International

Thursday, July 6th 2023 - 08:09 UTC
Free movement of people within Caricom by early 2024?

The Caribbean Community (Caricom) will allow the free movement of people within the single market by early 2024, Dominica's Prime Minister and incoming pro tempore president of the alliance Roosevelt Skerrit announced Wednesday in Port of Spain.
Wednesday, July 5th 2023 - 21:49 UTC
Orkney after alternative methods of governance and funding opportunities

Orkney Islands' councilors have voted to investigate alternative methods of governance amid deep frustrations over funding and opportunities. Council leader James Stockan said the islands had been “held down” and accused the Scottish and UK governments of discrimination.
Wednesday, July 5th 2023 - 10:59 UTC
Mercosur challenges EU's environmental demands in FTA; Uruguay goes rogue again

Argentina Tuesday handed over the Pro Tempore Presidency of Mercosur to Brazil and Uruguay refused to sign the joint declaration after the bloc's 62nd Summit in the Argentine city of Puerto Iguazú in the northeastern province of Misiones.
Wednesday, July 5th 2023 - 10:50 UTC
Monday 3 July registered the world's highest average temperature

The world's average temperature reached a new high on Monday 3 July, topping 17 degrees Celsius for the first time. US researchers said the new record was the highest in any instrumental record dating back to the end of the 19th century.
Wednesday, July 5th 2023 - 10:32 UTC
Bolivian leader in favor of switching from US dollars to yuan

Luis Arce Catacora, president of Bolivia, a Mercosur associate nation that has long been trying to become a full member of the bloc, said Tuesday during the 62nd Summit in Puerto Iguazú (Argentina) that it was time we “move[d] away from the [US] dollar to base ourselves on the [Chinese] yuan and strengthen our own currencies.”
Wednesday, July 5th 2023 - 09:49 UTC
Netherlands bans mobile phones and tablets from classrooms: follows France and Finland

The Education Ministry of the Netherlands said on Tuesday the ban on cellular phones in classes will be enforced starting January 1, 2024. Exceptions will be made for lessons on digital skills, or if students with disabilities or other medical conditions need the devices.
Tuesday, July 4th 2023 - 10:39 UTC
Great performance of Falklands' Team at the Golden Shears Championship in Scotland

Falkland Islands shearers and wool handlers performed superbly and were excellent ambassadors for the Islands at this year’s shearing and wool-handling Golden Shears World Championships which was featured at the Royal Highland Show in Scotland.
Tuesday, July 4th 2023 - 10:27 UTC
Yellen travels to China to restore a healthy economic relation, “destabilization punishes both countries”

United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will travel to China this week to restore ties, the Treasury Department announced. Yellen, who will be in Beijing from July 6-9, will meet with high-ranking representatives of the Chinese government but not China's President Xi Jinping.
Tuesday, July 4th 2023 - 10:12 UTC
Significant Caricom summit underway with an eye on Haiti

The 45th Meeting of Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) began Monday at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, marking the 50th anniversary of the signing of the bloc's foundational Treaty of Chaguaramas. The event was also attended by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
Tuesday, July 4th 2023 - 08:37 UTC
China's downturn and youth unemployment, cutting down marriages and new families

A report published by China's Ministry of Civil Affairs in June shows the number of marriage registrations across the country was the lowest in 37 years, following eight years of decline. Only 6.83 million couples tied the knot in the Asian nation last year.