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Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. have announced that based on its senior leadership succession planning process, and consistent with the plan detailed on FEMSA’s Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 earnings press release dated February 27, 2025, its Board of Directors has appointed Jose Antonio Fernández Garza-Lagüera, currently CEO of FEMSA Proximity & Health, to become FEMSA’s Chief Executive Officer as of November 1st, 2025.

Drinking clean water, receiving treatment in a modern health centre or seeing your children study in bright classrooms is no longer a dream in Kasaï province, in the centre of the DRC - today, it’s real life.

Severe air pollution in Indian capital Delhi has led to the formation of "black crusts" on the walls of the Red Fort, one of the city's most iconic Mughal-era monuments, a study has found.

The Atlantic hurricane season has reawakened after nearly three weeks of calm, with the National Hurricane Centre (NHC) confirming that Tropical Depression Seven has strengthened into Tropical Storm Gabrielle, the seventh named storm of the 2025 season.

Under the theme “Perpetual Progress – A Sustainable Future in View: Independence 42”, St. Kitts & Nevis hailed its 42nd anniversary of independence.

President Trump has ordered the removal of various images and exhibits about slavery from U.S. national parks, including the famous Civil War photo ‘The Scourged Back.’

The West African Development Bank (BOAD) have announced its official membership in the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty.

Nepal’s former Supreme Court chief justice Sushila Karki has become interim Prime Minister after mass anti-corruption protests forced the government’s collapse.

The number of people in Japan aged 100 or older has risen to a record high of nearly 100,000, its government has announced.

African leaders, experts, the African Development Bank and development partners have called for urgent reforms to strengthen governance, deepen regional integration, and drive inclusive growth across the continent.

Soon after United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a field in western Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001, residents from the surrounding Somerset County honoured the memories of those killed.

The Canada–Africa Chamber of Business was delighted to welcome an address from Mark O’Sullivan, CEO at IPT Africa, as a distinguished speaker at Africa Accelerating 2025, underscoring timely and innovative solutions for cross-border payments.

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), in collaboration with the Barbados Ministry of Tourism and International Transport and Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc., will host the highly anticipated Regional Tourism Youth Congress during this year’s State of the Tourism Industry Conference (SOTIC).

Families of people who died when an Air India plane crashed shortly after taking off in June say they still lack answers about why their relatives' remains were mixed up.

Royal Caribbean just celebrated an iconic milestone for a new iconic vacation.

The highly anticipated Regional Tourism Youth Congress, organized by the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) in collaboration with the Barbados Ministry of Tourism and International Transport and Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc., will return this year as a major highlight of the State of the Tourism Industry Conference (SOTIC), taking place in Barbados.