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A new U.S. quarter will honour Celia Cruz, the late 'Queen of Salsa,' known for her bold costumes and booming voice and for shouting ¡Azúcar! during performances.

The United Kingdom will host a global food security summit with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) to galvanize action to tackle hunger and malnutrition.

Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, has announced the appointment of Mr. Alexander Williams as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Mr. Kurt Davis as Consul-General in Toronto.

Denmark has reassured Fiji of its commitment to strengthen support in areas like climate change, renewable energy, and issues important to Small Islands Developing States.

The leaders of the United States, Japan and the Republic of Korea are launching a new era of cooperation among the three countries to build a safer and more prosperous Indo-Pacific region.

Results of two recent archaeological excavations supported by the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) demonstrate that the Neolithic inhabitants of north-west Arabia conducted "complex and sophisticated ritual practices" in the late 6th millennium BCE.

An emergency transportation service that has reduced deaths during childbirth is expanding operations in Africa.

Following the earthquake in Morocco, the worst damage was said to be in the Atlas Mountain surrounding Marrakesh, but also this ancient city was attacked. Many tourists were sleeping outside to be safe.

The United States is improving access to clean energy across South Asia, allowing businesses to stay open longer, students to study at night and hospitals to provide uninterrupted care.

Mexico is to have two women from its main political powers competing for the presidency for the first time after former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum was chosen as the candidate for the country’s ruling party in next June’s election.

The 3-day ‘Salon du Prêt-à-Partir’ event mesmerized potential tourists searching for adventure and discovery in Seychelles.

Jamaican-born breast surgeon Dr. Camelia Lawrence etched her name in history as the first Jamaican woman to be appointed as the ringmaster of Bridgeport’s P.T. Barnum Festival.

There are 88,200 crypto millionaires worldwide, with just under half (40,500) holding their fortunes in Bitcoin, according to the inaugural Crypto Wealth Report published by leading international wealth and investment migration specialists Henley & Partners.

As Japan‘s population continues to decline, local railways are facing serious issues.

Rossell Techsys (Division of Rossell India Limited) (NSE: ROSELLIND), a leading global engineering and manufacturing company in aerospace and defence solutions, has been awarded the prestigious 'Supplier Excellence Award', at the Honeywell Supplier Conference held in Bangalore.

In September 2018, Juliet Holness, wife of Prime Minister Andrew (Holness), Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, and member of parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, wrote a letter to the Companies Office of Jamaica.