanitarian charity, revealed that a delegation of UN officials visited one of its key projects in northwest Syria offering shelter and relief to thousands of internally displaced families.

An Asian elephant in central Thailand has given birth to a rare set of twins, in what caretakers have described as a miracle.