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It’s a beloved century-old Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of colourful beads or other trinkets to parade watchers clamouring with outstretched arms.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate a grand Hindu temple in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during a two-day visit to the country.

The COP28 Presidency's UAE Consensus, a historic set of measures outlining a firm plan to keep the average global temperature rise below 1.5°C, has become the defining point of reference for global climate ambition and sustainable development.

Back in school, near the turn of the century, Ismelda Ornelas won a competition that landed her drawing on a stamp used by her hometown post office in Valentine, Texas. The image was of a male horse offering a flower held in his mouth to a mare wearing a bow.

On January 17^th. 2024, the Long March-7 Y8, carrying the Tianzhou-7 cargo spacecraft, was successfully launched.

The Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) concluded its business meetings last week in Saint-Martin, marking a significant milestone in the collaborative efforts to strengthen and revitalize the Caribbean tourism sector.

On January 17th 2024, the Long March-7 Y8, carrying the Tianzhou-7 cargo spacecraft, was successfully launched.

A number of key sectors in Statia stand to benefit from a €10 million cash injection from the Netherlands.

Following the United Nations declaration of the first International Day of the Arabian Leopard, on 10 February the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) continues to expand its long-term mission to safeguard the 'Critically Endangered' Big Cat species from the physical world into the virtual.

While Jamaicans’ love for a good, emotional legacy from their national heroes, Bob Marley is just as good a representative of their people as their heroes, Sam Sharpe, Nanny, George William Gordon, Alexander Bustamante, Norman Manley, Paul Bogle, and Marcus Garvey.

The Board of Directors of the Saint Lucia Tourism Authority has selected Mr. Dexter Peril for the position of Head of Marketing, effective February 5, 2024.

With a record winter tourist season on the horizon and 10 consecutive quarters of growth posted, Jamaica is reporting visitor arrivals of approximately 4.1 million for 2023.

Black women in the arts have long formed the backbone of America’s cultural landscape.

On the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, the United States stands in solidarity with survivors and global activists in calling for an end to female genital mutilation and cutting.

India is home to 718 snow leopards, according to the first-ever survey of the animal in the country, the federal environment ministry has said.

Farmers worldwide face increasingly unpredictable weather, but in Africa, where the U.N. estimates 282 million people don’t have enough food, more severe flooding and drought threaten to make a dire situation worse.