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Even as a recently proclaimed national monument spans thousands of hectares of sacred Native American heritage sites, tribal leaders are shaping the future of public lands and national parks across the United States.

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native American to serve as a Cabinet secretary, manages the National Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management, among other bureaus, which protect America’s public lands and the infrastructure for parks and monuments.

Germany’s annual Oktoberfest festival is finally on again for this fall, following a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Oktoberfest, first held in 1810 in honor of the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria to Princess Therese, has been canceled dozens of times during its more than 200-year history due to wars and pandemics.

Dr Terrance Michael Drew has been sworn in as the fourth Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis after leading his St Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) to victory in Friday’s snap general election.

The SKNLP won six of the 11 seats contested in the election held three years ahead of the constitutional deadline, with the former coalition partners, the People’s Labour Party (PLP) of outgoing prime minister Dr Timothy Harris winning one seat, the same as the People’s Action Movement (PAM) while the Nevis-based Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM) won all three seats on the sister isle.

At least 25 people, including four children, have died in floods unleashed by torrential rains in eastern Kentucky, and more fatalities are expected, the state's governor Andy Beshear said on Saturday.

“This is still an emergency situation," Beshear told reporters. "We are in search and rescue mode. Again, that count is going to continue to go up.”

Vantage, an international multi-asset broker, has announced that it is launching a month-long donation drive in support of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to help refugees and internally displaced persons worldwide.

Vantage will be matching all donations from both new and existing clients, dollar for dollar, to support humanitarian efforts undertaken by UNHCR. The donation drive will run for one month until 30 August and may be extended based on client feedback. 

Jamaica Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett said the implementation of a regional visa regime among CARICOM (Caribbean Community) nations has huge economic potential for tourism recovery and development in the region. He made his remarks at the start of the inaugural Organisation of American States (OAS) high-level policy forum on building the resilience of Small and Medium Tourism Enterprises (SMTEs) in the Caribbean to disasters.

As he strives to drive his country into the future of motor vehicles, Jamaican Prime Minisetr, Andrew Holness, is set to replace the current motor cars used by the government, with a fleet of EVs. Disclosed by the Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Daryl Vaz in the House of Representatives, this was the government’s bid to get Jamaicans to embrace the use of electric vehicles (EVs).

Distinguished Caribbean economist Marla Dukharan was the guest speaker at a special talk hosted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Caribbean American Heritage Committee and the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion.

Education is highly cherished among Ghanaian families, with many parents working extra hard to ensure that their children get into the best schools and colleges. Indeed, in regions like Kasoa, a peri-urban town in central Ghana, 88% of all children are enrolled in schools, with about 83% of households having at least one child in a private school, where tuition is 54% more than in government schools.