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The Caribbean Tourism Organization’s (CTO) 2025 State of the Tourism Industry Conference (SOTIC) concluded on a successful note at Hilton Barbados Resort, bringing together ministers, directors, executives, researchers and media under the theme “Reimagining Caribbean Tourism: Research, Relevance and the Road Ahead”.

The political will to build quality infrastructure at borders, including the construction of a single digitised checkpoint between two neighbouring countries, should facilitate the free movement of people and goods and help streamline cross-border trade in Africa, participants in the sixth edition of the Africa Resilience Forum, heard at the start of this Black History Month.

African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) President Sidi Ould Tah and Niger’s Prime Minister, Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine, have signed a $144.7 million financing agreement to improve energy access and private sector competitiveness.

The ocean has always been a big part of Glen Butler's life.

Japan's ruling conservative party has elected Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, positioning the 64-year-old to be Japan's first female prime minister.

Sixteen-year-old Jolé St. John, Tobago’s Junior Secretary of Tourism, has been crowned winner of the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s (CTO) 21st Regional Tourism Youth Congress, held at Hilton Barbados Resort.

South Africa's highest court has unanimously ruled that all parents of new-borns are entitled to equal parental leave - a landmark judgment hailed as a major victory for gender equality and family rights.

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a grant of $500,000 from its Special Relief Fund to support Uganda’s Relief Emergency Response Project.

Honourable Institution are inviting people to participate in the upcoming OIC Investment Forum in Africa, which is taking place from December 2 to 4, 2025, at the International Conference Centre of Bamako (CICB), to be organized by the Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT), in collaboration with  the Islamis Development Bank Group and its Business Forum (THIQAH) as well as the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Mali, under the Presidency of His Excellency the President of the Transition, Head of State of the Republic of Mali and His Excellency the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).

Fusion, a wellness-inspired luxury hotel brand with properties up and down the Vietnamese coast and in Thailand, has unveiled a host of promotions and initiatives for the month of October, each celebrating the successes of inspirational women.

WWF-Brazil and global environmental action NGO WRAP launch, on October 2, the national food loss and waste pact ‘Brazil Without Waste’, that brings together companies, governments, research institutions and civil society organizations in a collaborative effort to reduce food loss and waste (FLW) throughout the Brazilian production chain.

During this Black History Month, African American World War II veteran, Joseph Williams, from Tallahassee, Florida, turned 106 years old.

Ivorian Prime Minister Robert Mambé and African Development Bank Group President Sidi Ould Tah have urged Africa’s private sector to take centre stage in the continent’s economic transformation, stressing that the current global trade disruptions present an opportunity rather than a threat.

Spain’s meteorological agency, AEMET, has issued red, orange, and yellow warnings for regions including Valencia, Castellón, and Tarragona.

The industrious thrum of the heavy-duty sewing machines, along with the workers' chatter, normally fills the plant with a reassuring rhythm.

A new storm system, Hurricane Humberto, formed in the central Atlantic and is intensifying rapidly.