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Stories for January 20th 2022

  • Thursday, January 20th 2022 - 09:38 UTC

    Beijing and Taiwan jockeying for influence in Honduras

    Despite the costly “dollar diplomacy”, Taiwan has since lost diplomatic relations with eight countries.

    Next January 27, the president-elect of Honduras in Central America, a country known to live off the drugs trade and international aid will be taking office. Xiomara Castro, the first woman president of the country, and an icon of the left-wing progressive parties of Latin America promised during her campaign that her administration would cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan and establish full relations with Beijing, as recently happened in neighboring Nicaragua.

  • Thursday, January 20th 2022 - 09:33 UTC

    Europe and the Americas tourism rebounded in 2021, but still below 2019 pre-pandemic level, WTO report

    International tourism rebounded moderately in second half of 2021, with arrivals down 62% in both third and fourth quarters compared to pre-pandemic levels.

    Global tourism experienced a 4% upturn in 2021, compared to 2020 (415 million versus 400 million). However, international tourist arrivals (overnight visitors) were still 72% below the pre-pandemic year of 2019, according to preliminary estimates by United Nations World Tourism Organization, WTO. This follows on from 2020, the worst year on record for tourism when international arrivals decreased by 73%.

  • Thursday, January 20th 2022 - 09:22 UTC

    Venezuela's elderly demand better pensions

    Retired health care and education workers make around US $ 1.45 a month

    Retired Venezuelan health care workers Wednesday staged a protest in demand for better pensions, claiming that what they were earning were “miserable salaries” with which they were being “starved to death”

  • Thursday, January 20th 2022 - 09:05 UTC

    Royal Navy has her first ever female admiral: “someone has to be the first”

    Rear Admiral Jude Terry was awarded the OBE by the Duke of Cambridge (Picture: Royal Navy).

    The Royal Navy's first-ever female admiral has taken command – smashing a century-old glass ceiling in the service. After 25 years' service, Jude Terry takes the helm as Director of People and Training and Naval Secretary.

  • Thursday, January 20th 2022 - 08:06 UTC

    PM Mottley poised for landslide reelection victory in Barbados

    Mottley had called the snap election in December

    Mia Mottley looked poised to be re-elected as Prime Minister of Barbados, while projections heralded the Barbados Labor Party (BLP) will hold more than two-thirds of the seats in Parliament following Wednesday's (Jan. 19) elections.

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