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WATCH: SBM Offshore’s fifth Guyana-bound FPSO enters drydock
Offshore Energy
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July 16, 2025
Netherlands-based SBM Offshore, a provider of the design, construction, installation, and operation of offshore floating facilities, has tucked a new construction milestone under its belt for a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO)...
Forum of World Heritage Site Managers Takes Place on Sidelines of 47th Session of UNESCO World Heritage Committee
Bulgarian News Agency
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The seventh Forum of World Heritage Site Managers was convened on the sidelines of the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, the Bulgarian delegation reported. Between July 7 and 9, site managers...
COMMUNIQUE | Forty-ninth (49th) Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community | Montego Bay, Jamaica
Magnetic Media
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July 14, 2025
Montego Bay, Jamaica, July 14, 2025 – The Forty-Ninth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Montego Bay, Jamaica from 6-8 July under the chairmanship of Dr the Most Honourable...
Seismic noise from oil companies threatens Amazon River Mouth marine life
Mongabay
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July 4, 2025
As oil companies push for drilling on the Amazon coast, an underwater war silences the ocean’s most vocal creatures. Petrobras has been conducting surveys since 2013 using seismic airgun blasts that can destabilize marine ecosystems by...
British cocaine dealer fled to South American bolthole after masterminding brutal murder of 'love rival' - only to end up in hellhole prison
Daily Mail
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July 5, 2025
A British cocaine dealer who masterminded the brutal killing of a love rival tried to evade justice by fleeing 4,500 miles away to South America - only to end up in a hellhole jail after being was arrested by local police for drug offences. Days...
CARICOM – Now more than ever is the time to deliver
Stabroek News
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July 12, 2025
By Greg Quinn The 49th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) took place in Montego Bay from 06-08 July, under the Chairmanship of Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness. The absence of the...
OAS Chief Albert Ramdin makes Haiti his top priority
The Gleaner
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July 13, 2025
Finding lasting solutions to Haiti’s deepening political, security, and governance crises is a top priority for Organisation of American States (OAS) Secretary General, Ambassador Albert Ramdin, during his 2025-2030 tenure. “I have made Haiti a...
The Invisible Web of Influence: How China’s Criminal Networks Are Expanding Across Latin America – PART I
Dialogo Magazine
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July 11, 2025
In an eye-opening interview with Diálogo, Leland Lazarus, a leading expert on China-Latin America relations and transnational crime and founder and CEO of Lazarus Consulting firm, discussed the alarming rise of Chinese organized crime networks in...
What’s Lurking in A Rice Bag?
Jamaica Observer
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July 10, 2025
Any contamination in rice has direct and repeated exposure consequences for the Jamaican population, especially those from lower-income households, who depend more heavily on affordable rice-based meals. A new international report has raised...
Strategic Global South Push by India: PM Modi aims to bolster influence of Bharat in Africa and Latin America
Organiser Weekly
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a high-stakes diplomatic tour from July 2 to July 9, 2025, spanning five nations across Africa, the Caribbean, and South America, with a significant appearance at the BRICS Summit in Brazil. This strategic...
Caribbean region must strengthen institutions, ties with global partners -incoming CARICOM chairman says
Guyana Chronicle
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July 8, 2025
FOR the Caribbean region to be competitive in the emerging world and achieve its goals, the region must strengthen its institutions and its ties with global partners. This is according to the newly appointed chairman of the Caribbean Community...
Evacuations in Syria's Latakia countryside as wildfires advance on homes
The National News
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Syrian firefighters were evacuating people from their homes in the Latakia countryside on Tuesday as wildfires advanced "dangerously close" to populated areas. The forest fires have been burning since last Wednesday across coastal regions that are...
New malaria drug to treat babies and young children receives approval
The National News
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Pharmaceutical company Novartis said it has received approval for what it claims is the world's first drug to treat malaria in babies and young children. The drug, known as Coartem Baby, has been approved by Swissmedic, Switzerland's regulatory...
UPSC Current Affairs Pointers of the past week | June 30 to July 6, 2025
The Indian Express
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July 7, 2025
Every Monday, we bring you UPSC Current Affairs Pointers—a concise, exam-focused guide to help you stay ahead in your Prelims and Mains preparation. Polity — The Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has launched the RailOne App as a one stop...
UG’s Architecture Department cops first place at Fifth Int’l Lekol Architectural Competition in French Guiana
Guyana Chronicle
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July 4, 2025
– ‘win signals the expertise the department possesses and the calibre of students in the programme’, dep’t head says THE University of Guyana’s Architecture Department in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET) has once again copped the...
A Glimpse Behind Diplomatic Doors
Guyana Chronicle
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July 6, 2025
Five Guyanese girls explore diplomacy, leadership, and identity by being diplomats for a day. DIPLOMACY goes far beyond long speeches on hard topics and rigid international talks between opposing states. True diplomacy uses compassion,...
Hard Numbers: UK marks London bombing anniversary, Japan suffers a thousand tremors, Paris’ main river reopens, & More
GZERO Media
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July 7, 2025
20: The United Kingdom today commemorates the 20th anniversary of the suicide bombings on London’s public transport services that killed 52 people and injured over 700 more. The four perpetrators were all UK citizens. Two had trained with al-Qaeda...
3 Passive Income Powerhouses Down Between 9% and 39% to Buy in July
Yahoo News
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Key Points Oil prices remain at a level that ensures a handsome cash flow and dividend for Devon Energy. APA is an exploration and production company that offers a generous high-yield dividend. McDonald’s is known around the globe and has an...
Indian and African marriages during the system of indenture and beyond: 1860 to 1954
The Post
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July 3, 2025
Selvan Naidoo|Published 1 hour ago 7min MARRIAGE between Indian indentured migrants and indigenous women in colonial South Africa has never been the subject of a historical study. Equally understudied are the children born of these mixed unions...
From Kamla Susheila Persad-Bissessar to Kamala Harris: Indian-origin individuals who hold leadership positions in different countries
The Times of India
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July 4, 2025
In an increasingly interconnected world, Indian-origin individuals are making waves far beyond their ancestral homeland. Whether rising to prime ministerial posts in Europe, steering global corporations in Silicon Valley, or shaping foreign policy...